Once again, Dr. Google has the answer. "The body needs water to function correctly, but drinking too much too fast can have serious health consequences. The kidneys can only remove 0.8 to 1.0 liters of water per hour, and a very high water intake can upset the body’s electrolyte balance." https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318619
After I was discharged out of the hospital last April 2023, for very low eGFR (kidney function), and thought I really had kidney problems, I done some research on kidneys. It talked about salt and stated that too much salt can affect the kidneys. So, we switched our drinking water from Dasani, that has salt, to Evian that does not. Huge mistake! I found out later that my kidneys were functioning almost perfect, so there was no need to use less salt. However, in part, due to a changing drinking water and getting a VA Lab done, my sodium level went way to far down and my VA doctor called me and told me to head to Urgent Care or ER to get a Sodium IV. After two IV's and a 2-night stay in the hospital, my sodium level came back up to where it should be. So, we got rid of the Evian water and went back to Dasani.
He lives in Maine. All that moose pee eventually perks down into the aquifers, taking with it some amount of Bullwinkle hormones. It can do weird things to you.
Yup. If you exert yourself in the heat, your sweat carries with it a lot of salt. Then you dump too much water into your system that's already low on salt, and your electrolytes get so diluted that your synapses can't fire.
People who have participated in water drinking challenges have died from it. If too much can kill me, then a little bit is likely to leave me wounded. I'll play it safe and stick with coffee and Diet Moxie.
When I was in the military, there was always someone who would fall for the bet to drink 20 shots of water. It doesn’t sound like much but 20 shots, one after another is a highly improbable feat to do.