The importance of drinking enough water dailycan't be stressed enough. Be it improving skin or hair health, aiding oral health or flushing out toxins from your body, water is one of the best healing elixirs for any ailment. But no matter how much healthy food we consume, we must always abide by the saying “moderation is the key”. Believe it or not, a thing like too much water, does exist. The condition is called water toxicity or hyponatremia. A report in Fortune Well revealed that a 35-year-old Indiana woman named Ashley, passed away this summer, due to drinking too much water in a short period of time. Ashley's brother revealed that after feeling dehydrated and lightheaded, she started drinking four bottles of water, which is about 64 ounces, in just 20 minutes.
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As per toxicologist Dr Blake Froberg, drinking too much water can affect the sodium level in your body. “The overall thing that happens is that you have too much water and not enough sodium in your body,” he was quoted as saying. While water toxicity is rare, it usually occurs on hot summer days. Julia Zumpano, the dietician at Cleveland Clinic's Centre for Human Nutrition, stated that this condition can become life-threatening, after sodium level drops in the blood due to overhydration. Detailing the same, she reportedly claimed that staying hydrated is crucial, but overhydration can overload your kidneys.
So the answer to the question of how much water is enough for a person reportedly lies in a variety of factors like weight, age, location, overall health and if you are pregnant or not. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one should not drink more than 48 ounces of water per hour. So far we have been abiding by the 8 x 8 rule, which is eight glasses of eight ounces of water per day. Adequate fluid intake is about 125 ounces for men and about 91 ounces for women, stated the National Academy of Medicine. This quantity includes fluids from fruits, vegetables, beverages and water.
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