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JacksonJ
02-04-2005, 01:39 PM
And I don't mean drowning.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/04/fraternity.death.ap/index.html
HatchetMan
02-04-2005, 01:59 PM
I don't drink water because fish **** in it :cool:
sad story though, who woulda thunk it
Keyan
02-04-2005, 02:46 PM
You didn't know that?

Drinking too much water disables the electrolytes in your stomache and your body just crashes.
bikerPA
02-04-2005, 04:00 PM
I go through 60-70oz of water a day...

but my sodium intake is similarly through the roof, so it all works out. I can tell you from experience that when you're really active for more than an hour or two (in my case, biking) the LAST thing you want is to crash from dehydration and/or electrolyte loss. it ain't no fun.
Keyan
02-04-2005, 04:03 PM
Just as long as you don't down 3 gallons of water at once, you're fine.
HatchetMan
02-04-2005, 04:37 PM
water calculator (http://www.muscletech.com/CALCULATORS/WATER/Water_Calculator.shtml)
XTRAWLD
02-04-2005, 05:20 PM
That's crazy. I had no idea.
kylemorg
02-04-2005, 05:57 PM
Wow.... the water calculator Hatchetman posted sure says you should drink a lot of water!
HatchetMan
02-04-2005, 06:01 PM
There's water in beer right? I think I'm getting just enough according to that calc. http://www.websmileys.com/sm/drink/trink08.gif
slow 2K2GT
02-04-2005, 06:51 PM
Keyan is right, you body needs a certain amount of sugars for energy and you dont get that in water. I drink about 4L per day and I am fine so far, you would have to down a lot of H2o to ever worry about this. But yes water is definitely the thirst killer!
Jlivan
02-04-2005, 09:16 PM
That was a strange story. I guess if u strickly drink water w/no other source of sugar that could happen, but what about the food u eat? Your are still getting other proteins from the food u eat.
tharptroy
02-04-2005, 09:21 PM
****...Im supposed to drink 110 oz of water per day when im just sitting on my ***?
XWRed5W3
02-05-2005, 06:09 PM
You do realize that everything you eat has water in it right? Which means you don't actually have to drink your "8 glasses a day" or whatever. Heck, an apple counts as like a glass. There's way too much emphasis on drinking enough water.

I'd also like to add that the fraternity he was pledging is not representative of all fraternities in general. We don't haze. Dammit, I hate having to apologize for these idiots.