Some people say that drinking too much water will cause more urine, and more urine will increase the burden on the kidneys and damage the kidney function.
But is that actually the case? Not so. This sentence is divided into two parts. In the first half, if you drink too much water, your urine is correct, but if you urinate too much, your kidney function will be damaged, resulting in impaired kidney function.
This is wrong, because our kidneys have a strong compensatory function. One of the two kidneys was removed, but it was still able to maintain its normal function.
So what is it? It is the function of drainage and detoxification. The water we drink every day, the meals we eat every day, some toxins produced by metabolism, urea, creatinine, and uric acid, these three toxins are mainly eliminated by the kidneys.
If we cut out one kidney, there is one left. This kidney can still maintain the normal function of drainage and detoxification, so if we drink more water every day, it will not damage the function of the kidney, but will be beneficial.
The first point of benefit is that it can accelerate the excretion of toxins in our body. Some friends with high uric acid, through Drinking more water can speed up the excretion of uric acid.
Second point, some drugs, such as antibiotics and chemotherapy drugs, are used clinically for patients. If the kidneys are damaged, we need to make the patients drink more water, and some even need to infuse some fluids.
Third point, drink more water after a cold. This water can accelerate the excretion of toxins and can also play a protective role .
Fourth point, if you are a friend with bad lungs, you can also drink more water, and finally you can dilute the phlegm and moisten the lungs For example, in chronic bronchitis, drinking more water is good for the lungs, so there are two types of people who need special attention and cannot drink too much water.
The first category is friends with heart failure. Friends with bad hearts should not drink too much water, which will increase the burden on the heart.
The second category, friends with kidney disease themselves should not drink too much water. The dietary guidelines for Chinese residents clearly point out that, for example, Our residents with normal heart function and kidney function drink seven to eight glasses of water every day, which is about 1500 to 1700 ml of water. Then we recommend drinking boiled water or light tea. It is not recommended to drink sugar-sweetened beverages, or try to reduce the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages.