Issue

In the article, Strange but True: Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill, the author is

POV

discussing the controversial issue of whether drinking a lot of water can kill or not.
Tone of serious and concerned is conveyed as she attempts to persuade people to
rethink about the fact that drinking too much water is dangerous for health. You
should balance what youre drinking and words such as fatal, overboard,

Argument

died and tragic highlight the concern of the author about the issue brought up.
She begins her case by stating there are scientific and verified arguments against
the idea of drinking enormous quantity of water. The author is unbiased as she
states both view on benefits and consequences due to large water intake for body.
She elaborated on her first argument by referring to the 2005 study in the New
England Journal of Medicine who has discovered that drinking too much water
can develop some degree of hyponatremia, or dilution of the blood. This argument
extends, when a person drinks too much water in a short period of time, the
kidneys cannot flush it out fast enough and the blood becomes waterlogged. This
extends the authors argument as it centres on the effect of drinking of water.
Moreover, there is strong evidence that she has referred as she includes a research
finding which is a reliable source of information. The author finishes her argument
by stating the fact that drinking too much water can also cause brain damage due to

Type of support

swelling.
The author uses historical data of what happened in California between the year of
2005 and 2007. She states a few of the fatalities that had happened on which
excessive water consumption within a short period of time is involved. There are
also a few citations from experts testimonies included in her argument. She cites
from a clinical neuroscientist at Duke University, Wolfgang Liedtke, that there is
no room for the brain to expand due to excess water being absorbed into the cells
which causes swelling. The author also cites from M. Amin Arnaout, chief of
nephrology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, that
rapid and severe hyponatremia causes brain swelling, therefore leading to death.
These show that the supports are reliable scientific facts. Besides that, the author
also includes a research finding from the New England Journal of Medicine that
drinking too much water can develop hyponatremia, or dilution of the blood. She
then further explains hyponatremia, or insufficient salt in the blood, can lead to
water intoxication, an illness whose symptoms include headache, fatigue, nausea,

Relation to the

vomiting, frequent urination and mental disorientation.

The support seems to be directly related to the argument as she draws attention to

argument.

the dangers of drinking too much water. Although she is not an expert on

Relevant?

neurology, her examples are relevant, as she is citing scientific facts and experts

Objective or

testimonies.
The supports are objective as she uses scientific facts to show us the danger of

subjective

excessive water consumption, citing a few experts testimonies and historical data