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Dr. Margaret McCartney, a general practitioner from Scotland, says that the common health advice that you should drink six to eight cups of water each day is "thoroughly debunked nonsense". She argues that it is propagated by bottled water companies out to make a profit.
In a commentary, McCartney quoted experts who say that drinking too much water can cause hyponatremia (low sodium levels in the blood).