is it possible to drink too much water?

[patsy]

i've just realized i drink at least 4 - 6 liters of water a day... could there be any bad side effects?

[Romario]

I try to drink as much water as possible but 6 liters? Bloody hell that's alot! I can only imagine drinking that amount if I was in an extremly hot country. Can't see that it's bad for you at all but you must spend half your time on the loo.

[SteveT]

i've just realized i drink at least 4 - 6 liters of water a day... could there be any bad side effects?

 

It's not something I thought you could do,actually but have a look at this link

 

but I think you'll find you've nothing to worry about unless you get into double figures!

Edited February 24, 2006 by SteveT

[Kahnee]

I try to drink as much water as possible but 6 liters? Bloody hell that's alot! I can only imagine drinking that amount if I was in an extremly hot country.

Like, say, Singapore?

[patsy]

it's not difficult really.... i have a 1 lt. water bottle here at work and i refill it 3 -4 times a day... then i have the same one at home and refill it 2-3 times at night!

 

it is extremely hot here in singapore!

[Kahnee]

it's not difficult really.... i have a 1 lt. water bottle here at work and i refill it 3 -4 times a day... then i have the same one at home and refill it 2-3 times at night!

 

it is extremely hot here in singapore!

 

How you fit all that water in is a mystery...

[Tosh]

Patsy

 

yes it is. You can over-hydrate. What the "quantity" is? Try mixing some whisky with your water. I am sure that would help...

[patsy]

How you fit all that water in is a mystery...

 

 

that's what i was wondering myself!

[Kahnee]

that's what i was wondering myself!

 

Maybe your feet leak?

[Ostrich Man]

i've just realized i drink at least 4 - 6 liters of water a day... could there be any bad side effects?

drowning??

[Guest TanMan]

it's not difficult really.... i have a 1 lt. water bottle here at work and i refill it 3 -4 times a day... then i have the same one at home and refill it 2-3 times at night!

 

it is extremely hot here in singapore!

 

Have you checked the bottle for holes?

[Stanley Leisure]

I remember reading about a bloke in South Africa who had drunk a stupid amount and it killed him - it was something like 20 or 30 litres - caused a stroke.

 

I drink about a litre and a half a day - its supposed to keep the weight off, well it might if i stopped the biscuits too.

[Buzz]

Didn't Leah Betts, the girl who died after taking an "E" at home, die partly because she drank so much water the fluid entered her brain?.

[matty]

Didn't Leah Betts, the girl who died after taking an "E" at home, die partly because she drank so much water the fluid entered her brain?.

 

Aye, that was the cause of death, and not 'partly'.

[patsy]

Maybe your feet leak?

 

 

not since the last time I checked

 

forgot all about this until i came home and first thing i did was grab a bottle of water

[Vlad JNR]

Aye, that was the cause of death, and not 'partly'.

 

And there was also a story of a girl from Liverpool in the echo this week who appeared to have done the same., drinking (at least) 10 bottles of water on a night out along with an unknown number of alchopops, after taking 1 and a half pills from which she had a severe toxic reaction (or something like that).

[Buzz]

Aye, that was the cause of death, and not 'partly'.

 

I thought it was the cause, but I said "partly" 'cause I couldn't remember if there was any toxicity from the "E" which led to death as in the other Liverpool case mentioned above.

[Kahnee]

I thought it was the cause, but I said "partly" 'cause I couldn't remember if there was any toxicity from the "E" which led to death as in the other Liverpool case mentioned above.

 

I can't remember the exact detais of the Betts story, but reports on the Liverpool girl were linking her death from a toxic reaction to Leah's

[LeeRadford]

Doesn't drinking that level of water lower your sodium levels and put you at serious health risks?

 

And if it doesn't, you must pee like a race horse!

[StevieC]

Didn't Leah Betts, the girl who died after taking an "E" at home, die partly because she drank so much water the fluid entered her brain?.

 

 

Ecstasy is a diuretic so she retained water and the fluid build up caused excess pressure on the brain.