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QUESTIONS: “In the drink: Do we really need 8 glasses of water a day?”/”Strange but
True: Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill”
Directions: Answer the following questions using COMPLETE SENTENCES.
1. Where did the advice, “Drink 8 glasses of water a day”, come from?
2. Where do we gain most of our water from every day?
3. What health benefits are there to drinking about 8 glasses of water a day?
4. How can too much water be harmful?
5. What happens in the body and cells when we drink too much water?
6. How much water is “too much”?
7. How does our body deal with dehydration?
8. What is Dr. Valtin suggesting as a good amount of water every day?
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9. What situations would cause hypoatremia (insufficient salt in blood)?
10. What organs are affected the most by hypoatremia?
11. What does Joseph Verbalis, chairman of medicine at Georgetown University, suggest when you are
sweating (and exercising)?
12. What information did you find most useful from this article?