On 8/4/2015 7:00 PM, J Burns wrote:
On 8/4/15 11:15 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:

I recall a study that showed that the
consumption of water can be deadly. Researchers took convict
volunteers, pumped 10 gallons of water into them and they died.

At the station in Ketchikan in the 1970s, there wasn't much to do in bad
weather but pass the time at the club. It would be easy to get into the
habit of drinking too much beer. I began ordering a beer and a pitcher
of water. I discovered that water could make me feel intoxicated.

Later, I read that when somebody passes out from too much beer, the
water in his system may be a greater danger than the alcohol.

For decades, there have been fashionable recommendations to drink so
many liters of water a day. To the contrary, I've read that it's better
to ignore that and drink when you're thirsty because too much water
plays havoc on the endocrine system.

There have also been lots of fashionable recommendations to avoid salt.
Inadequate salt can cause healthy military personnel to drop dead. I
think brain swelling is a common cause. Before I learned to be sure to
get enough salt, I could get pretty sick when summer came. A teaspoon
of salt was a quick cure.

I used to get really bad headaches after working out in the heat, but
they wouldn't happen until a couple hours after I've been inside and
cooled off. Lately, I've been adding a little bit if salt to my water I
drink when I'm out in the heat and that helps a lot. No more headaches.

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Maggie