I seem to remember reading about a woman who ran the Boston Marathon in the last couple years dying the same way, from over-hydrating during the race. I think the soda companies, who got into the water business, where the profit margin is even higher, have been guilty of over-hyping us about water drinking. People always used to be able to get thru a concert without drinking anything. Now everybody just HAS to bring their bottles of water into the theater.
I try to drink about 2 or 3 glasses of water and 2 or 3 glasses of coffee and/or juice or other liquid (e.g. softdrink) during the day.
i think we run a similar thread some time ago , did we not ?
a/t what i know ALL liquids count towards the total intake .
while one might drink more water , someone else might drink coffee , tea , water , have some soup , oatmeal - it needs lots of water ;
while i drink a few glasses of water every day , i usually also drink a couple of glasses of mineral water - such as gerolsteiner or apollinaris .
chug-a-lug !
hbg
Slappy was right, it was more like two gallons than two liters.
SF Gate article here (more about investigation).
(another gerolsteiner, apollonaris, pelligrino, perrier drinker here. I like all those, pick the least expensive per volume at the time.)
Thats why they invented gator aide. It keeps the electrolytes from being diluted and causing your death.
The waiver they gave the woman was, as I heard o the news, rather thin on iding the risks
Quote:another gerolsteiner, apollonaris, pelligrino, perrier drinker here. I like all those, pick the least expensive per volume at the time
we have found a polish mineral-water "jordanka" that is much to our taste . while it does not have the 'purging' power of gerolsteiner etc it is quite refreshing and at only CAN $ 1.19 for a 1 1/2 liter bottle a lot less expensive .
there is also a mineral water from slovenia (don't recall name , has a green label) that costs about the same and tastes very good - almost a bit 'lemony' .
bottoms up !
hbg
farmerman wrote:The waiver they gave the woman was, as I heard o the news, rather thin on iding the risks
I would say nobody at the station who put the contest together had any clue drinking too much water could be harmful. I don't think too many people actually know that.
One of those articles states the station people did mention a college student who recently died from hazing/too much water, on the air, during the contest. D'oh!
