Hey all...got a quick question. I know you're supposed to drink 8 glasses of water each day. Is there such a thing as drinking too much water? Other than frequent visits to the washroom, are there other consequences to drinking large amounts of water? I drink at least 3 liters each day...sometimes 4...plus 2 or 3 coffees and 1 or 2 diet colas. Obviously this would affect a weigh in.

Jason, when my dh went in for his initial COD visit, one of the first things they told him was to cut down his water consumption. He was drinking a gallon and a half and sometimes 2 gallons! They told him he was flushing his system too frequently and losing nutrients or whatever...
I don't have any proof of what they said, but he did cut down to the 64 oz/day.
Blessings,

I was wondering about this myself, so I looked and found this hydration calculator online. Perhaps this will help.

http://nutrition.about.com/library/b...calculator.htm

Holy crap.. That thing said I should be drinking 122.8 ounces a day... I usually put down close to 80, but 122 is a bit much...
Yikes!

the calculator is VERY interesting thanks

You could actually flush out your system too much and lower your electrolytes. It could cause you to feel weak and nauseated.

I'm suggested for 116 oz or 98ozs if I eat healthy.. just what I need more trips to the Loo!

Yes ladies and gents, emmysmom is right if you drink too much you wil wash out your electrolytes. I've done this before. The calcualtor is neat I'm close to drinking my 82 oz for eating healthy.

I also like the WW rule of thumb--drink half your weight in ounces. I'm sure many of us are actually close to this--I average 80-90 oz a day. I was also drinking way too much and was told the same about flushing out good stuff and that the body can only process so much in a day--maybe bunk but I sure don't mind sleeping thru the night!

Emmysmom - that might explain why dh was nauseated frequently before but not sense LAWL! Thanks!

Last year I read a story about a girl who was actually addicted to water. Her dr. and everyone tried to limit her consumption but she refused to limit her intake. She actually ended up dying, if I remember the details, it had to do with her liver bursting or something similarily gruesome.

I am NOT GOOD at water consumption. It has to have crystal lite in it or bubbles. That plus my job in the school limits my ability to head to the loo as nature calls plus having a bladder the size of a walnut I swear.

It is rare but entirely possible to drink too much water. We will probably never get to this extreme but....

In medicine, water intoxication (also known as hyperhydration or water poisoning) is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain function that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside of safe limits by a very rapid intake of water.


In a much-publicized case of fraternity hazing, four members of the Chi Tau House at California State University, Chico pled guilty to forcing 21-year-old student Matthew Carrington to drink excessive amounts of water while performing calisthenics in a frigid basement as part of initiation rites on 2 February 2005[2]. He collapsed and died of heart failure due to water intoxication.

Other fatalities due to water intoxication include Leah Betts [3], Anna Wood [4], 2002 Boston Marathon competitor Cynthia Lucero [5], and Washington, D.C. police officer James McBride [6]. New Zealand race-walker Craig Barrett collapsed during the last kilometer of the 50 km walk in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in a non-fatal case of water intoxication.

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Thanks for the input everyone!!

I do the same as Lea Ann I drink half my weight in OZs of water. I drink around 75-85oz a day.