A Nigerian dietitian, Mrs Oludayo Coates, has called for moderation in the intake of water to avoid complications associated ...

However, your body has numerous other ways of signaling its need for water that frequently fly under the radar. Dehydration occurs when your body loses more fluids than it takes in, disrupting the ...

The 64 ounces your doctor recommends is based on the guideline of eight glasses of water per day. Another common rule of thumb is to drink half your body weight in ounces of water each day.

Coates explained that drinking excess water can lead to hyponatremia – an electrolyte abnormality caused by an excess of total body water when compared to total body sodium content. The expert ...