water? is it dangerous

pepper

Hi all

Im drinking 15-20 pints of water a day( no exaggeration) but i have heard that drinking a lot of water can kill you.I think this is total crap but its been playing on my mind a lot latley.I dont even reliase half the time that im doing it- i drink water like a fish- with all my meals and sometimes id go through a few pints before i reliase how much ive drank

Has anyone heard anything about this

amazingemmet

Thats far too much water too be drinking in one day, can't remember what its called but has something to do with the kidneys shutting down due to too much water.

Victor

Potentially you flush all the salts out of you system putting pressure on your brain and end up with brain damage and/or death.

You do seem to be overdoing it. The minimum recommended for an adult is 2 litres per day of clear liquids (not counting tea, coffee, etc), so anyhting above that is Ok. What youa re doing is not OK.

Do you spend any time out of the bathroom?

fatal

pepper wrote:

Hi all

Im drinking 15-20 pints of water a day( no exaggeration) but i have heard that drinking a lot of water can kill you.I think this is total crap but its been playing on my mind a lot latley.I dont even reliase half the time that im doing it- i drink water like a fish- with all my meals and sometimes id go through a few pints before i reliase how much ive drank

Has anyone heard anything about this

Your story sounds just like me drinking milk lol
I have heard that it can harm,not kill.I've read that it causes the kidneys to have to work extra hard to get rid of the excess water and it is infact this,that does the damage and also it can cause excessive bloating.How long have you been doing this for?
If you regularly excercise alot and sweat alot im sure that some of the water would be used up in hydrating youself etc but even then 15-20 pints of water is WAY too much I think.
Like victor said,you are pretty much flushing all the nutrients and essential salts out of your body which cant be healthy in the longterm

whiskeyman

http://chemistry.about.com/cs/5/f/blwaterintox.htm

that's a savage amount of water.
It sounds like an unconscious habit you seem to have that you think benefits you.
Try and cut down to a sensible amount.

pepper

fatal wrote:

Your story sounds just like me drinking milk lol
I have heard that it can harm,not kill.I've read that it causes the kidneys to have to work extra hard to get rid of the excess water and it is infact this,that does the damage and also it can cause excessive bloating.How long have you been doing this for?
If you regularly excercise alot and sweat alot im sure that some of the water would be used up in hydrating youself etc but even then 15-20 pints of water is WAY too much I think.

i go to the gym 4 times a week

Smellyirishman

Take it easy , flipper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

pepper

it's possible to drink too much water, but unless you are running a marathon or an infant, water intoxication is a very uncommon condition.

so i guess im ok

amazingemmet

I go to the gym upwards of ten times a week for full on sessions and i still wouldn't drink anywhere near that amount of fluids

pepper

amazingemmet wrote:

I go to the gym upwards of ten times a week for full on sessions and i still wouldn't drink anywhere near that amount of fluids

really? wow i have to drink it- id go mad

fatal

pepper wrote:

i go to the gym 4 times a week

If you had said 15-20 glasses,because everyone is different,I would have thought that it was ok because maybe you sweat alot more than others etc etc.However think about it,you are drink 7/8/9 litres a day of a "clear" liquid that is putting no salts and nutrients back inside your body and infact you are flushing out pretty much all of what you are taking in terms of salts which are ESSENTIAL

amazingemmet

Sounds like you've got a case of this

pepper

amazingemmet wrote:

Sounds like you've got a case of this

so im a Psychiatric patient?lol

amazingemmet

You could be. They do allow people access to the net now a days. Have you tried drinking other things other then water like isotonice drinks. You can buy buckets of isotonic powder to mix yourself.

pepper

amazingemmet wrote:

You could be. They do allow people access to the net now a days. Have you tried drinking other things other then water like isotonice drinks. You can buy buckets of isotonic powder to mix yourself.

no id be paranoid about the calories in them- heard the other day theres like 250 cals in a bottle of lucozade n had a fit- im weird like that

justsomebloke

just a quick question, why do you drink so much water

amazingemmet

The stuff is just electroyltes claims to have no cals and no taste.

pepper

jsb wrote:

just a quick question, why do you drink so much water

cos i love it- its like my coke

fatal

jsb wrote:

just a quick question, why do you drink so much water

lol then again i drink about 4 litres of milk a day.....................although i suppose its different cos it consists of nutrients

Victor

fatal wrote:

lol then again i drink about 4 litres of milk a day.....................although i suppose its different cos it consists of nutrients

Theres a big difference between 4L and 8-11 L.

daveirl

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mad m

Well no kidney stones for you pepper,were as I am prone to them and have been told by docs to drink as much as possible(obviously not as much as you).I find it hard to drink 2-4 pints let alone what you are...

I mix some robinsons in with it....Do you goto toilet alot? because I know I do.:)

pepper

mad m wrote:

Well no kidney stones for you pepper,were as I am prone to them and have been told by docs to drink as much as possible(obviously not as much as you).I find it hard to drink 2-4 pints let alone what you are...

I mix some robinsons in with it....Do you goto toilet alot? because I know I do.:)

im in there every 5 minutes

Wertz

Do you have an active thirst for the water?

Because the amount you're consuming along with your frequency of heading for the toilet are sometimes an early warning sign of possible diabetes.
I'm not a doctor but there is diabetes in my family and this can be one of the early sigsn...might want to maybe tip in to a doctor and see what they think.

Either way I don't think that amount of daily consumption can possibly be good for you, even in a hot climate where you've just run two marathons.

Faith

Jesus, just saw this thread. There is no way in the world that drinking that much water is good for you, in fact it's downright dangerous. Like everyone has said, you're flushing out essential salts. Also, by flooding your body with water, you put your cells under extreme pressure and run the risk of them basically exploding.

Stop putting your health at risk.

pepper

Wertz wrote:

Do you have an active thirst for the water?

Because the amount you're consuming along with your frequency of heading for the toilet are sometimes an early warning sign of possible diabetes.
I'm not a doctor but there is diabetes in my family and this can be one of the early sigsn...might want to maybe tip in to a doctor and see what they think.

Either way I don't think that amount of daily consumption can possibly be good for you, even in a hot climate where you've just run two marathons.

yes i do have an active thirst- i have a pretty active life and i am always running around so i get thirsty- also its very warm here now and i drink it to cool off as well