I agree.

I do not respond to Jennifer Austin because I ignore her. But, surely,
she is lying again. She is very aware of the cites on hyponatremia
that I have or that are available (which are easy to find). For
example, when she was posting as bjenniferb@yahoo.com, she posted the
following message:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.support.diet/msg/d400ba3e56203c27?dmode=
source

where she actually responded to my cites. And now, she is lying that I
do not have a cite, despite actually having responded to my cites before.

How pathetic.

Good links. Some more:

http://www.gssiweb.com/reflib/refs/51/d0000000200000043.cfm
``
numerous reports exist in the medical literature of psychiatric
patients dying of complications of hyponatremia induced by compulsive
water drinking (read: drinking much more than thirst requires -- ig)

...

Hiller : In our studies, hyponatremia is very rare in races lasting
less than four hours in length, and becomes more frequently evident in
races longer than eight hours. This is exacerbated by high
temperatures and a high intensity of exercise. We found that 29% of
the athletes in the 1984 Ironman Triathlon were hyponatremic at the
end of the race. In the laboratory, we have produced hyponatremia in
6-8 hours. ''

http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?request=get-document&doi=10.1043%2F1543-2
165(2005)129%3C227:SSOCMR%3E2.0.CO%3B2

``Conclusions.Our findings indicate a significant incidence of
hypernatremia with hyperosmolality and hyponatremia with
hypo-osmolality among collapsed runners despite the new fluid intake
recommendations, suggesting that either further educational measures
are required or that the new guidelines are not entirely adequate to
prevent abnormalities in fluid balance.

...

Between 1989 and 1999, there were 190 hospitalized cases of water
intoxication in the US Army alone, leading to a revision of the fluid
replacement guidelines in the military in 1999.(8) To protect runners
from the effects of overhydration, the International Marathon Medical
Directors Association (IMMDA), representing medical experts in the
field, and USA Track and Field, the national governing body for
long-distance running, also issued new fluid replacement guidelines in
2003. These recommendations advise runners to drink ad libitum between
400 and 800 mL/h, as opposed to the previous as much as possible
recommendation.1''

Where does it say that "numerous" people die from drinking too much water?
Sure, there have been deaths from hyponatremia - which is a low
concentration of salt in the blood, but not "numerous."  I said nothing
inaccurate unlike your pal ig.  None of your references backs up his
statement.

He's had a history of expecting anal precision from anyone else who posts
information he doesn't agree with and *has* called me a "liar" because of a
simple error I made in citing something. So I asked for a cite and provided
a really false misstatement from the recent past to back up my assertion
that it's a pattern with him.  I am not just blindly making up lies about
him like he does me and others.  Get over it.  If you're trying to start
another battle, don't.  I'm not going to address it anymore especially since
that just opens the door for your friend to violate my privacy AGAIN.  Hmm,
gee, you never seem to tire of *that* now do you?

Jenn