Regarding water

workaccount

Hi,
How much water do you drink a day? I am currently drinking 4-5ltrs per day. Is this too much? 6' 168lb.

Also, I think I heard somewhere before that when you drink water while eating... it dilutes the enzymes that your body produces to break down the foods. Thus expending more energy etc. to break it down. Is this true?

Hanley

If it does I'd exepct the effect to be minimal.

I drink probably 3+ litres a day. Less than 4 anyway. If I was to drink anymore I'd be peeing hourly....

estebancambias

10 litres. 2 bottles of 5 litre bottles. I stopped drinking any fizzy drinks or anything like that last summer.

workaccount

estebancambias wrote:

10 litres. 2 bottles of 5 litre bottles. I stopped drinking any fizzy drinks or anything like that last summer.

You are joking, right?

WHIP IT!

Not to hijack here people - but it was mentioned to me before that if drinking alot of water (4/5 litres a day) it's a good idea to have at least one glucose drink along with it during the day - as so much water can flush out valuable nutrients etc?? How true/untrue is that? Thanks!

WHIP IT!

estebancambias wrote:

10 litres. 2 bottles of 5 litre bottles. I stopped drinking any fizzy drinks or anything like that last summer.

If that's in any way true (and I find it hard to believe that it is) then, with an unquenchable thirst like that, I'd get myself to a Doctor - you may be diabetic! :rolleyes:

hunnymonster

I don't know about glucose but the small electrolytes (K, Na, Ca and Mg) are affected by the water balance in your body. If I'm sweating a lot and therefore drinking a lot I'll add these to my liquids.

tribulus

WHIP IT! wrote:

Not to hijack here people - but it was mentioned to me before that if drinking alot of water (4/5 litres a day) it's a good idea to have at least one glucose drink along with it during the day - as so much water can flush out valuable nutrients etc?? How true/untrue is that? Thanks!

Yeah I think as Hunnymonster said if you were sweating profusely for long periods of time and only drinking water you could be in trouble but just throughout the working day I really wouldn't worry about it.

Hanley

hunnymonster wrote:

I don't know about glucose but the small electrolytes (K, Na, Ca and Mg) are affected by the water balance in your body. If I'm sweating a lot and therefore drinking a lot I'll add these to my liquids.

I wouldn't think glucose would be much use either. AFAIK there's not all that many mineral etc in it?

A sachet or 2 of diarolyte might do the trick. Not sure if it's a good idea of extended periods tho.

tribulus

Pure glucose is just that...glucose. Although I assume most sports drinks, like luco, powerade etc put in good ratio's of Na -> K -> Cl or anyother guys needed.

maxheadroom

Hanley wrote:

I wouldn't think glucose would be much use either. AFAIK there's not all that many mineral etc in it?

Glucose and salts (K Na etc) are co-transported in the renal system, you can't shift one back into circulation without having the other.

estebancambias

Honesltly 10 lites, and I'm not that concerned with fitness. As long as I'm flexible, I'm fine.

Supercell

estebancambias wrote:

Honesltly 10 lites, and I'm not that concerned with fitness. As long as I'm flexible, I'm fine.

Jesus, when I was on the bloody Lipotrim I was on about 6 litres a day and was constantly running to the toilet every 30 mins or less. How the hell are you managing on 10 per day????

walt0r

10 litres a day? You must be taking the piss...lots and lots, weh weh, I made a funneh

agentgreen

Hanley wrote:

If it does I'd exepct the effect to be minimal.

I drink probably 3+ litres a day. Less than 4 anyway. If I was to drink anymore I'd be peeing hourly....

I'd be the same as Hanley and I pee every half hour I'd say. Drives me mad.

funktastic

estebancambias wrote:

10 litres. 2 bottles of 5 litre bottles. I stopped drinking any fizzy drinks or anything like that last summer.

This is dangerous.

estebancambias

Seriously funktastik, that is what my mum says, but I said you can never drink enough water. How wrong could I have been?

Oh and the thing about taking the piss...was funny.

WindSock

When I drink water all day, I feel sick, my mouth dries and my breath smells. Today, when I took a sip of coke after loads of water, I felt better. Funny that.

Naikon

estebancambias wrote:

Seriously funktastik, that is what my mum says, but I said you can never drink enough water. How wrong could I have been?

Oh and the thing about taking the piss...was funny.

You are probably going to kill yourself if you keep drinking 10 liters a day.
Your body needs a decent amount of salt to keep everything in balance.

workaccount

estebancambias wrote:

Seriously funktastik, that is what my mum says, but I said you can never drink enough water. How wrong could I have been?

Oh and the thing about taking the piss...was funny.

You can OD on water though I think over the course of a whole day your body can take in up to 15ltrs.

10ltrs seems a little overkill though.

Naikon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6263029.stm

walt0r

Woman died on a radio show water drinking contest "hold your wee for a wii" or something to that effect. It was a contest to see who could drink the most water without pissing. She drank two gallons (7.5 litres). http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9678573-1.html

walt0r

hhaha u dickhead u beat me to it

Hanley

Naikon wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6263029.stm

Bad comparison tbh. Unless the OP is drinking it as fast as possible and trying not to pee...

Odysseus

Hanley wrote:

A sachet or 2 of diarolyte might do the trick. Not sure if it's a good idea of extended periods tho.

I have used diarolyte for a few months at a time, it depends on what I am training for. Any GP or pharmacist I have spoken to about it have seen no pronlem. In my understanding its ok as long as you regulate it, I have read of people becoming dehydrated through taking too much rehydrate, but this mostly happened to people in desert races.

Odysseus

hunnymonster wrote:

I don't know about glucose but the small electrolytes (K, Na, Ca and Mg) are affected by the water balance in your body. If I'm sweating a lot and therefore drinking a lot I'll add these to my liquids.

Excuse my ignorance here hunnymonster, in what form do you get these to add to your drink?

Hanley

Odysseus wrote:

Excuse my ignorance here hunnymonster, in what form do you get these to add to your drink?

I think that's the sort of stuff in diarolyte. I was trying to find some info on what's in it online but couldn't.

All I know if that when I dehydrate myself to make weight, diarolyte's the only stuff that's ever helped me step back onto the platfor mwithout losing strenght.