{"id":1583,"date":"2017-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2017-06-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T00:00:00","slug":"is-a-gallon-of-water-a-day-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/14\/is-a-gallon-of-water-a-day-too-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a Gallon of Water a Day Too Much? | Natural Holistic Health Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><!-- Large NHH bottom post --><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>\n  Question: from Melissa<br \/>\n <\/h3>\n<p>\n  I just read a response of yours to a customer inquiring whether drinking a lot of water would interfere with nutrient absorption. My question is about one of your final comments, \u201cas long as it\u2019s not a gallon a day.\u201d\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  I live in a very dry, hot climate, exercise rather rigorously on a regular basis, and frequently drink a gallon of water a day. Other than my morning cup of coffee, water is pretty much all the liquid I consume. Are you suggesting that there is a problem with drinking this quantity of water?\n <\/p>\n<h3>\n  Answer: from Joanna (Medical Nutritionist for Xtend-Life)<br \/>\n <\/h3>\n<p>\n  I think that the comment referred to was made a little \u2018tongue in cheek\u2019 as a rough guide, and bearing the average person in an average climate in mind, rather than a specific safe cut off for drinking excess.<br \/>\n  <em><br \/>\n   (Comment from Warren! Joanna is correct in that it was a tongue in cheek comment as the amounts each individual needs can vary greatly such as in the case with Melissa. Sorry\u2026I should have been a little more careful and specific)<br \/>\n  <\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A gallon of water equates to between 3 1\/2 \u2013 4 1\/2 litres per day (depending on whether you are using a US or UK gallon measurement). This is a lot of water to drink. However, if this is replenishing a lot of lost fluid during the day this could be acceptable. Also as long as it is being drunk in small portions throughout the day, this is fine.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  A person in the right circumstances, as noted above, could potentially drink up to 10-15 litres of water per day. However this is not recommended for the average person as there is a danger of water excess. Drinking too much water, too quickly, can swell brain cells (what is known as water on the brain) and cause head pressure.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  As long as it is being drunk in safe quantities, and specifically to replenish fluids you are losing due to heat and activity, you are fine to drink a gallon a day in these circumstances.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px;text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;position: absolute;z-index: 8675309;cursor: pointer;top: 50px;left: 40px\"><br \/>\n   Save<br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- Large NHH bottom post --><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p id=\"kc_opp\">\n<small><br \/>\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p> &lt;div<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: from Melissa I just read a response of yours to a customer inquiring whether drinking a lot of water would interfere with nutrient absorption. My question is about one of your final comments, \u201cas long as it\u2019s not a gallon a day.\u201d I live in a very dry, hot climate, exercise rather rigorously on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}