Strange But True Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill Summary

In ‘Strange but True: Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill’ they cover all about the dangerous side of drinking too much water. How your body hydrates, what facts have been unlocked on the subject, and how water can be deadly. Many are unaware of the risks they take and therefore suffer the consequences.

Hydrating is very important to your body's ability to function. Your body must intake water as we constantly let off water as said i pg 1 of ‘Strange but True: Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill’ it states “At every moment water escapes the body through sweat, urination, defecation or exhaled breath, among other routes.” As it's been told that water is good for you and needed no one has ever thought of actually being able to overdue it. When you take in water your kidney stores up to a gallon of water so as to keep you hydrated. In the article mentioned previously it also states in pg 10, “every hour a healthy kidney at rest can excrete 800 to 1,000 milliliters … therefore a person can drink up to 800 to 1,000 milliliters per hour without experiencing a net gain in water”. Therefore your body is built

Many have been told to follow the eight x eight dictum, but as said in the article no scientific studies support that notion. It's even said that doing that can be harmful to you. The way water is dangerous too you if overdone, is the kidneys cannot flush it out fast enough and the blood becomes waterlogged. This can result in your cells swelling to accommodate all the water. The real danger though is hyponatremia, where the cells reach the brain and neurons, and when your neurons become waterlogged it can be very dangerous as said in the article “hyponatremia causes entry of water into brain cells leading to brain swelling, which manifests as seizures, coma, respiratory arrest, brain stem herniation and death”. Proving further that water can be