Jeez

I knew it was dangerous to drink too much water, but that's scary!  Poor woman

I'm sure the same type of thing happened after a marathon and an actor or celeb did the same thing and nearly died because of it, they drank too much water too quickly, can anyone else remember this?

It wasn't a celeb or actor, but I knew I remembered reading about it.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/...ng-too-much-water.do

Its also one factor in how people die from taking ecstasy

Blimey!! I drink loads of water in a short space of time if I get a feeling of a UTI coming on, and it usually does the trick.  Shall be more careful in future.

Anthony Andrews almost died from water intoxication - see article

Scary stuff, I never would have thought of it

bloody hell!! that is terrible .... but I have heard about it before.

Will have to be careful then, I love water and drink lots of it.

  Its what killed Leah Betts

its good to drink plenty of water Darlo.... these intoxication cases are when someone drinks LOADS and LOADS of water... in a very very short space of time.  In the case in the OP... she did it for a contest... in the ecstasy cases, people panic and force themselves to drink as much water as they possibly can.

I don't think there is a need for you to regulate how much water you drink thoughout the day... that is good for you.

Oh right, don't drink lots and lots but I do make sure I at least drink some water each day even if it's just one cup full.

I'm sure you'll be fine with just one cupful, darlo.