Personal Development for Smart People Forums - View Single Post - Trying a 40 day water fast, does anyone have any experience?

sehall · 04-16-2008, 04:23 PM

You will deplete your body of essential electrolites; sodium, potassium, calcium, etc. Your body, although it is very amazing, needs these to FUNCTION. Every cell in your body needs more than H20; there are channels in every cell and each channel is designed specifically for certain nutrients; i.e. NA+ (Sodium) has it's own channel to enter and exit. Drinking too much water or only drinking water will literally dilute, wash out, engorge your cell. If you heart muscle doesn't get electrolites and just water it will not be able to do its job properly. Please go to sites like webmd. You will find pages of info that should explain in laymans terms. Remeber that every organ, in fact your whole body is made up of cells, all of it.

As for that comment about what does runners dying of drinking too much water and water fasting have in common; the runners drank so much water they lost their electrolites in their urine, sweat, etc. very quickly--compare that to someone doing it slowly, like 40 days...... find medical sites that can break down the physiology of this in terms the public can understand. Be careful though because I've been told there are some people going to health forums and such; these sites are not monitored or sponsored or endorsed by health professionals.

04-16-2008, 04:23 PM	#29 (permalink)
sehall Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 22	medical inof You will deplete your body of essential electrolites; sodium, potassium, calcium, etc. Your body, although it is very amazing, needs these to FUNCTION. Every cell in your body needs more than H20; there are channels in every cell and each channel is designed specifically for certain nutrients; i.e. NA+ (Sodium) has it's own channel to enter and exit. Drinking too much water or only drinking water will literally dilute, wash out, engorge your cell. If you heart muscle doesn't get electrolites and just water it will not be able to do its job properly. Please go to sites like webmd. You will find pages of info that should explain in laymans terms. Remeber that every organ, in fact your whole body is made up of cells, all of it. As for that comment about what does runners dying of drinking too much water and water fasting have in common; the runners drank so much water they lost their electrolites in their urine, sweat, etc. very quickly--compare that to someone doing it slowly, like 40 days...... find medical sites that can break down the physiology of this in terms the public can understand. Be careful though because I've been told there are some people going to health forums and such; these sites are not monitored or sponsored or endorsed by health professionals.