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Too Much Water Put On Weight?
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I was speakin to my friend today and he said that if you drink too much water e.g 6Litres, it all gets stored in your fat because your body doesnt know what to do with it, and then you put on weight.
I personally don't agree with him, because theres not such thing as putting on weight drinking water!
Your opinions..
I personally don't agree with him, because theres not such thing as putting on weight drinking water!
Your opinions..
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6 Litres isn't too much water. The human body needs - at minimum - around 3 litres per day. During hotter weather, or when excercising, this can easily double or triple. As a rule I drink 2-5 litres most days, as well as milk and fruit juice(couple of litres of either). When I'm out doing my 20-mile bike hikes, I'll probably take in 10 litres or so - even more if I went when the weather is like it is at the moment.
Some of this might interest you.
As for it making you put on weight; well in the most literal sense I suppose it does. If you drink a vat of water and then stand on the scales then you'll weigh more, but that will pass through your system and it certainly doesn't get stored as fat. There is of course the possibility of water retention as blah mentioned, but again that's not "putting on weight" in the sense of getting fatter. Just bloating and... yeah, retention.
Another way to put it would be 1.5l water (with a little squash if wanted) and 0.5l other fluid.
this is why they tell women not to eat salt the days before they have their period as it causes more water retention.