Too much of good thing?- drinking water

According to UPI news , a young woman in California died shortely after entering drinking contest.

http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_9055-Woman-Dies-After-Water-Drinking-Contest.html

It is a tragic event that should not have happened.

Water drinking has become a fad in health industry. It is being promoted as a necessary step in maintaining a good health. Water bottling industry has prospered so fast in the last few years. Is there any medical study done to support it? I don’t think so, because it is bound to fail.

As we drink in water, immediately, our blood volume increase. The concentration of all components in the blood is diluted. Notes that we have about 4-5 liters of blood in the entire body. If we drink one liter of water, our blood will be diluted 1/4 to 1/5 in less than half an hour. The concentration of every components of blood, like electrolytes, blood cells all would be diluted. We will be very sick if we don’t get rid of it within this period of time.

This is what happened to this poor woman.

水, 行嗎﹖

 

身體健康的人﹐多喝水﹐ 馬上(20-30)﹐水就從尿道排出。我們的身

體是沒辦法貯藏多餘水的。

 

上吐下泄時﹐ 排出的是電解質-鈉﹐鉀等。 只喝白開水﹐會稀釋血中

的電解質﹐造成紊亂。會有休克的危險。

 

昨天在美國就有一個年輕女人比喝水。只喝了四瓶(32 once) 幾個小

時後就死亡了。

7 Responses to “Too much of good thing?- drinking water”


  1. 1 shoshay February 5, 2007 at 4:44 pm

    的確很嚇人 我今早還要某人用喝水來減肥
    也是錯誤的觀念嗎
    運動飲料聽說也不能多喝
    怎樣是很多呢 真是麻煩

  2. 2 女兒 February 6, 2007 at 2:20 am

    啊這邊要怎樣留言?
    找了一下子才找到說…
    嘿嘿
    叔叔終於開台了!

  3. 3 pbacup5 February 6, 2007 at 8:40 am

    Hi, Shoshay,

    The rule of thumb is moderation. I doubt”喝水來減肥” could be effective.
    Running to bathroom for sure.

    Hi, 女兒.
    Surprise!!

  4. 4 shsohay February 7, 2007 at 7:00 pm

    謝謝啦
    我也覺得好笑
    我是嘮叨型的庸醫

  5. 5 小草 March 21, 2007 at 12:34 am

    注意,注意
    喝很多水但尿頻繁且很少很少又沒流汗
    請立刻去看醫生
    你的腎臟有問題了

    還有不喝水或喝不夠水對身體的排洩循環有Negative的影響
    早上起床後,先如廁,
    然後喝杯約300-500cc的溫水
    對身體健康絕對有好處

  6. 6 pbacup5 March 21, 2007 at 5:37 am

    水 有 進 就 要 有 出 排 汗 ﹐ 排 尿 都 行 。
    多 喝 不 排 的人 少 ﹐ 因 為 水 積 在 身 體 內 ﹐ 是 不 舒 服 的 。 一 般 人 一 定 會 找 醫 生 的 。
    無 緣 無 故 渴 ﹐ 而 大 喝 大 排 尿 ﹐ 那 就 要 注 意 ﹐ 可 能 是 糖 尿 病 。

  7. 7 小草 April 28, 2007 at 12:19 am

    一直在想這位只喝了四瓶(32 once)就出事的案件
    也許這位小姐的腎臟有潛伏性的毛病
    才會如此不耐喝水


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