Friday, April 15, 2005

Anyone heard about this story about drinking too much water? The NE Journal of Medicine came out with a study of patients exhibiting effects of hyponatremia. Whereas people were concerned before about being dehydrated during sports and drinking water to relieve it, now it's said that drinking too much water can dilute the body's system and lead to severe side effects--death, in some cases. It's pretty interesting... sodium is an electrolyte that helps our system when we exercise. While we exercise, we lose electrolytes, and therefore sodium. So, if someone drinks too much water, then they're diluting an already-sodium depleted system. Why is it that everytime you think you're on the right path of doing something, there's a study that comes out that says not to do it too well or don't do it at all. Oh well, this story makes me want to urinate. I think I'll do that, have a nice weekend all!