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Water Consumption


DanG
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2 litres a day is absolutely fine (assuming you don't have kidney failure) and you could get away with a fair bit more than that.

And in general, drinking lots of water doesn't cause you to lose significant amounts of salts or minerals. The kidneys are a stunningly good piece of kit (I always think that everybody should have at least one) and are highly efficient at both diluting and concentrating urine.

Water intoxication is a result of the blood and other fluids in your body becoming overdiluted and therefore water gets in the wrong places and you get swelling where you shouldn't.

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Yes it is. Do you recall the young man who died after the marathon? That was from overhydration IIRC - [okay i'm simplifying it abit!]

Similarly there are 2 modes of "common" death post-Ecstasy and 1 is related to drinking too much water.

This ignores medical conditions such as Diabetes Insipidus

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Your water consumption obviously depends on the weather conditions, your own body and what you are doing during the day.

I reckon I drink around 3 litres of water a day, more in summer, less in winter. IIRC the RN have signs on the toilets in their ships stating "You should goto the toilet every 2 hours and your urine should be clear"

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