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bigelliot bigelliot
 
June 10, 2009 11:12 PM

I have heard it is possible to die from drinking to much water but does anyone know how much it would take?

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seventwooh seventwooh
 
 June 13, 2009 02:37 AM | view on twitter
Every hour, a healthy kidney at rest can excrete 800 to 1,000 milliliters, or 0.21 to 0.26 gallon, of water and therefore a person can drink water at a rate of 800 to 1,000 milliliters per hour without experiencing a net gain in water.

You need to keep your salts in your body up and too much water dilutes this and cell function ceases.

Every person is different, but i would assume that if you drink 1-2 gallons in an hour you could be at risk of serious consequences.

That is an estimate so dont try it.
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stanar stanar
 
June 15, 2009 05:18 PM
@bigelliot dont try this at home!

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