BRUCE LEE MAY HAVE DIED FROM DRINKING TOO MUCH WATER

WHO WAS BRUCE LEE?

Nearly 50 years after Bruce Lee passed away, a new study claims to reveal the exact reason behind his death. At the time of his death, officials had ruled that the cause was cerebral oedema or brain swelling, which was thought to be a reaction to a painkiller he had taken. However, the new research suggests that it was his “kidney’s inability to excrete excess water” that led to his untimely death.

A study, conducted by a group of kidney specialists in Spain, was published in the December 2022 edition of the Clinical Kidney Journal. The study authors claimed that Lee may have been consuming unusually high quantities of liquid due to his fluid diet, which consisted of a lot of juices and protein drinks, and the use of marijuana which leads to increased thirst.

The researchers wrote “In summary, Lee had multiple risk factors predisposing him to hyponatraemia resulting from interference with water homeostasis mechanisms that regulate both water intake and water excretion. We hypothesize that Bruce Lee died from a specific form of kidney dysfunction: the inability to excrete enough water to maintain water homeostasis,”.

according to the researchers, this may lead to “hyponatraemia, cerebral oedema, and death within hours if excess water intake is not matched by water excretion in urine, which is in line with the timeline of Lee’s demise”.

They concluded by saying, “The fact that we are 60% water does not protect us from the potentially lethal consequences of drinking water at a faster rate than our kidneys can excrete excess water. Ironically, Lee made famous the quote ‘Be water my friend’, but excess water appears to have ultimately killed him.”