Re: Too much water?

tiger.lilly,
too much water is like too much of anything: excess food results in obesity and so on.

If you supply the body with excesses as in too much air (hyperventilation) then it can be harmful.

Specifically on a water-only fast, if you drink more than that demanded by thirst, the kidneys are preoccupied in eliminating the excess, and your urine will become clear, but in the absence of too much water, and you drink only according to thirst, the kidneys are not overloaded and your urine will turn a much darker color, which is evidence of effective elimination if you are toxemic.

It was not the experience of the early and later Hygienists that excess water "flushes out" more toxins.........quite the contrary.
It is also known that dry fasting will eliminate more toxins in a shorter time-frame than water-only fasting. Dry fasting = drinking only according to REAL thirst.

WATER DRINKING DURING THE FAST.
"Thirst is seldom great during a fast. I have watched fasters go for two and three days at a time and take no water, simply because there was no demand for water, and they have not suffered as a consequence. Others take but little water; sometimes not more than half a glass a day. Then, there are those who drink much water. In some of these there may be thirst; in others it appears to be nothing more than a result of a desire to get something into the stomach. Others drink because they have been taught that they must. In occasional fasters, there will arise a great thirst that may last a day or two or three days, during which time they will drink so much water that their tissues become water-logged and they gain in weight as a result. The thirst subsides and they do not drink so much thereafter. Large quantities of water should be taken when thirst calls for much water, as it sometimes does; otherwise, there should be no effort made to take large amounts of water. Excesses of water are simply eliminated without increasing the elimination of waste--perhaps, on the contrary, with an actual decreased elimination of waste".
"When food is not taken the need for water is lessened and there is a corresponding lessening of thirst. Although it is asserted by many fasting advocates that drinking large quantities of water, despite lack of desire for it, increases elimination, I have seen no proof of this, while, my own experience fails to substantiate the assertion"......................
http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.ch29.htm


Chrisb1.