Thirst...is the amount i drink unhealthy?

[Joanne130]

I've always drunk more liquid then those around me at typical day would include;
1 litre water, 3 cups of tea (milk no sugar), 5 small glasses of fresh orange juice, 4 cans of diet pepsi, this has always been my pattern, colleagues at work say if they drunk as much as me they'd always be going to the toilet, i don't wake up in the night to urinate & i only urinate about every 3/4hours, i'm very tall (almost 6 foot) & a healthy weight for my height, could there be any medical reasons for this or could i be doing myself any harm?
i have no history of ill health & am currently well

[Sqad]

No...........all seems fine to me.

[murraymints]

I drink LOADS..about 4 litres a day..but then I pee LOADS too !!

[Joanne130]

Squad do some people just need to drink more than others depending on their size? cos people are always remarking that they don't know how i drink so much

[daffy654]

I would lay off the diet pepsi if I were you, even diet drinks are full of calories and will rot your teeth.

[Joanne130]

daffy diet pepsi has less than 3 calories per can, i have perfect teeth there is no sugar just artificial sweetener in diet pepsi but still it isn't the healthiest of drinks i know

[Sqad]

Joanne, I don't think that stature has anything to do with it. If you exercise,work in a warm humid atmosphere, you just tend to drink more.

[i]i have no history of ill health & am currently well[i]

That is the bottom line.

[Joanne130]

Thanks Squad :) i am always on my feet & the atmosphere is humid that must be it!

[Arksided]

i Joanne No it's never unhealthy to drink liquids your body requires it and I don't think that too much is enough, are you Aquarius BTW?

I only ask because every Aquarian always has A drink of some-kind near to them, usually water.

[Joanne130]

Omg Ark yes i am actually how weird lol

[jomifl]

Mind you pisces drink a lot more.

[Arksided]

then your fine :-) spooky almost but so true of us Aquas.

[Brinjal]

My one daughter is an aqua and she is always guzzling water.

[daffy654]

I can't believe that some of you are suggesting that a person's astrological sign has something to do with the amount of fluid they drink! what a load of codswallop.

[Sqad]

daffy.......LOL

[woofgang]

its not the sugar in diet drinks, that does the damage as there isn't any, its the acid and possibly the caffeine. In all seriousness, high consumption of drinks with phosphoric acid in has been implicated in osteoporosis in later life. All that OJ and Diet cola is quite a lot of acid!

[Joanne130]

yes woolfgang i will try to cut down & replace with more milk & water

[woofgang]

sorry, I was behaving like your granny :-)

[Eve]

Lots of artificial sweetners aren't good for you either and orange juice is full of sugar too.

I drink loads, drink cordial (no sugar ones) by the pint glass and feel dehydrated very quickly. I drink a fair bit of coffee too so need to balance it out as that can dehydrate you.

[jomifl]

Daffy, mumbo jumbo is still alive and well and living in modern Britain. My pisces reference was hopefully ironic.

[erin-x]

I think it's down to the individual. I drink around 2 litres of water and 1 or 2 tins of pepsi max a day which is fine for me. I went through a phase off drinking too much water though. I would end up with a sore stomach and a feeling of lightheadedness. Could have ended much more seriously.