I'm on a diet, but drinking too much water unhealthy?

Question

Is drinking too much water unhealthy?
I'm on a diet, and I'm thinking about drinking ONE waterbottle an hour, every hour i'm awake.

Is that unhealthy, or is that healthy? I want to cleanse my body good. :)

-WomanOnADiet

Feel free to email me!

Answer 1

Water is good for you!
drink water at room temperature if possible, as ice-cold water can harm the delicate lining of your stomach.

Drink More Water Everyday. Many places suggest 8 cups (2 L) of water a day. It sounds like an absurd amount of water, but actually, you can drink tea without sugar to make up some of the quota. In fact tea, especially green tea, rev up your "metabolism" (actually cause a temporary increase in calories burned).
For fat loss purposes, it is important to remind yourself that thirst is a much weaker stimuli than hunger. If you consistantly feel hungry after meals, don't immediately think that you need to eat more. You may simply be thirsty!
Needless to say there are many benefits of water. 69% of your body is made of it!
Our bodies are mostly water, and so this ongoing intake of water is essential to our every function. Drink the appropriate amounts, and everything is much more likely to function at optimal levels. Don't drink enough water, and over the short term you will experience routine fatigue, dry skin, headaches and constipation; over the longer term, every body function will degrade more quickly. It really is as simple as that

The rule of thumb is, for every 50 pounds of body weight you carry, drink one quart of bottled spring or filtered water per day. The average person weighs 150lbs, so they should drink three quarts per day. A 200lb person should drink a full gallon per day. Athletes should drink even more than that.

We can exist without food for months, but without water we can only survive for a few days. Your body is made up mostly of water, which:

Is essential for digestion, nutrient absorption and elimination
Aids circulation
Helps control the body's temperature
Lubricates and cushions joints
Keeps the skin healthy
Helps remove toxins from your body
Every day you lose water from the body through urine and sweat, and this fluid needs to be replenished. However, your body has come equipped with a mechanism that tells you when you need to replenish your supply--it’s called thirst!

Answer 2

i feel that water is healthy .
i do the same things .
i have at least 6 or 7 bottles of cold water
in my refrigerator . And I have nothing against it .
i am on a diet too , and i feel much better .
it helps the fat in the body to become more
liquified or something , cuz i have seen progress .
i went down from a size 16 to size 12 .
and can't wait to lose more .

Answer 3

unless ur mentally ill, where u r incapable of listening to ur body, u will not likely drink too much water. when u r properly hydrated, u will actually find that u will urinate more often. sometimes every couple hours or so. as a rule, stick to a set eating schedule, and strive for about a gallon of water a day. at least 2 liters or so. it will keep u hydrated, will can stave off fake hunger pangs.

Answer 4

You shouldn't drink more than 2 gallons a day, but 1 gallon is enough. Too much will wash salts out that you need. They say 1 gallon plus 8 oz for each 25lbs you want to lose.
No reason to force more.

Answer 5

Water is healthy and it does flush out your system which is good. BUT, too much water is bad. Every body is different. Play it safe and try drinking ever two hours. You don't want to flush all your good chemicals out.

Answer 6

Drinking water is very healthy! It can also help to keep you feeling full and help you to eat less. Keep up the good work!

Answer 7

Actually, that's not true. You can die from consuming too much water (Hyponatremia).

8-10 glasses a day is fine or if you want divide your weight in half and drink that many ounces.

Answer 8

water intoxication
Water intoxication (also known as hyperhydration or water poisoning) is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain function that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside of safe limits by a very rapid intake of water.[1]


Physiology of water intoxication
Body fluids contain electrolytes (particularly sodium compounds, such as sodium chloride) in concentrations that must be held within very narrow limits. Water enters the body orally or intravenously and leaves the body primarily in urine, sweat, and exhaled water vapor. If water enters the body more quickly than it can be removed, body fluids are diluted and a potentially dangerous shift in electrolyte balance occurs.

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). The cells swell as a result of changes in osmotic pressure and may cease to function. When this occurs in the cells of the central nervous system and brain, water intoxication is the result. Additionally, many other cells in the body may undergo cytolysis, wherein cell membranes that are unable to stand abnormal osmotic pressures rupture, killing the cells. Initial symptoms typically include light-headedness, sometimes accompanied by nausea, vomiting, headache and/or malaise. Plasma sodium levels below 100 mmol/L (2.3g/L) frequently result in cerebral edema, seizures, coma, and death within a few hours of drinking the excess water. As with alcohol poisoning, the progression from mild to severe symptoms may occur rapidly as the water continues to enter the body from the intestines or intravenously.

A person with healthy kidneys can excrete about 900ml (0.24 gal)/hr.[2] Consuming as little as 1.8 litres of water (0.48 gal) in a single sitting may prove fatal for a person adhering to a low-sodium diet, or 3 litres (0.79 gallons) for a person on a normal diet. However, this must be modulated by potential water losses via other routes. For example, a person who is perspiring heavily may lose 1 L/hr (0.26 gal) of water through perspiration alone, thereby raising the threshold for water intoxication. The problem is further complicated by the amount of electrolytes lost in urine or sweat, which is variable within a range controlled by the body's regulatory mechanisms.

Water intoxication can be prevented by consuming water that is isotonic with water losses, but the exact concentration of electrolytes required is difficult to determine and fluctuates over time, and the greater the time period involved, the smaller the disparity that may suffice to produce electrolyte imbalance and water intoxication.

Sodium is not the only mineral that can become overdiluted from excessive water intake. Magnesium is also excreted in urine. According to the National Institutes of Health, "magnesium deficiency can cause metabolic changes that may contribute to heart attacks and strokes."[3] Intravenous magnesium is used in cardiac care units for cardiac arrhythmias.[4]

Answer 9

well if you drink so much water so that you throw up yes, but water is healthy for you.

Answer 10

It is alright to drink water but not that much.