I discovered a fascinating thing yesterday - and then promptly tested it out as well to figure out that it is indeed true - that ingesting too much water can intoxicate you!!
In this day and age of experts telling us to drink more and more water, this sounds discordant. Apparently, the human body functions on a balance of water and salts. Drinking too much water disturbs this balance, and causes cells in the kidneys to swell. In extreme cases, when one ingests more than 1.5 quarts of water per hour (that's roughly 2 litres), it could lead to disorientation and even bursting of the brain!!
I actually tried this yesterday - I drank 1.5 litres of water in 15 minutes - and then felt pretty intoxicated for the next 2 hours!! Of course in normal circumstances, none of us would ever need to worry about drinking too much water - can't think of anyone who drinks more than 15 liters of water per day!!
Check out this cool article! if you need more gory detail.
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Docs have recomended that i drink 5 litres a day. Thats not like 15 litres, but still pretty high....
I managed 3-4 litre in the begining.... but these days water has started tasting bitter... and i am practically dehydrated
How many times did you visit the loo in the next one hour?!
dear anonymous,
only twice :-)
All i can say is that i'm GLAD you never became a medico... with this 'let me see for myself' attitude, you would have never made it past second year.
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