Many healthy lifestyle experts recommend maintaining the so-called water balance and drinking up to two liters of water per day.
Experts do not agree with this formulation and advise drinking exactly as much water as the body requires. Otherwise, everything will end badly.
In an interview with Doctor Peter, infectious disease specialist Andrei Pozdnyakov spoke about what can happen to the body if you overdo it with water.
The specialist points out that in addition to the recommendation to drink 1.5 to 2 liters of water per day, a number of indicators must be taken into account.
This could be a person’s health and weight, indoor or outdoor air temperature, diet, lifestyle, and so on.
But there are conditions when a person simply needs to drink plenty of fluids. These are primarily fever, as well as diarrhea, vomiting and other disorders.
As for excess water in the body, it is more dangerous than a deficiency, notes doctor Pozdnyakov.
In the plasma, the electrolytes, primarily sodium, become less than normal. In the cells, there are more of them, and, according to the physical law of osmosis, the liquid begins to enter the cells in excess. This causes their edema and swelling, Pozdnyakov said.
Ultimately, this habit can lead to swelling and edema of the brain.
