Comment on Obesity: Drink till you dropparentComments−hugh316yI would also imagine so much liquid dilutes the stomach juices and the food doesn't digest properly. I don't have any scientific basis for this btw, just a hunch.I've never heard of that happening, or anything like it. There is such a thing, supposedly, as water intoxication though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxicationIt's not a serious concern for anyone not running marathon distances or taking part in a water-drinking competition, though.−pbhjpbhj16y>There is such a thing, supposedly, as water intoxicationWhy do you doubt that water intoxication exists? Exertional Hyponatremia for example doesn't seem to have any gross reasons to doubt.
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I would also imagine so much liquid dilutes the stomach juices and the food doesn't digest properly. I don't have any scientific basis for this btw, just a hunch.
I've never heard of that happening, or anything like it. There is such a thing, supposedly, as water intoxication though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication
It's not a serious concern for anyone not running marathon distances or taking part in a water-drinking competition, though.
>There is such a thing, supposedly, as water intoxication
Why do you doubt that water intoxication exists? Exertional Hyponatremia for example doesn't seem to have any gross reasons to doubt.