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Is drinking a gallon and half of water a day bad for you

A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Videh Mahajan
Internal Medicine 16 years experience
Water: You should drink adequate water that is needed to quench your thirst. Drinking more than what you needed can certainly put your health in jeopardy inc... Read More
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Dr. Frank Holmes
Sports Medicine 25 years experience
It depends: 64 ounces spread among 8 glasses is a classically recommended amount of daily water. Thus, 1.5 gallons is nearly 200 ounces and well above that amount... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Chiu
Allergy and Immunology 59 years experience
Probably OK: A gallon a day is probably more than what you need if you are not exercising vigorously or sweating a lot. However if you are feeling well otherwise... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Raj Singh
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
yes: 2 gallons or 7 liters is excessive water intake in most cases. If you do not have kidney stones then this much water intake is not recommended. You ca... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Peter Karsant
Dentistry 41 years experience
YES: Yes it is. If you are not addicted to the alcohol you may be habituated. I would see my md and try to cut back the alcohol or seek help to do so.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Kwok
Pediatrics 35 years experience
It's a lot of water: Drinking a cup (8oz) of water every hour for 16 hours is a lot. If a person's body is used to this amount of water and has a steady state in her body ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Derrick Lonsdale
Preventive Medicine 75 years experience
No : It will make you "pee" more, that's all.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Tom Harrington
Internal Medicine 44 years experience
Excessive drinking: Yes i suspect this would not be a worry to you providing your sodium level is not low and you are not diabetic.(both ruled out via labs) i would make... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
Dr. Karen Sibert
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Not OK!: Drinking a gallon of soda a day is not good for you. If it has sugar in it, it is fattening and bad for your teeth. Even without sugar, it isn't goo... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Stephen Rothstein
A Verified Doctoranswered
41 years experience
Water: Hard to give an answer but the easy way to know is to make sure your urine is very pale when you urinate
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Tracy Lovell
Internal Medicine - rheumatology 23 years experience
See below: Diet drinks have been thought to trigger weight gain by appetite stimulation.
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