can you drink too much water?

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only if you can drink faster than you pee it.
I drink a cup every 20 minutes and pee like every 20 aswell.
wierd habit at my internship

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Anything taken in excess is dangerous.

When you feel like you will explode you know you have drank too much water. ;-)

http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/faculty/pbird/keepingfit/ARTICLE/toomuchwater.htm

Yes, someone died last year in a college fraternity initiation this way
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/04/BAGNSB576121.DTL

it drains your body of electrolytes and causes them to go into shock. cells 'splode and such from over hydration

I watched a dateline once, where these people killed their foster daughter because they made her drink too much water.
So I guess it is certainly possible to drink too much.
That said, though, you would have to drink a ton of it to do that. If you just drink water every time you are thirsty for it, it certainly isn't bad for you. As a matter of fact it is very good for you.

As the water is liquid,i can drink much but have a limite.

yes i have and my body started to get fat when i was just drinkin water to losed weight my doctor told me that ur body is made up of so much water so if u exceed that then ur body will retain it and make u fat looking and sick

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