Warning - Drinking Dangers

Whilst on the subject of Ice. There are two kind that make themselves a house using Ice...eskimos and barmen.

 

and apparently, too much water will damage your kidneys! This was on the BBCtv news about a week ago! Apparently the usually recommended 8 glasses of water per day has now been shown to be far too much and can cause anaemia!

 

Ice, the perfect murder weapon. Doesn't matter how much CSI look for it, they won't find it.

 

Yes, i learnt that from them too :D
Calleigh's looking a bit on the plump side lately, have you noticed

Love all the CSI programmes, so too the NCIS ones :D

 

Certainly true in my case. If I drink that much water I have to keep visiting the loo.

Then afterwards I can't remember what I was doing before I went in there.

Or is that amnesia?

 

If you also forget to visit the Loo Trunky , that's incontinence :D

 

Is what amnesia?

Is it tea time yet

 

Well you know what they say about folks that crunch ice all the time.

 

On an episode of 'Inside Nature's Giants' recently, the animal in question was the camel.

One of the researchers decided to race a camel at drinking 5 gallons of water. Nobody pretended there was any chance the man would win, the point was to see just how much the camel won by.

There was an entire team of medical people on hand ready, and a health warning was given. Apparently, water overload can cause your red blood cells to randomly explode, killing you dead very quickly.

By excess, in this case, meant a lot. More than any 2 litres. If I remember right, the chap managed about 3 litres and then felt very sick.

I think unless illness skews your judgement, you just know how much you need to drink, and don't need experts to tell you. I know when my concentration is waning due to the early stages of dehydration, likewise I know when I'm fully refreshed. I'm sure this is true of most people.

When I'm doing physical work, if I go too long without a drink, I physically become incapable. My physical ability drops so drastically that you'd think I was about to peg it. A swig of pop or water sorts my out in seconds.

All that said, I think the 2 litre guideline is very dangerous. On days where I just do my day (office) job and then chill out at home for the rest of the evening, I probably consume maybe 2 litres. On days when I put some real effort in on the land or in a garden, I can easily get through way more than 6 litres (and multiple Mars Bars).

 

Hmmmm......don't know where I stand on this one. I drink water and absolutely nothing else but water. My family tell me I don't drink enough, but having read the above I think my body makes it's own judgement. Being as I don't drink anything else, diuretics don't come into it, so I believe my body doesn't need such a great intake of water.