Drinking Too Much Water Will Do More Harm Than Good – Dr. Berg on Hyponatremia and Overhydration

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drinking excess water will do more harm than good I wanted to do a video based on this amazing book it’s called water log by Tim Noakes PhD this guy is the authority in sports medicine his PhD lucky has his MD and PhD in exercise physiology and what he talks about in this book is fascinating because it goes completely against what we’ve been taught that you have to drink eight glasses of water every single day and especially if you’re exercising you have to drink a lot of fluid to prevent dehydration well this guy has done the research and he found there is more damage from over hydration especially when you’re exercising then dehydration there’s very little research that indicates that dehydration is a problem but there’s some serious research showing the serious side effects of over hydration or what is called water intoxication now if you’re doing exercise especially long-distance running or marathons and this information is vital okay because what happens when you’re drinking excessive amounts of fluid you can deplete your sodium levels okay and what’ll happen the brain can swell it puts a tremendous amount of stress in your heart and people have actually died from drinking too much water the condition is called hyponatremia I’ll put a link down below check it out so let’s say for example you’re exercising you want to know if you’re over hydrated okay well here are some of the symptoms do you have a worsening headache do you have an increased rising temperature even when you stop exercising swelling in the hands and the feet all of these could be indicators that you just drank too much water so the body has this amazing way of letting you know when you need water okay so you’re ready for this are you sitting down if you’ve checked out check back in right now because this is very important it’s called thirst so when you’re thirsty drink more water when you’re not thirsty don’t drink water hey I appreciate your attention and if you’re enjoying these videos go ahead and subscribe and I will definitely keep you updated on future events live events and webinars that we’re going to do very soon