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Jan 9, 2019
10:17:32am

shimmy Peacemaker

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Medical News Today

Water intoxication - when you drink too much water

People who are athletic, older, or pregnant may need to drink extra water. However, drinking too much can lead to water intoxication, which can cause symptoms as severe as seizures and brain damage. It may even be fatal, when sodium levels fall too low. Here, learn about symptoms, causes, and who has the highest risk.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318619.php

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shimmy

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POLL: Do you drink half your body weight (in ounces) of water each day?

Grit for Brains NSFCB

1/9/19 9:53am

How many ounces of Diet Dew to get 110oz of water?

Plato

1/9/19 9:54am

110

Grit for Brains

1/9/19 9:55am

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Buffalo

1/9/19 9:55am

It's 99% water, so you'll need to add one more ounce to get to 111oz.

SpecialT

1/9/19 10:08am

No sir

TNT

1/9/19 9:55am

Why???

cypresstx

1/9/19 9:56am

RE: Why???

Grit for Brains

1/9/19 9:57am

I asked my urologist about this and he said your body will tell you

cypresstx

1/9/19 10:00am

My body apparently loves Diet Coke.

garyfan

1/9/19 10:01am

and donuts. Love donuts

Grit for Brains

1/9/19 10:02am

Probably about 1/3 and that makes me pee all the time. Drinking more would be

cougaman

1/9/19 10:03am

At least double that. And it’s not for health reasons, I’m just always drinking water. in high school i was 100% certain

shimmy

1/9/19 10:04am

So you drink an oz of water for every lb of body weight every day?

hyperbully

1/9/19 10:05am

Pretty close and probably over. I have a 40oz hydro flask i fill at least 4 times. And then a 25 oz squeeze bottle

shimmy

1/9/19 10:08am

I can not even relate

hyperbully

1/9/19 10:09am

If you actually drink that much you would have water intoxication

scootsy

1/9/19 10:08am

Not even close. 6 liters over a day isn’t close to enough.

shimmy

1/9/19 10:13am

RE: Not even close. 6 liters over a day isn’t close to enough.

scootsy

1/9/19 10:14am

What is that link supposed to prove?

shimmy

1/9/19 10:15am

Just that 6 liters is absolutely enough to kill a person.

scootsy

1/9/19 10:17am

If you chug it. Are you familiar with the concept of time?

shimmy

1/9/19 10:18am

This ought to help you out:

shimmy

1/9/19 10:17am

The kidney's/ body can effectively abosrb around 25oz of water an hour on avg.

Boomcannon

1/9/19 10:52am

water intoxication is fairly rare, it doesn't automatically happen

hyperbully

1/9/19 10:17am

I don't eat anything before noon at the earliest

Belboz

1/9/19 10:12am

I'm in the same boat.

Zilog

1/9/19 10:13am

I started with 100 ounces a day the day after New Years and along with

Gathers

1/9/19 11:23am

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