Hyper hydration can put your life at risk!
Drinking enough water every day is essential to maintain our health, as it helps all the cells and organs of the body function properly, maintaining the balance of body fluids, thus transporting nutrients, and it also helps us to regulate temperature and lubricate the joints.
In addition, adeqcuate consumption helps us to dissolve minerals and nutrients so that they are more accessible to the body, optimize kidney function, to prevent urinary tract infections, control weight, maximize physical and mental performance, among many other benefits. However, over hydration may provoke serious consequences, as it can trigger life-threatening cardiovascular, brain and kidney problems.
Excess water consumption, better known as hyper hydration, occurs when the body receives more water than it eliminates; High-performance athletes, for example, drink excessive amounts of water to avoid dehydration, however, this condition can trigger hyper hydration.
However, this condition can also occur when the kidneys do not eliminate urine normally, due to a heart disease, kidney disease or liver disease, or in premature babies, whose kidneys have not yet matured. It is also known that certain medications can be the cause in people sensitive to the condition.
Symptoms:
-Sickness
-Fatigue
-Headache
-Dizziness or confusion
-Cramps
-Inflammation in the stomach, hands and feet
-Difficulty breathing
-Seizures
-Intracranial pressure
-Insomnia
-Potassium loss
What happens in the body when we ingest large amounts of water is that the kidneys are overwhelmed by the amount of fluid, so the cells become inflamed because the concentration of sodium in the blood falls to a too low level, causing a rapid inflammation of the organs with the brain being the most affected.
Knowing our body and how it works is the key to preventing this and other conditions, in this case, drinking water in sufficient quantities, distributed throughout the day, will avoid an imbalance in the body, promoting sports performance without falling into the abundance that can have grave consequences.
Do not forget that if you want to know the list of prohibited substances emitted by VADA, you can consult the following link: https://wbcboxing.com/en/voluntary-anti-doping-association-official-prohibited-list/
KNOWING YOUR BODY IS YOUR VITAL RESPONSIBILITY!
