1 - 2 gallons of water per day? Does this include...

[neuron]

Drink what you want.... bottom line is, your body is severly operated on water so why not give it as much as it can take?

Well for one, hyponatremia due to hypervolemia is life threatening.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0415113124.htm

For two, diluting the electrolytes (Na+) will decrease contraction at the NMJ (decreasing strength).

Obviously some people are OCD about water consumption against all the evidence in the world (pu39....the CL's guy above), similar to how some people overconsume vitamins (again, against all the empirical evidence in the world). It obviously comforts people who try to leave nothing to chance, and drinking too much water is not a real issue 90% of the time.

Even the biggest water nazi's on the planet, the US military, have significantly lowered their water-intake levels.

[quank]

I believe he may be curbing his behavior, now that he is out of the red.

to tell you the truth i'm actually surprised he's lasted this long in the green.