Can increasing water consumption cause detox? If yes, how long does detox last?

2»

Replies

  • missjazminenicole
    missjazminenicole Posts: 379 Member
    ya caffeine withdrawal is extremely intense sometimes and it can last for 1-2 weeks. I am personally prone to caffeine addiction and my body really takes a shock when I go cold turkey so I try to limit caffeine in my diet altogether. Hang in there.

    It’s believed that some 3 out of 4 regular caffeine users are actually addicted to the substance.

    It's actually known to be one of the top most addictive substances in the world.
  • hortensehildegarde
    hortensehildegarde Posts: 592 Member
    janellevaught wrote: »
    AllieUK wrote: »
    You can get sick from drinking too much water, but at 2L a day you are nowhere near getting ill from it. I started drinking 3L a day and you will need to pee all the time, but you will come to find that a lot of the time you were hungry, you were actually just thirsty.

    Drinking water helps you lose weight, clears your skin, gives you energy etc. But you will also have to start planning your life around toilets if you drink too much!

    Also, don't drink a lot of water at once, you will get a sore tummy, better to sip water regularly instead of down it all at once!

    So the peeing every two seconds doesn't stop?

    not enough! On the plus side, I burn a lot of calories with having to get up a gazillion times to pee and walking to the bathroom. (Well, maybe not a gazillion, but every little bit helps, right?)

    Sometimes I will add in a little extra exercise I do after I potty, like some wall push-ups. If I've already bothered to stand up might as well make it a little more productive.
  • ATT949
    ATT949 Posts: 1,245 Member
    janellevaught wrote: »
    In the last week or so I have been drinking a 101.4 FL OZ container of water everyday. Prior to this I was maybe only drinking one glass of water a day (if that). Besides having to pee every two seconds, I feel like I am detoxing really bad. While I understand that detox is natural when you are eating better and/or drinking more water, how long does detox last? I just don't want to feel like crap forever and these migraines are getting really bad! I'm sure a lot of it has to do with how many toxins are in your body (which will differ), but I want to get a general idea from others that have experienced this same thing.

    You're drinking a lot of water which may be helpful under certain conditions but the vast majority of what you're taking is in of zero physical benefit it you're eating a balanced diet. Indeed, in that you tell us that you are urinating very frequently, it would appear that you're spending a lot of quality time in the bathroom.

    This abstract might be of interest:
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12376390

    As well, read this summary (and the article in the pdf at the bottom of the article)

    https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2002_h2/08aug2002_water.shtml

    The work that Dr. Valtin is doing is, as far as I know, considered the gold standard. In short, in the PDF he reviews the medical literature available about water consumption and, he concludes in his document that contains the hundred citations to other medical documents, that there is no medical value to drinking eight glasses of water a day in a normally hydrated

    Yes, folks who are trying to lose weight can benefit from drinking a lot of water in the event that they might be constipated. Another reason is that if you drink water your stomach feels full so you eat less. There's no arguing that those can be beneficial to certain people but, overall, medical science clearly indicates that there is no value to the body in drinking as much water as you were drinking as long as you are a normally hydrated individual.

    The second point, the idea that you are "detoxing" - we have an organ that is dedicated to removing it harmful materials from the body. That's the primary function of our liver and in that we've had a liver for a few million years now, there's a pretty good chance that it's doing it's job.
    I do understand that "detoxing" is a popular pasttime but ,as with the popular misunderstanding about needing to drink scads of water, if you were to talk to somebody with a medical background about "detoxing" they would be somewhat confused as to what you're trying to accomplish.

    Migraines are no laughing matter - I had migraines for years after an injury in the army and the pain was, at times, brutal. Have you considered seeing a doctor about your migraines?
  • janellevaught
    janellevaught Posts: 428 Member
    ATT949 wrote: »
    janellevaught wrote: »
    In the last week or so I have been drinking a 101.4 FL OZ container of water everyday. Prior to this I was maybe only drinking one glass of water a day (if that). Besides having to pee every two seconds, I feel like I am detoxing really bad. While I understand that detox is natural when you are eating better and/or drinking more water, how long does detox last? I just don't want to feel like crap forever and these migraines are getting really bad! I'm sure a lot of it has to do with how many toxins are in your body (which will differ), but I want to get a general idea from others that have experienced this same thing.

    You're drinking a lot of water which may be helpful under certain conditions but the vast majority of what you're taking is in of zero physical benefit it you're eating a balanced diet. Indeed, in that you tell us that you are urinating very frequently, it would appear that you're spending a lot of quality time in the bathroom.

    This abstract might be of interest:
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12376390

    As well, read this summary (and the article in the pdf at the bottom of the article)

    https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2002_h2/08aug2002_water.shtml

    The work that Dr. Valtin is doing is, as far as I know, considered the gold standard. In short, in the PDF he reviews the medical literature available about water consumption and, he concludes in his document that contains the hundred citations to other medical documents, that there is no medical value to drinking eight glasses of water a day in a normally hydrated

    Yes, folks who are trying to lose weight can benefit from drinking a lot of water in the event that they might be constipated. Another reason is that if you drink water your stomach feels full so you eat less. There's no arguing that those can be beneficial to certain people but, overall, medical science clearly indicates that there is no value to the body in drinking as much water as you were drinking as long as you are a normally hydrated individual.

    The second point, the idea that you are "detoxing" - we have an organ that is dedicated to removing it harmful materials from the body. That's the primary function of our liver and in that we've had a liver for a few million years now, there's a pretty good chance that it's doing it's job.
    I do understand that "detoxing" is a popular pasttime but ,as with the popular misunderstanding about needing to drink scads of water, if you were to talk to somebody with a medical background about "detoxing" they would be somewhat confused as to what you're trying to accomplish.

    Migraines are no laughing matter - I had migraines for years after an injury in the army and the pain was, at times, brutal. Have you considered seeing a doctor about your migraines?

    I have a doctor's appointment for it on the 28th. I hope the doctor can figure the migraines out if they aren't gone by then.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    janellevaught wrote: »
    I have a doctor's appointment for it on the 28th. I hope the doctor can figure the migraines out if they aren't gone by then.

    Don't hold your breath, even neurologists can't pin down migraines.

Categories