We keep being told how wonderful water is and how amazing it is for our bodies. There are so many health benefits associated with drinking water such as cleaning out the liver, improving the quality of your skin and also apparently it can help you lose weight because of water retention.
I remember seeing on some TV show about health that this scientist guy came up with the idea that our bodies need 2 litres of water per day. However this has now meant we’re being told we need to drink 2 litres of water per day. This doesn’t actually have to be the case. If you eat fruit and veg and such like you’ll be getting quite a lot of water too. I don’t know how much we’re therefore supposed to drink but it seems that we don’t really need as much as we’re led to beleive. So if you’ve not been able to make the 2 litres per day don’t worry too much. Of course, that doesn’t mean to say you should be drinking lots of cola and coffee either.
The reason I brought this subject up is because I just saw the tail end of some Tv show where they were talking about someone dying from drinking too much water. Apparently it puts too much pressure on the brain. After a bit more research I have come up with this article about a guy who died form drinking too much water during the London Marathon. The condition is called hyponatraemia.
crazygina said
a lady died from drinking too much water from around here too – but it was part of a radio station contest to try to drink more water than the other person and you could win a car or something – and she drank WAYY too much and then went home and died. i mean – she was feeling sick – so they shouldn’t have comprimised her health like that. but you’d really have to drink so much .. you would definitely notice if you were drinking so much water that you were going to die.
magzh902 said
Crazygina, that is a truly awful thing to happen. What a tragedy!