Too Much Water During Exercise Riskier Than Dehydration

[borntolose]

Too Much Water During Exercise Riskier Than Dehydration
on Tuesday, April 19 @ 18:13:32 EDT

A new study reports that athletes who drink too much water are at risk of diluting the sodium content of their blood, causing hyponatremia and putting them at risk for seizures, coma and death.

http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2666

BJ Webb

[tickletussler]

This is true as it happens to marathon runners - they pick up a bottle as they run every time there is a water stop, and they overwater themselves becaues their brain cells become overfilled with water...

But having said that, most of us aren't marathon runners and you have to drink soooo much to die from over-drinking...

So for Atkiners, dehydration is worse than over-hydration

[snorkelman]

That article talks about people drinking an average of three liters (about 13 cups of water or a sports drink).

I doubt if the average person has to worry about this - regardless of whether you are on Atkins or not.

Before I jog I drink 8 oz of water and while I am jogging I drink another 16 oz. That seems to be fine for me. That isn't even close to the 3 liters involved in the study.