How much water is to much?

yoashisme
yoashisme Posts: 48 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I normally drink 9 cups a day but sometimes I drink way way more.. How much is to much?

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  • oldmanstauf
    oldmanstauf Posts: 202 Member
    I'm pretty sure one can suffer from water intoxication, but I think it requires a ridiculous amount of water.
  • pamelad77
    pamelad77 Posts: 292 Member
    I'm pretty sure one can suffer from water intoxication, but I think it requires a ridiculous amount of water.

    Think it has to be drunk in a short period of time for it to be dangerous too, so don't think I'd worry if I were you!
  • Zichu
    Zichu Posts: 542 Member
    I drink about 6 to 8 pints of water a day and I feel fine. I usually leave a gap of an hour or 2 before I have another drink.

    Keep an eye on your urine. If it's pretty much the same color as water, than you are drinking too much. If it's really yellow, then you aren't getting enough. If it's in between like a really weak yellow color, you are drinking just the right amount.
  • yoashisme
    yoashisme Posts: 48 Member
    I drink about 6 to 8 pints of water a day and I feel fine. I usually leave a gap of an hour or 2 before I have another drink.

    Keep an eye on your urine. If it's pretty much the same color as water, than you are drinking too much. If it's really yellow, then you aren't getting enough. If it's in between like a really weak yellow color, you are drinking just the right amount.

    Thanks zichu! I knew about the urine being to yellow but not the rest.
  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    i sometimes drink up to 6 litres spread out between 7am and 11pm and its never been a problem

    its drinking several litres of water in a short amount of time that causes the problem
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