Ask Well: Can You Drink Too Much Water?
November 3, 2024
I have a link and PDF file for analysis, 6-7 sentences for each of them, so around 150 words in total should be the maximum word count, I’m fine with less.
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.cell.membraneweb/cell-membrane-just-passing-through/
AskWell_CanYouDrinkTooMuchWater_-TheNewYorkTimes.pdf
2/5/2021 Ask Well: Can You Drink Too Much Water? – The New York Times
https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/ask-well-can-you-drink-too-much-water/ 1/2
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Ask Well: Can You Drink Too Much Water? By Gretchen Reynolds June 19, 2015 5:45 am
Q
Is it possible to drink too much water? I typically drink far more than the recommended six to eight glasses per day, and feel dehydrated if I adhere to the guidelines. I have no underlying medical conditions, such as diabetes, that would lead to increased thirst. Reader Question • 465 votes
A
Absolutely, and if you do, you can develop a dangerous condition called hyponatremia, or water intoxication.
Under normal conditions, the body beautifully maintains its fluid balance. Lose fluids through sweating, for instance, and your body responds with the feeling of thirst. You drink. If you swallow more liquid than needed just then, your body typically responds by excreting the excess through urination.
But should you consume so much fluid that your body can’t easily rid itself of the surplus, you dilute sodium levels in your blood. Osmosis then draws water from the blood into body cells to equalize sodium levels, and those cells swell. At that point, you have hyponatremia. If the cellular bloating occurs in the brain, it can be fatal.
Until about 20 years ago, hyponatremia was extremely uncommon among healthy people. But then several marathon runners died from hyponatremia. In general, they had been middle- or back-of-the-pack, slower runners. They did not sweat much. But they drank plenty of water, trying to ensure that they would be well hydrated.
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