What is the maximum amount of water a person should drink in an hour?!


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What is the maximum amount of water a person should drink in an hour?

I'm on this program and I have drink a certain amount of water a day, and if I drink too late, I wake up in the middle of night and have to go pee... which makes it hard to go back to sleep... I have about 48 more oz to drink... I want to do it within the next hour... is that okay? or should I just spread out the water and deal with waking up in the middle of the night?

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2 weeks ago
Well, I need to drink like 80 oz a day... and I've only drunk 32... 80 oz of water a day is fine... I know that. I'm talking about an hour.


Answers:

for maximum efficiency and well-being, drink about 1/4 liter of water every 10 to 15 minutes during periods of intense exercise. In some conditions you will lose water faster than you can replace it. In those conditions, rest breaks, during which fluid is consumed, become important.

It is also important to know that in periods of extreme exercise it is possible to drink too much water (or too much sports drinks)—in which case the body’s electrolyte balance can become compromised and lead to a dangerous and sometimes fatal condition resulting from a severe lack of salt in the blood (hyponatraemic encephalopathy).

An average person should probably be drinking between 400 ml and 800 ml in an hour in most forms of recreational and competitive exercise. People exercising gently in a mild environment would probably need less, and professional athletes competing in warm environments at higher intensities would probably need more. Drinks that are cool are absorbed more readily by the exercising body than warm drinks, and those containing sodium, such as sports drinks, are also more quickly absorbed.




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