Avoid drinking 220 glasses of water per day like American actor Chris Pratt. You could die from it.
- Chris Pratt told Vanity Fair that to “get him back in shape”, the nutritionist who prepared him to play the character of Star-Lord forced him to drink 220 glasses of water a day.
- However, it is possible to “get poisoned” by drinking too much water, and even die.
- Several medical reports have already reported this type of situation.
An interview with American actor Chris Pratt caught the attention of the Web and sparked numerous comments on X (formerly Twitter). The attractive hero of Jurassic Park and Marvels told Vanity Fair that for the “get back in shape”, the nutritionist who prepared him for the character of Star-Lord forced him to drink 220 glasses of water a day, adding that he “was peeing all day at the time” and “that part of his job had been a nightmare.”
“Water intoxication causes disturbances in electrolyte balance”
Please note that in addition to being strange to say the least, this method for “get back in shape” can be quite dangerous. Indeed, it is possible to “get intoxicated” by drinking too much water, and even dying from it.
“Water intoxication causes disturbances in electrolyte balance, leading to a rapid decrease in serum sodium concentration and ultimately death,” explained a little while ago a report in the National Library of Medicine on the death of a 64-year-old woman who compulsively drank 30 to 40 glasses of water the day before her death.
Hi! Poisoning doctor here! This is not possible and is literally how you get water poisoning, which is really, really dangerous to do cause it’s really, really bad. He absolutely did not do this, and you should not do this, too! https://t.co/tfSPrSTloz
— Ryan Marino, MD (@RyanMarino) September 24, 2023
Water intoxication can cause epileptic seizures
When water enters brain cells, they swell, which can also lead to confusion, disorientation, nausea, asthma and even epilepsy.
“A 33-year-old patient pregnant with her first child had a tonic-clonic seizure one hour after giving birth due to acute hyponatremia caused by excessive fluid intake,” thus described doctors in 2021 in the BMJ case report. “We wish to raise awareness of the possibility, although rare, of water intoxication due to overconsumption of fluids in laboring mothers.”then alerted scientists, encouraging “the production of an information guide for monitoring fluid consumption in women giving birth”.
A “water intoxication” can also result from medical conditions, such as liver disease and kidney problems that cause the body to retain too much water.