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Ideally, my blood is not thicker than water
I drink a lot of water. I mean a lot of water. Compulsively. To the point where I sometimes have to eat salt to avoid intoxication.
I also have extremely low blood pressure and am prone to fainting if I'm not careful. When I was a kid, I had trouble with my hands and feet swelling and tingling, but it's been a long time.
Turns out drinking all that water raises my blood pressure measurably and makes it less likely that I faint, swell, etc. It also activates my sympathetic nervous system. Who knew? Hooray for water.
Press release for the study I'm talking about, which focuses on weight-loss effects because that's where the grant money is right now.
I also have extremely low blood pressure and am prone to fainting if I'm not careful. When I was a kid, I had trouble with my hands and feet swelling and tingling, but it's been a long time.
Turns out drinking all that water raises my blood pressure measurably and makes it less likely that I faint, swell, etc. It also activates my sympathetic nervous system. Who knew? Hooray for water.
Press release for the study I'm talking about, which focuses on weight-loss effects because that's where the grant money is right now.
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(Anonymous) 2010-07-12 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)I'm always terribly pleased when I found out someone is corretly self-medicating. It's nice that human instinct can prove reliable in these things!