Body inflation

lol it kills you dude, something about electrolysis poisoning...

I'm no expert, but it's not something i'd play around with.

If you're going to do a liquid stuffing it's best to do it with a sports drink like gatoraide. Though this won't comepletely eliminate the effects of water intoxication, it helps. Plus if you drink to much of the sports drink, i/e enough to cause water intoxication, you're likely to vomit before it becomes a problem; which though messy can save your life

Basically what all of us are saying is not to use large amounts of water for stuffing/bloating. Use something else instead which already has minerals/electrolytes/sugars in it. It depends but usually water can start to cause problems when you get to the point where you have a head-ache.

Is that the que to poke you and say "fattie"?



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It really has nothing to do with your body. You may have had a lot of salty food or something earlier and that reduced the effect. You'll know when something is going on... very dizzying experience.

If you feel up to it, enjoy. I know a lot of competitive eaters out there chug gallons all the time and I haven't heard anything about them trying to balance out their sodium levels.

Competitive eaters who use water to increase their capacity almost all use an additive to the water to help stave off H2O intoxication. It doesn't matter how "used to it" you are, you can't build up a tolerance to water because that's all it is.

I did not imply that

I didn't imply that you implied anything

The issue isn't a maximum amount you can have a day, the issue is more drinking so much in a short amount of time, the body can't handle it and stuff happens which as proven earlier in this thread, i have no idea about.

I got one of FF's finest bits of boytummy to do the research while I polished my nails. Here's the lowdown:

The amount that's too much varies from person to person and depends on your body's condition at the time.

But to maximise your chances of avoiding water intoxication (potentially fatal), add 200ml of orange juice (or squash, or Ribena) and a quarter teaspoon of salt to each litre of water. There can also be issues with the balance of stuff like potassium & magnesium, which isotonic sports drinks like Gatorade contain, so drink some of that too or mix it with the water.

Oh and stop drinking water if you get a headache & drink just Gatorade.

Boffin Kaptn03 has all the scientific info if you need it...