Is+it+true+that+drinking+too+much+water+can+kill+you,+how+does+that+work?


 * __IS IT TRUE THAT DRINKING TOO MUCH WATER CAN KILL YOU, HOW DOES THAT WORK?__**

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Yes, drinking too much water can kill you. People who are at risk of this are mostly runners and cyclers. Drinking too much water dilutes the blood's normal salt amount. According to **dictionary.com**, dilute means "to make a liquid thinner or weaker by the addition of water or like." All of this is called hyponatremia, which is the opposite of dehydration. When you consume large quantities of water, it dilutes the salt part of your blood. At the same time this is happening, your also losing salt from sweating.
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