Influencer Taylor Donaghue shares warning from doctor about drinking too much water

An influencer from New York City recently said on social media that her doctor told her she was drinking too much water.

Taylor Donaghue, 23, told her 365,000 followers that she was seeing a urologist to find out why she had to go to the toilet so often.

“Y’all, I’m that friend who goes to the bathroom every hour… it’s gotten out of hand,” she explained in a TikTok video that has been viewed more than 1 million times.

“So I thought, ‘I’m finally going to see a urologist and get all these ultrasounds done.’

According to the doctor she visited, the solution to all her problems was quite simple.

“I just paid $500 to be told by a doctor to just drink less water,” she said.

She said the doctor also noticed her 40-ounce water bottle in her purse, which was her clue that Donaghue had simply drunk too much water.

Donaghue added some context in an on-screen caption explaining that she usually fills her 40-ounce bottle three times a day, meaning she drinks about 120 ounces of water on any given day.

The average woman does should drink 11.5 cups of fluid per daywhich amounts to 92 ounces of fluid, far less than the amount Donaghue said her average intake was

Plus, experts say people don’t even need to drink just water to meet their hydration needs for the day.

When you eat fruits and vegetables (many of which are almost 100 percent water) or even drink coffee or soda, all of these items contribute to a person’s water intake, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Donaghue was told by her doctor to “slowly cut back,” or spread out the number of times she drinks from her water bottle.

According to her, the doctor also said that she “didn’t want to throw pills, drugs or crazy catheters at you at 23.”

Viewers of Donaghue’s video rushed to the comments to fully agree with the medical advice she received.

The top comment was from someone who also claimed to be a doctor and wrote: ‘I’m a doctor. I have no idea where everyone gets the idea that they need to drink SO much water.’

Donaghue said in a follow-up video that she “forced” the amount of water she drank because she thought it was healthy

An example of a popular trend on TikTok last year called #WaterTok, where makers dumped loads of artificial sweeteners and syrups into their often gigantic water bottles

Donaghue replied, “Yeah, I don’t know why it’s always on my mind to drink a lot of water. I didn’t realize how much I was overdoing it! I thought it was healthy.”

Many others told Donaghue to get her blood sugar levels checked. This is because a common symptom of type 1 and type 2 diabetes is feeling constantly thirsty and urinating frequently, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Fortunately, Donaghue said inside a follow up video that she did not have diabetes and that in reality she was ‘forcing’ her excessive daily water consumption because she thought it was healthy.

Social media has long been a source of misinformation when it comes to the best way to consume water.

Dentists and dietitians came together last year to condemn the #WaterTok trend, which saw content makers dump loads of artificial sweeteners and syrups into their often gigantic water bottles.

Influencers started calling their various concoctions “WaterTok Recipes.”

One TikToker even said that the trend of putting low-calorie sweeteners in her water’made me fat.’

In addition, artificial sweeteners such as aspartame are bad for gut health and have been linked to behavioral and cognitive problems.