How Much Water Can You Process In An Hour? When Is It Too Much?

You do need water, but how much?

You may be drinking either too much or too little water.

Regardless of your gender, weight, diet, exercise and the weather, your body can processes only so much.

A healthy body with normal functioning kidney can process a maximum of 27 - 33.8 ounces per hour (800 - 1000 ml per hour). Extra water goes into your cells and cause them to swell. Study

Why Do You Need To Replace The Continually Lost Water?

How Much Water Can You Drink Maximum? What Happens If You Drink Even More?

According to the NIH peer reviewed paper, a healthy body with normal functioning kidney can process a maximum of 27 - 33.8 ounces per hour (800 - 1000 ml per hour). Any amount over that may cause hyponatremia (most common electrolyte disorder) symptoms.

According to the Journal of Clinical Medicine study, adequate sodium level is required for fluid balance, blood pressure control, nerves and muscles.

How Much Water Should You Drink Ideally?

You've probably heard the advice to drink eight glasses of water a day. You may wonder if that's how much the human body needs in the course of a day. That's reasonable goal. Nevertheless, for some people, fewer than eight glasses a day might be enough. But other people might need more. There's no exact rate at which your body processes water.

The rate of your water loss is based on several factors; you may lose water quickly through perspiration if you're outside on a hot, humid day, especially if you're working or exercising.

• Exercise. You need to drink extra water to cover the fluid loss before, during and after any activity that makes you sweat.

• Environment. Hot or humid weather and high altitudes can cause faster dehydration.

• Overall health. Your body loses fluids when you have a fever, vomiting or diarrhea. Drink more water or follow a doctor's recommendation to drink oral rehydration solutions. Other conditions that might require increased fluid intake include bladder infections and urinary tract stones.

• Pregnancy and breast-feeding. If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, you may need additional fluids to stay hydrated.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) follows the 2004 National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommendation that an adequate daily fluid intake is:

About 15.5 cups (3.7 liters or 125 ounces) of fluids a day for men, and about 11.5 cups (2.7 liters or 90 ounces) of fluids a day for women...

These amounts are recommended by the CDC and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), and also listed in the 2017 Mayo Clinic report.

Most healthy people can stay reasonably hydrated by drinking water and other fluids whenever they feel thirsty. Your fluid intake is probably close to adequate if:

• You rarely feel thirsty, or

• your urine is light yellow. Drink enough to keep your urine light yellow. If your urine is dark, you're not getting enough water. If your urine is clear, then you are drinking too much!

• You don't need to urinate roughly every two hours, you may not be drinking enough.

According to the CDC, best way to replace the lost fluids is to drink clear water because your liver and kidneys do not need to deal with the filtration of other ingredients, and pure water has no calories.

In closing, we would like to refer you to another great article on "Dangers Of Drinking Too Much Water"!

Drink wisely!