drink a lot of water everyday - but beware!

Philippines
April 18, 2008 12:07am CST
it's always a popular health advice to drink a lot of water of everyday. but beware, you might be drinking water too much. Drinking large amounts of water will not curb your hunger, “flush” away toxins or make your skin look moist and dewy. Drinking too much water can lead to a condition known as water intoxication and to a related problem resulting from the dilution of sodium in the body or hyponatremia.
3 responses
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
19 Apr 08
The human body is 50-75% water,depending on a person's age.in general if we loss more 3% of our water conent,we become dehydrated.if we lose 20%of water content we will probably cease to live.so according to requirement we must drink adequate water every day.water helps regulate and maintain body temperature.water transports nutrients and oxygen and removes waste products and toxins.it moistens and lubricates our mouth,eyes,nose,hair,skin,joints,and digestive tract.if your body does n get enough water,you risk dehydration,elevated body temperature,fatigue,decreased mental and physical performance ands heat related diseases.so for healthy function of our body we are required to drink at least 2 liters of water daily.thank you.
• India
18 Apr 08
I had read bout it in newspaper few months b4...as u said they reduce the amount of sodium n someother minerals in our body...6-8 glasses i.e. 2 litres of liquid is the minimum qnty. we should take daily... in fact its enough for most of us..although in hotter places we may need to take in more qnty.....
@paid2write (5201)
18 Apr 08
I have heard of this condition but to get it you would have to drink a huge amount of water. Only if you drank continuously for hour after hour would you get this. You still need to keep drinking small regular amounts of water. It is just as bad if you drink too little. You will become dehydrated which leads to lack of concentration, bad headache and harm to your kidneys.