Too Much Water Can Kill Ya!

[msanjelpie]

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I'm lucky to drink my body weight divided by THREE (70 oz.) let alone two...

[Georgiana]

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I'm lucky to drink my body weight divided by THREE (70 oz.) let alone two...

OT: I don't exactly know when it happened, but nice to see you've changed your status.

[ErinB]

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for the post, Georgiana. I don't know how you find the time, but I'm glad you do. is so fortunate you do take the time to break down these articles into such wonderful common sense. Thank you.

In the absence of a better number and given the need to know how much _______ [calories/carbs/dietary fiber/fat/protein/sodium/iron/potassium/red meat/eggs/mayo/toilet paper] we should consume per day, 64+ oz is a perfectly safe water intake.

OK, you convinced me it's OK to pick up my water bottle again, but I'm not eating that toilet paper. I'm just not!

[OzLover]

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My personal opinion is this; when your body is in fat burning mode, there are alot of debris in your body that needs to be flushed out. If you're not drinking enough water, your kidneys have to work alot harder to filter all of the residue and toxins that your body is producing from burning fat. If you choose to drink other soft drinks to quench your thirst you're compounding those toxins with all the other ingredients (chemicals) that are in these soft drinks (thats why they stress pure water).

AMEN! Excellent post.
Also H20 is essential to prevent constipation, optimize kidney & liver function & is fantastic for your complexion!

[PeteinVA]

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Hi Rita yes you're right it's tough to think that we HAVE TO do anything. But as has been said the water intoxication thing is a stretch. While I'm definetly a proponent of as MUCH water as possible, that's only cause for me it fits and makes me feel great.

I understand the points made about being strict with what's been "dictated" to us by Dr. Atkins and DANDR 2002. I also definetly understand your point about the dogmatic attitudes- sometimes it gets on my nerves too and I wanna do it MY way

But we all know this diet is by the book. Anything else is a modified version of it- that doesn't mean THAT can't work for a person, it just means it goes "against" the rules hhha

Best of luck to you with continued success- you've lost an awful lot of weight and look great!

[arcticsp2003]

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Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide.....

Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - dihydrogen monoxide info

[liv]

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I am dying here.
It may be all the water I drank or it may be that website

[Brook]

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Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide.....

Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - dihydrogen monoxide info

I came THIS close to posting that too.

[RitaCeleste]

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I'm really sorry if I made anyone think drinking their water is unsafe. I googled "drinking too much water" just to see if there ever was a problem with it. I came across the artical and thought it was kinda interesting. I have been known to drink a good amount of water all at once to get it over with. Never two gallons thankfully! I read it thought, Okay no more sucking it all down at once! I usually get plenty of fluids, I'm always sipping on something. I just decided for myself to count other fluids besides pure water. I posted it in chitchat because I thought it was interesting in a freak accident sort of way. More like stranger than fiction and I was truely crabby about drinking my water that day. I didn't think before I posted. I should have realized it might scare a newbie into not drinking enough water. And drinking enough FLUIDS (okay WATER!) is IMPORTANT! I am really sorry.