Doctor issues warning over how much water you should drink in a day as Stanley cups surge in popularity
He said the cups could lead to us drinking a 'dangerous' amount of water
It's safe to say that the internet is obsessed with Stanley Cups.
The colourful tumblers featured on every US teen's Christmas wish list and have become somewhat of a status symbol in schools.
Some teens even admitted that their classmates didn't really speak to them until they got one.
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In an interview with The Cut, 13-year-old Dahlia said she mostly flew under the radar at her Dallas middle school. But everything changed when she got a Stanley Cup.
"Every day when I get into school at like 7:45 am, everybody comes over to me like, 'Oh my God, I like your Stanley!' or 'It’s so cool, I want a Stanley just like yours!'" she said.
"It makes me feel like I’m famous and being swarmed by paparazzi."
While the tumbler company has been in business for centuries, it exploded in popularity over the past year alongside #WaterTok as creators constantly tout new cool ways to stay hydrated.
But now, doctors have warned Stanley enthusiasts that you can sometimes have too much of a good thing.
"I think the concern and issue is that everybody’s gonna start drinking a huge amount of water," Dr. Isaac Dapkins, Chief Medical Officer at the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone, told The New York Post.
"It is really valuable to have enough water. I think the biggest problem is whether you are getting too much water or not," he added.
Stanley's massive 'Quencher' tumblers hold up to 40-oz (1.1 litres) of water.
The Mayo clinic says that adult men should have about 3.7 litres of water per day, while women should have about 2.7 litres. That amounts to an absolute maximum of four and three cups per day respectively.
Although Dapkins says this is still excessive.
“I’m not saying you should be drinking three," he added. "I’m saying you should not be drinking more than three full ones a day.
"There’s no reason to do that. It doesn’t help you that much, and it’s not going to benefit your skin beyond. If you’re drinking two of them in a day, your skin is doing to be great. You don’t need four."
He explained that the issue with drinking too much water has to do with the vital electrolytes that help keep everything balanced in your body.
When you exercise, you lose both water and electrolytes through sweating. If you replenish just the water, you can diminish electrolytes, which can be 'really dangerous.'
Dapkins explains: "If you’re filling it up with water and drinking it a lot during the day, there is a theoretical risk that you could dilute the electrolytes sin your body and that could be really bad for you."
So, perhaps we all need to be a little more mindful when sipping away at our Stanleys.
Bec Oakes