Did you Know?

[Adrian]

There can be too much of a good thing. Drinking water to excess leads to water intoxication, referred to as hyponatremia. As you consume water, blood plasma increases and dilutes the salt content of the blood. While this is happening, you lose more salt by sweating. Consequently the amount of salt available to the body tissues decreases and over time, the loss interferes with brain, heart and muscle functions. Water intoxication is more commonly found in endurance athletes.

[emptynester]

There was a story like this back last summer I think where a young mom was trying to win tickets for some show for her kids and as a part of a radio contest they had to see who could drink the most water. This lady, and I forget where she was from, died from ingesting too much water at one time. This is frightening. Who knew that too much water could be as dangerous as too much alcohol?