Water: How Much is Too Much?

[chase_white_rabbits]

For all of you dedicated to drinking a large amount of water each day, how much do you think is too much? I just added mine up and it looks like I average about 130-150 ounces a day (all throughout the day from 7:30 am - 9:00 pm).

[jroche5998]

In a healthy individual eating a healthy diet those amounts should be fine. In people who are sick large amounts of plain water to replace large amounts of lost fluid can cause hyponatremia (do an online serach and you'll find more than you want to know), which is low sodium serum levels which can be fatal. But that is usually in very old or very young sick people who cannot regulate their fluids. There is another thing called "third-spacing" which only happens in people with renal distress, where fluid is stored excessively in places it is normally not stored. But those are extreme situations which should not come in to play at all for you.

FWIW I drink over 200 ounces per day.