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filthiestfis | 15:53 Wed 17th Jan 2007 | Body & Soul
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What exactly causes someone to die from drinking too much water? I read about a woman in the US who died from drinking too much water.
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something to do with too much water flushing all the vital salts from your body.

It is to do with the sodium in our bodies, follow this link and it explains it all: -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxicatio n

I think this was a one-off thing because the report said she had entered a water drinking competition --silly woman., but then she did not deserve to die she might have been doing it for charity.

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