Terzo 333

I have a normal(ish) amount of water during the day (in tea and coffee etc) but every night after about 7pm I binge drink on water

I know you should drink x amount of litres a day, but does it matter whether its over 12 hours, or two hours for example

I can quite easily drink about 5 pints in the space of a couple of hours, and pee it all out before I go to bed - is this doing me any good / harm ?

Thanks

j4ckos mate

diabetic get tested

Fuzz

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D.K.1

You need to see a doc more than likely, water is good for you, but you shouldn't drink over a acertain amount in a day.

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wongascoob

towards the middle of last year i was taken into hospital with serious stomach pains..admitted for a week an given nothing to eat or drink only water..consultant said i could drink as much as i liked aslong as it was more than 5 pints aday. later found out i had dilated intestings (sp) due to not drinking enough water before hand and not eating enough fibre.. he also reassured me you can never drink to much water!!! dont qoute me on this but i been fine ever since and down at least 2 or 3 litres aday..not been bad since..

Terzo 333

I'm not thirsty all day, just at night, if thay makes a difference...?

davyboy

All this "you must drink 3 litres a day"....who made that up?

Bottled water companies perhaps?

I know loads of people who only drink tea and coffee, and maybe an orange juice, and they appear to be perfectly heathly people.

My nan bless her, is 88, I bet she has not consumed 3 litres a day, ever!

Poor Guy

you can drink too much water. a gallon a day is supposed to be about right i think.

madbint68

i suggest you pay your gp a visit ... like some one said above .. you might have diabetis if you are and just try forgetting about it you could end up a very ill person ... there again there might be nothing wrong with you ...

best to be safe though

Iwan

The best way to judge if you're drinking enough fluids is to take a pi$$. If it's yellow and stinks then you are not drinking anywhere near enough, you're also not doing your kidneys much good. If it's running clear and you can't smell it without getting close, then you're drinking enough.

Easy really.

MarkTurbo

So when its yellow and stinks of sugar puffs thats no good

D.K.1

No, it shouldn't smell like sugar puffs LOL

Trout

iTrader: (1)

Around 4 litres a day is good. Preferably as water, not tea or coffee which are diuretics. It may be that the tea and coffee you are having during the day is dehydrating you by the evening.

Urine test for diabetes is also a good precautionary measure.

As for who said drink a lot of water a day - your blood chemistry and hematology is much healthier when you are well hydrated. Look at someones red blood cells when they have not been drinking enough - it is surprising they don't all stick together as they look like fuzzy felt.

Also as someone said above things like diverticulitis are much less likely if you are well hydrated. I believe an economist in the US did a study into this and found correlations between drinking water and better health - so not just old (or in this nouveau) wives tales.

Rannoch

davyboy

4 litres a day my ***.

Health advice given by Evian!

Abdabz

There isnt enough caffeine in a normal cup of tea or coffee to have a diuretic effect, according to something I read on the web recently (BBC I think)...
I would get to the docs and just have a chat with them but maybe do a bit of research on the web first...
I drink 4 litres of water ish a day and a few teas and coffees and my weewee smells of petrol.

SiPie

I used to believe this myth too, but it has now been proven not to be th ecase as pointed out by Abdabz.

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Agree with some above - get tested for Diabetes (although that would normally give you a thirst all the time.

You may be taking in too much salt with your evening meal? Do you eat a lot of ready meals/carry outs?

I'll usually drink a couple of pints of water over the course of the evening.

TopBanana

It might mean you're not drinking enough during the day, and it's catching up with you in the evening

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

my wee smells awful and is quite a darkish yellow I can smell it when I pi$$ its really pungent. I am a bit under the weather at the moment though but I drink a ruck load of tea per day