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**HedgeYourBets** · 09-02-2012, 02:31 AM

Dear Sri. Prasad, Greetings.

That TOI article is slightly misleading. Even amoung sports persons, marathon runners require special requirements. Clubbing examples from that category to the general public is very much almost pre meditated misleading. In general, when the kidneys fail to excrete water, fluid build up can happen; also when lymphatic system is not up to scratch, fluid build up occurs. Otherwise excess water drinking would only lead to frequent trips to urinals. That's all. Body has it's own mechanism to retain minerals in the body.

Here is some info on hyponatremia - Hyponatremia - PubMed Health

Cheers!

Raghy Sir:
I think you judged it right.
The TOI article under consideration does not appear to be a signed article. So, we don't know what the credentials of the contributor are. For all you know, it could have been written by some fledgling journalist with editorial connection, who might have run into a similar article elsewhere.

In the absence of the credentials of the writer, TOI is not a peer-reviewed medical journal.

09-02-2012, 02:31 AM	#8
HedgeYourBets Join Date Aug 2008 Posts 4,655 Senior Member	Dear Sri. Prasad, Greetings. That TOI article is slightly misleading. Even amoung sports persons, marathon runners require special requirements. Clubbing examples from that category to the general public is very much almost pre meditated misleading. In general, when the kidneys fail to excrete water, fluid build up can happen; also when lymphatic system is not up to scratch, fluid build up occurs. Otherwise excess water drinking would only lead to frequent trips to urinals. That's all. Body has it's own mechanism to retain minerals in the body. Here is some info on hyponatremia - Hyponatremia - PubMed Health Cheers! Raghy Sir: I think you judged it right. The TOI article under consideration does not appear to be a signed article. So, we don't know what the credentials of the contributor are. For all you know, it could have been written by some fledgling journalist with editorial connection, who might have run into a similar article elsewhere. In the absence of the credentials of the writer, TOI is not a peer-reviewed medical journal.
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