Thank you Heather.
I was wondering how much water is "too much".
When I was in Egypt, 110° F, I intuitively started drinking water with lemon and salt. It was delicious to me, especiallly in the heat. I craved it.
Now I am home, (USA) doing the fast five and I have been drinking a lot of plain water, but maybe I should do my salty lemon water more.
When I get hungry I drink more, waiting for my window to open....
- T
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
>
> That has happened to some runners. The thing that kills them though isn't
> the water: the condition is called "hyponatremia" which means "not enough
> salt". In the old days (when I was a kid), a person was encouraged to eat
> salty foods on hot days, or take salt tablets, because you lose a lot of
> salt through sweat. These days a lot of us are paranoid about "too much
> salt", and forget that "too little salt" is an issue too! When you drink
> water, your body pulls electrolytes from your blood to raise the osmotic
> pressure, since your body can't actually handle "pure water" as it is. If
> the salt level in your blood drops too much, your heart stops working.
>
> I drink a lot less water than I used to, since I've learned a bit about
> electrolytes. Actually I don't eat as much salt as I used to either, oddly
> enough. My electrolyte of choice is a tsp. of vinegar in a glass of water,
> which I do 3x a day (with a bit of honey in my window, and sometimes with
> baking soda to make it fizzy).
>
> Anyway, when you drink water it washes salt from your body, and also you can
> lose a fair amount of B vitamins. Which isn't to say drinking water is bad:
> you need it. Just be aware of it's effects. In an ideal world it would be
> balanced, like Gatorade (but not bright blue ... ).
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Sandra <samdgood@...> wrote:
>
> > sounds like you found your answer and glad it's working but... please be
> > careful you don't overdo. i never knew you could drink too much water until
> > my aunt died from doing just that. also, a radio show held a contest that
> > had something to do with drinking water and one of the contestants died
> > because of it. i don't know what is too much but i think ppl who drink a lot
> > of water should find out. i drink water all day and that is always in the
> > back of my mind.
> >
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