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Water intoxication can be prevented if a person's intake of water does not grossly exceed their losses. Healthy kidneys can excrete approximately 800 millilitres to one litre of fluid water (0.84–1.04 quarts) per hour. [15] However, stress (from prolonged physical exertion), as well as disease states, can greatly reduce this amount. [15]
Doctors used to recommend that patients drink at least 8 cups a day...but not anymore. Over drinking water can actually kill you.
Here are 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly. ... Effects are fast acting and can include heart stoppage, seizures, and paralysis. Number 8.Cleaning the toilet. No doubt, it's an ...
Bottle for distilled water in the Real Farmacia in Madrid. Distilled water is water that has been boiled into vapor and condensed back into liquid in a separate container. Impurities in the original water that do not boil below or near the boiling point of water remain in the original container. Thus, distilled water is a type of purified water.
A water fast is essentially what it sounds like—you go on a fast, but typically drink water and other no- or low-calorie liquids. There are different versions of water fasts that people have ...
Please tell me you also bathed an earthworm in tap water at the same time. Earthworms are not meant to be bathed in water -- I'm guessing drowning had a lot more to do with his death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.201.7.21 14:34, 23 August 2011 (UTC) Haha.. So love the response you gave!
It can take anywhere from one day to a week or so to completely lose excess water weight and return to normal. Healthy adults can expect to lose one to five pounds, Schnoll-Sussman notes.
"When you drink more water than your kidneys can remove in your urine, this can cause too much water to collect in your bloodstream and an imbalance of fluids," says Maggie Michalczyk, M.S., R.D ...