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Sport drinking too much water?
- Thread starter scubadhp
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Sport Fitness
yes, you can drink too much water, causing an imbalance in electrolytes in the body.
however this is typically only possible by drinking over 2 gallons of water in under 1 hour...ie. you have to try to do it actually do it.
sometimes it happens when you sweat too much, and lose electrolytes, creating a lesser imbalance. this usually results in feeling ill and you stop what you're doing....but this is a prime example of when gatorade IS better than water, since it replenishes electrolytes. its just too bad its full of sugar too.
hikers will take a little bag of table salt with them, and take a pinch every so often, so they don't sweat out too much sodium.
however this is typically only possible by drinking over 2 gallons of water in under 1 hour...ie. you have to try to do it actually do it.
sometimes it happens when you sweat too much, and lose electrolytes, creating a lesser imbalance. this usually results in feeling ill and you stop what you're doing....but this is a prime example of when gatorade IS better than water, since it replenishes electrolytes. its just too bad its full of sugar too.
hikers will take a little bag of table salt with them, and take a pinch every so often, so they don't sweat out too much sodium.
water intoxication, hyperhydration, water poisoning, overhydration...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication:
Most water intoxication is caused by hyponatremia, an overdilution of sodium in the blood plasma, which in turn causes an osmotic shift of water from extracellular fluid (outside of cells) to intracellular fluid (within cells)...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication:
Most water intoxication is caused by hyponatremia, an overdilution of sodium in the blood plasma, which in turn causes an osmotic shift of water from extracellular fluid (outside of cells) to intracellular fluid (within cells)...
yeah, that's be a real big pond of water!