Greebo
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/14/opinion/14thu2.html?
Just how much over-drinking does it take to cause this kind of situation? I try to drink between 1 and 2 L of water per day, and I usually feel better when I get my water than when I don't (that reminds me, I need to fill my bottle...) - but I can't imagine how much extra you'ld have to drink to have this issue.
Also the article seems to imply that drinking sports drinks can cause this - but I thought Gatorade had salt and electrolytes in it to help with this? Maybe they're talking about other sports drinks? Or am I missing something?
Question for our resident medical experts:Excerpt from Article said:In the 2002 Boston Marathon, for example, a 28-year-old woman found herself exhausted after running for five hours and gulping sports drinks along the way. Wrongly assuming that she was dehydrated, she chugged down 16 more ounces of a sports drink. She promptly collapsed and was later declared brain-dead. The concentration of salt in her blood was found to be lethally low.
Just how much over-drinking does it take to cause this kind of situation? I try to drink between 1 and 2 L of water per day, and I usually feel better when I get my water than when I don't (that reminds me, I need to fill my bottle...) - but I can't imagine how much extra you'ld have to drink to have this issue.
Also the article seems to imply that drinking sports drinks can cause this - but I thought Gatorade had salt and electrolytes in it to help with this? Maybe they're talking about other sports drinks? Or am I missing something?