Sweating Too Much & Drinking 5 Liters Of Water Per Day

[mrtoad]

That does sound like an extreme amount of water....

I don't think I've ever heard of anyone overdosing on water. (Except for the torture chamber where they pump water down your gullet until you explode; but I'm sure if you took that much, the stomach pain just might clue you in before you self-destruct...)

Hmm, well no that the OP is overdosing on water - but yes actually it is possible. Water intoxication is the name, and I have seen it at first hand.

Well thank you, indeed. That explanation is going to come in a might handy the next time I stumble home to the wife (or into the office).

only problem is, will the wife buy it?

[seedy]

On work days I take a pharmaceutical grade electrolyte powder.

Thanks. That is what I meant in my post, could not think of the term.

[HerbalEd]

You don't just need sodium ... you need electrolyte. And the easiest and most delicious way to get it is by drinking baby coconut water ... it's a natural Gator Ade without the white processed sugar and chemical flavors. I drink two or thee throughout the day when it's really hot and I'm sweating a lot.

In fact, it's such good electrolyte that during WWII thousands of allied and Japanese soldiers had their lives saved by coconut water. It was injected into their veins as a substitute when plasma was not available. It was both sterile and it contained a small amount of natural sugar, and it contained significant amounts of electrolyte. This is not an urban legend and is easily verifiable on internet.