is it possible to OD on anti-oxidants?

[self biased]

i've drank about a gallon and a half of green tea in the last two and a half hours, and i feel... peculiar. should i stop now? what sort of damage am i doing to my body?

[Dis]

why would you drink that much green tea?

[aaglo]

excess of everything is bad for you. One can even die of drinking too much water.

I think it might be also something else in that amount of tea which would make you feel peculiar. So, decrease your medication.

[Mr. Harley]

Let's see, you're working on water poisoning (I don't know the technical name) with a hefty dose of caffiene? Of course you feel weird. Let your body eliminate the extra fluids, and you might want to get some electrolytes at the same time (but don't go overboard on those, either). Plus do you drink it sweetened. If so, a megodose of sugar, too. YOU SHOULD STOP NOW.

[Dis]

yep, drinking too much water can literally drown your own body.

I don't recommend it.

It has already been proven that the recommended 8 glasses of water a day is bull****. Because that doesn't take into account water content in food- which is considerable. It has been noted that drinking only when you are thirsty is sufficient under most circumstances.

[Sarxis]

My wife has told me she'd feel weird after drinking Green Tea.

Could just be the tea, and the excessive quantities.

[aaglo]

and eat some salted peanuts... or something.

[Gatekeeper]

I bet your blood sugar is soaring, at least if it was sweetened tea. It'll come down if you stop, though.

Gatekeeper

[self biased]

sweeten tea? i thought the whole point of tea was that it wasn't sweet. it's not the blood sugar.. i do normally drink a lot of fluids throughout the day, so it isn't a case of that...

in order to drown your body, you need to practically drink your weight in water....

[The Mad Monk]

Not true.

I believe brain swelling can start at around two gallons over less than two hours.

You're pretty close.

[aaglo]

no, I think 6-8 litres of water in a few hours would be enough, considering that you are not dehydrated in the beginning.

in another words; what Madmonk just said

Too much water disturbs the salt balance in your cells. Drinking too much water is as bad as eating too much salt.

[self biased]

there's also the fact that tea is a diuretic. and what goes in, inevitably comes out.

[Dis]

hell, some people get water intoxication when running marathons. They are constantly drinking water, and then suddenly they stop (at the end) and all that water they drank has no place to go.

I think some girl got it recently by drinking 8 glasses of water in 1 hour- though she was a small girl with less body weight. There was a thread in Poly about that. They were wondering if they should charge the parents with abuse or something.

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Dissident

It has already been proven that the recommended 8 glasses of water a day is bull****. Because that doesn't take into account water content in food- which is considerable. It has been noted that drinking only when you are thirsty is sufficient under most circumstances.

i hated that 'rule' It was such BS and evryone knew it. I dont know a single person who drank that much water and they all led healthy full lives... grrr. Whoever came up with that should be shot. Good day Sir.

[alva]

It has been noted that drinking only when you are thirsty is sufficient under most circumstances.

The moment you are thirsty, you are already dehydrating and thus too late.
Drink in small quantities and all should be well.