Is there a such thing as too much water?

bizygurl · Jan 13, 2006, 09:02 AM

Me too, this is like WATER 101. Ha, ha! But seriously thank you all for advice. I have actually learned a lot.

DJ 'H' · Jan 13, 2006, 09:13 AM

Or water H2O lol

jduke44 · Jan 13, 2006, 12:37 PM

I had time to skim rick's links he gave you (good info BTW) so if I say anything contradictary or redundant I apologize. My wife was on me a couple years ago because I would drink a lot of soda and she always knew it was bad for you. She would encourage me to drink water. Like youi, I am not a water drinker. We decided to read this book called "Living well by water" and it stated (I don't know if he was a doctor) as a general rule to drink 1/2 your bodies weight in ounces. So you are 115 divided by 2 would be 57.5 ounces of water a day. I am not sayingn this is correct, just mentioning another view point. One thing I did catch on the website is not the amount you drink but how fast you drink. This book also states that drinking water can heal many of the pains we get, even cancer, just by keeping our body hydrated. I know when I get headaches, I reach for more water instead of aspirin (never big onit anyways) because I think back to how much water I've drank and it is usually barely any. I wish I could live by this rule but just as DJ says it is almost impossible for me.

BTW, caffeinated drinks absorb the water in your body leaving you hydrated.

bizygurl · Jan 14, 2006, 03:46 AM

Thanks JDUKe, I think I heard of the book that your talking about. I read a book a little while ago called, "Your Not Sick, Your Thirsty" and it was by a doctor. I can't remember the name. Maybe it is the same guy. It brought up a lot of good points about how water can prevent degeneritive diseases such as Osteoporosis and arthrits and even athsma. It really seemed to make a lot of sense.

I have been drinking more water than usual this past week and I noticed a huge difference. In the past when I tried to get on a water kick it would only last a few days and then I would stop drinking it. In this book he says that it takes several days (of increased water intake) to fully (not qoting here) raise hydration levels in your body to be where they should. Honestly everyday I have felt a difference.

I know as you said that its very hard to get use to drinking water all the time and when I first started I was thinking that I'm never going to get use to this. But after about three days My body just automatically craves it, its hard to explain, I immediately reach for the water instead of juice or soda.

I also heard that drinking water too fast was harmful. That was what I started doing at first but it made my stomach upset so now I drink it slowly. Thanks a lot for your imput.

DJ 'H' · Jan 17, 2006, 05:45 AM

I have been drinking bottle water today and my headaches have reduced tremendously and my body feels so much better. I cannot stop going to the toilet though lol

JoeCanada76 · Jan 17, 2006, 08:24 AM

DJ

Pee away to a new healthier person.

DJ 'H' · Jan 17, 2006, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Jesushelper76

DJ

Pee away to a new healthier person.

I will Joe. I have not had one fizzy drink today. Quite proud of myself. I can only hope that after a few weeks I will feel much healthier than I have done in yonks

bizygurl · Jan 17, 2006, 02:20 PM

Good for you DJ'H, see what I mean? I have been doing this for over a week and I don't feel as tiered as I use to.

DJ 'H' · Jan 18, 2006, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by bizygurl

Good for you DJ'H, see what I mean? I have been doing this for over a week and I don't feel as tiered as I use to.

Me either. My headaches have gone and even though I knew I was tired I felt so energetic. I am on the bottled water now as we speak lol

DJ 'H' · Jan 19, 2006, 08:06 AM

Well it's my fourth day on my bottle water fest. I have now increased my dosage and drinking just under 8pints a day - and I am starting to feel the effects even more so and see them. My skin is clearing up fantastically, all the crap is being flushed out of my system, no more headaches and I feel as good as I used to when I was a young teenager. How cool is that.

I have even lost some weight

and I am still eating 3 meals a day> I am well chuffed. (Not that I needed to lose any anyways.

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