Guest guest Posted April 27, 2002 Report Share Posted April 27, 2002 Just to let you all know that there was a disturbing bit of news in one of newspapers today. A young man of 32 died from drinking too much WATER not realising that it was washing away his body's vital chemicals . When they tested his blood it had been diluted and essential salts had been washed from his body. I know that there has been much talk about you not being able to drink too much water - this now proves that you can. A note from the health editor at the end of the story read " Water is vital for cleaning out toxins - but too much can be lethal. We should all be drinking up to 2 litres a day. Water intoxication destroys body salts in a process called hyponatraemia. Babies and old folk who are less able to regulate thirst are most at risk. But ecstasy users are in danger group as they gulp water when on the drug " . Marianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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