Can you drink to much water????

CelesteG12
CelesteG12 Posts: 33
edited November 1 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been drinking between 3 - 4.5 liters of water a day , I drink water continually throughout the day I full up a 500ml drinking bottle and then when finished i full it up again. I go through between 8 - 10 bottles during the day(depending) and also drink quiet a bit during exercise, I have since been told that to much water is bad for you, I have never heard of this please help!!!!!

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  • judgejava
    judgejava Posts: 88
    I have been drinking between 3 - 4.5 liters of water a day , I drink water continually throughout the day I full up a 500ml drinking bottle and then when finished i full it up again. I go through between 8 - 10 bottles during the day(depending) and also drink quiet a bit during exercise, I have since been told that to much water is bad for you, I have never heard of this please help!!!!!

    Yes you can, it can result in hyponatremia which not enough sodium in your body.

    You need electrolytes for your body to function, these carry the electrical charges around your body allowing your nervous system to function (they carry the electrical signals)

    if you drink too much water you can flush them out.

    Keep your electrolytes up especially during exercise (sweating) and you should be ok.

    Average water needed for a female during a day in a temperate climate is 2.2 litres thereabouts

    Cheers
  • bulletproofkasper
    bulletproofkasper Posts: 126 Member
    i drink about that much each day, and its not bad for you its good for you :) i think its if you drink 15L a day its becomes bad for you.
  • musicaljessica
    musicaljessica Posts: 105
    I've never heard that either... I have a bottle too that I fill up constantly (about 10 times a day). I find that drinking more water makes me feel good.I think if it was doing you any damage you would know.
  • lh12xx
    lh12xx Posts: 111 Member
    Too much of anything can poison you - water included. Water Intoxication results when someone consumes too much water in a short period of time. It's like, you hear all these stories of people taking pills then dying? It's because the pills make them hot, they drink too much water, and as above it flushes out their electrolytes and causes swelling of the brain.
  • judgejava
    judgejava Posts: 88
    I've never heard that either... I have a bottle too that I fill up constantly (about 10 times a day). I find that drinking more water makes me feel good.I think if it was doing you any damage you would know.

    You can drink alot of water , but your electrolytes need to be in balance, if they arent and you sweat alot you can pass out, hyponatremia happens alot in gyms from people on treadmills running andf sweating whilst on diets where they are not maintaining electrolyte balance.

    Dehydration is often confused with hyponatremia too, people get headaches and think they are dehydrated and drink more water not realising it was that which did it in the first place, as long as diet is ok in terms of sodium/potassium etc then you should be ok and wouldnt notice it.

    The main electrolytes your body needs are

    sodium
    potassium
    chloride
    calcium
    magnesium
    bicarbonate
    phosphate
    sulfate
  • swellen
    swellen Posts: 78 Member
    It's more how fast you drink large amounts that can be a problem. Healthy adult kidneys can process about 15 litres per day, but not 15 litres in one go! Water intoxication in adults is rare unless you're deliberately drinking huge amounts in a short space of time (eg, for a dare). If you're just refilling your water bottle and continuing to sip it over the day you should be fine.
  • fatty2fabby
    fatty2fabby Posts: 415 Member
    ^ thanks for that x
  • vikkilo21
    vikkilo21 Posts: 16
    My mother was being treated for bladder cancer a few years ago and her urologist did say to her that you can have too much water. Around 8-10 glasses is supposed to be the perfect amount, too much more and over a long period of time it puts your kidneys under a lot of pressure to process all the excess liquid. Plus the risk of having too little sodium in your body. But i would think that it would be fine to have 10-15 glasses a day, especially if you're working out :)
  • CelesteG12
    CelesteG12 Posts: 33
    Thanks everyone really appreciate all the info!!!!! :)
  • flimflamfloz
    flimflamfloz Posts: 1,980 Member
    I have been drinking between 3 - 4.5 liters of water a day , I drink water continually throughout the day I full up a 500ml drinking bottle and then when finished i full it up again. I go through between 8 - 10 bottles during the day(depending) and also drink quiet a bit during exercise, I have since been told that to much water is bad for you, I have never heard of this please help!!!!!
    You'll live.

    As others said, you need to drink insane amounts.
  • Christina1007
    Christina1007 Posts: 179 Member
    I was actually in a club with someone who died of drinking too much water. Next day, there was in the newspapers that this girl drank so much water that there was no sodium left in her body, which your body needs. You basically flush it all out whilst drinking too much.
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    I know two people who have collapsed into a coma with hyponatraemia, so it's very real and potentially fatal. There's really no need to drink that much water.
  • Ilovedrinkingtea
    Ilovedrinkingtea Posts: 597 Member
    I think maybe you should discuss this with a doctor xx
  • Cathnger
    Cathnger Posts: 72
    OMG This is all kinda like scaring me a bit here, I'm drinking about 8 x 500ml bottles of water a day - and never drank water before. You guys gonna be making me paranoid now lol. It should be ok right? Not too much of a shock to my system etc?
  • judgejava
    judgejava Posts: 88
    OMG This is all kinda like scaring me a bit here, I'm drinking about 8 x 500ml bottles of water a day - and never drank water before. You guys gonna be making me paranoid now lol. It should be ok right? Not too much of a shock to my system etc?

    read what is above.

    Maintain electrolyte balance through natural diet and should be fine, also sip and dont consume lots at one time
  • mallory3411
    mallory3411 Posts: 839 Member
    Daily I drink at least 3L of water and I'm doing perfectly fine..
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