donderdag 14 juni 2012

Water will kill you
What the body needs is water to hydrate itself, but when you exaggerate with the amount of water you drink it can be harmful. People can die because of over hydration if they drink too much. If you drink too much water the level of sodium can become life threateningly low. This is dangerous because low sodium levels can kill because of the swelling of the cells. For example, swelling brain cells lead to coma and death. People who run marathons must resist the temptation to poison themselves with too much water. If they drink at every station during the run it is possible to drink four liters which is very dangerous.
I think this is all exaggerated. People are never happy; if you don’t drink enough water you’ll die. If you drink too much you’ll die as well. I think people should stop worrying about every little thing and just enjoy their lives and if that means drink loads of water, let them drink loads of water. Statistics say that drinking too much water has caused 12 deaths around the world. That’s nothing compared to the people who die because of smoking or driving too fast. Maybe people should think about that instead of counting how much liters water they are drinking.

3 opmerkingen:

  1. It is good that they are mentioning that too much water can kill you, because this makes the people aware of that. It can also have a negative result, maybe people will think too much about it, so they will drink less water and they end up not having enough water in their bodies. Like you said there are bigger problems where society can focus on, but once again i think it is good that they make people aware of the fact that too much water can kill you.

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  2. I agree with Hesho, it's good to mention it and make people aware but I also agree with you that you shouldn't worry about it too much. If you're going to worry about everything that's said to be "not good for you" you can never enjoy life anymore.

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  3. I really didn't know that if you drink too much water that it can be harmful. People always say that it is very good to drink a lot of water. I know that it is good for your skin and health. It is very good that they warn people for not drinking too much water, because a lot of people are not aware of that.

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