thats how much i drink a day i heard drinkin to much water is bad for you how much is to much?

I believe that 12 cups is recommended for the average human to consume each day.

I usually drink about a gallon or two of water a day and I'm just fine.

I don't see how it could be a bad thing, water is very good for the body, a lot better than soda.

Yes but to much can be bad for you. You could actually die water intoxication. I think the max your body could cope with is like 1 liter an hour. But your safe i think.

It's good to drink a lot of water. The recommendation is actually 2 liters a day.

Yes too much can be bad. As your cells become too saturated in water they don't know what to do with it and can't expel it fast enough, thus you drown. But you would have to drink a ton of water. I'm talking like your weight in water in a few short hours back to back. 12 cups is the recommended. I drink about 10 glasses plus juice and teas (2-4 more) per day. If you aren't drinking that much you will get dehydrated.

There was a lady in the news who died from too much water, on a side note. However, she was partaking in a water drinking contest. They had to see who could drink the most water without peeing. She won but she died because she held it too long and drown. There were even people calling in telling them it was dangerous and to stop but she needed the money from the contest I guess. You'll be fine as long as you don't partake in any water drinking contests.

Too much water can actually be bad for you, but that would have to be huge amounts.

Seeing as you actually get water from the food you eat (or at least you should, as water is found in fruits and vegetables), you don't necessarily have to drink 12 glasses a day. I drink about 6-8 tall glasses of liquid a day because I eat so much fruit in the first place.

HOWEVER: You should consult a doctor or nutritionist if you want the best answer. When it comes to your health you shouldn't really trust a games forum for the best answer.

Annette : NO ! Trusting people who thinks eating a Mushroom makes you grow bigger can help give health advise like how to become immune to cancer (Joke) .


I think the reason why drinking too much water is bed for you is because of our body cells, our cells can POP (if that is the word) if too much water goes into the cytoplasm, our cells don't have cell walls like plants that block too much water from going in (not sure either, I did a science thingy with my class about this not too long ago, I say it might have been 3 weeks ago)

Didowe : LOL! Yes, eat green toadstools and you will gain the secret to eternal life!

Yes, the cells become too waterlogged and explode, or "lyse". Plant cells have rigid cell walls that prevent this from happening.

I don't think that 12 cups of water can cause any harm.
I think the ideal amount of water is 10 cups, but I'm not sure.

By the way, I think this thread fits more to "Polls and Questions" forum.
So, I'll move it there

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i don't think drinking that much would be bad, but too much could be bad for you, for example, dumping a bucket of water down your throat haha but like didowe said, well, what he said was the answer. although [and im not talking about his answer] i don't think it would be really bad for that much. it actually cleans out your system i think?

No! It more or less depends on what you do on a daily basis...

12 cups is great for the average person who does some physical activities during the day, but if you do a lot of physical activities then 12 cups might even be too less...

I drink about 13 or 14 a day so i do not really know but if you drink alot you will keep hydrated

well i think at least water is healthier than drinks with sugar like soda. at least it is good when there is a time you are out in the heat and you need to drink something to keep yourself from getting hydrated.

Not really, but it could give you indigestion, or a very long trip to the washroom. It's water, so it's not really gonna harm you, but it's not really suggested.

It depends on how spread out across the day it is. If you drink all 12 cups at once, well, it IS possible (although insanely improbable) to die from over consumption of water; there's less than 1 case per year of that on average though, meaning you really have to be TRYING to die that way to do so. If the drinks are spread out across the day though, it's probably pretty healthy for you.

I drink about 14-15 cups so not really. If you drink 3 gallons, you drown to death (don't ask me, I also think that is weird

There's no such a thing as drinking too much water. Water is the healthiest liquid you could drink....personally I drink the same amount of water as you. . So no, drinking that amount of water isn't bad. The worst that could happen is using the bathroom several times.

I don't think so. Drinking water is important to living. Ergo, you should actually drink MORE water. Just make sure you don't get sick.

If you drink 12 cups of soda then you would be in trouble, Otherwise drinking 12 cups of water should not have any bad consequences to you.