How Much Water Do You Need to Drink?

Re:How Much Water Do You Need to Drink? by freshbagels on Thursday July 25, 2019 @07:10PM (#20530775)

> The myth that you need tons and tons of water has actually led to over-hydration

Absolutely false. Do you have any evidence for that statement?

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Re:How Much Water Do You Need to Drink? by tapanjk on Friday July 26, 2019 @08:29AM (#20534228)

Here's one book that presents evidence: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14537326-waterlogged

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Re:How Much Water Do You Need to Drink? by virtuallynathan on Friday July 26, 2019 @11:04AM (#20535308)

yea, this is totally true. You dilute your electrolytes and get hyponatremia. Very common in marathons now - here's a paper on it: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa043901

"On univariate analyses, hyponatremia was associated with substantial weight gain, consumption of more than 3 liters of fluids during the race, consumption of fluids every mile"

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