Posted by Racer on July 4, 2004, at 14:10:32
OK, this is going to sound really nuts, but how much water is too much water to drink each day? I drink a lot of whatever is handy, both nervous energy and dry mouth. I also get hellacious constipation, so I try to make sure I'm fully hydrated.
A few weeks ago, though, I had a bad experience that I think might have been caused by drinking too much water and upsetting my electrolyte balance. My husband said something the other day about me drinking too much water, too. So, I'm wondering: how much is too much? Everything I can find talks about drinking "enough" water, and it lists 64 ounces per day as the target to shoot for. That's a fair amount less than I drink, although I don't drink a lot of other things, so it's not "64 ounces of water, plus [x] ounces of coffee/tea, plus [x] ounces of [whatever]..." It's more like, "[x] ounces of water, plus 6 ounces of fruit juice, plus 12(or 24) ounces of diet soda..." Can anyone tell me how much my little [x] should be set to as a maximum?
Thanks!
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