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The EFSA recommends[0] 2.0 litres of water for women and 2.5 litres of water for men, so there's that. The governmental organizations' advice is slow-changing a

by tormeh 11y ago

The EFSA recommends[0] 2.0 litres of water for women and 2.5 litres of water for men, so there's that. The governmental organizations' advice is slow-changing and well-founded. Unless you want to flip-flop along with the freshest preliminary research I would say it's your best bet. 0: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/nda100326 http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/nda100326

air 11y ago
It's discussed in the article: Many people believe that the source of this myth was a 1945 Food and Nutrition Board recommendation that said people need about 2.5 liters of water a day. But they ignored the sentence that followed closely behind. It read, “Most of this quantity is contained in prepared foods.” Indeed, from the references of your link: The Panel has decided that the reference values for total water intake should include water from drinking water, beverages of all kind, and from food moisture.
IkmoIkmo 11y ago
Did you read his article and looked at what you're referencing? From the website you're referencing: > Adequate Intakes (AI) have been defined derived from a combination of observed intakes in population groups with desirable osmolarity values of urine and desirable water volumes per energy unit consumed. The article attacks exactly that line of reasoning: > I’m a pediatrician, and I can tell you that I have rarely, if ever, used urine osmolality as the means by which I decide if a child is dehydrated. When I asked colleagues, none thought 800 mOsm/kg was the value at which they’d be concerned. More importantly, intake of water != drinking water. 95% of lettuce is water, on the extreme end, but it's not unique. 90% holds for carrots or beets, too. For potatoes it's about 70 to 80%. And when cooked, it soaks up even more water. That adds up quickly and severely reduces the amount of glasses of water you actually need to drink. After all, 2.5 litres of water would easily amount to (over) 8 cups/glasses of water. The article attacks exactly that notion.

by tormeh 11y ago

air 11y ago

It's discussed in the article: Many people believe that the source of this myth was a 1945 Food and Nutrition Board recommendation that said people need about 2.5 liters of water a day. But they ignored the sentence that followed closely behind. It read, “Most of this quantity is contained in prepared foods.” Indeed, from the references of your link: The Panel has decided that the reference values for total water intake should include water from drinking water, beverages of all kind, and from food moisture.

IkmoIkmo 11y ago

Did you read his article and looked at what you're referencing? From the website you're referencing: > Adequate Intakes (AI) have been defined derived from a combination of observed intakes in population groups with desirable osmolarity values of urine and desirable water volumes per energy unit consumed. The article attacks exactly that line of reasoning: > I’m a pediatrician, and I can tell you that I have rarely, if ever, used urine osmolality as the means by which I decide if a child is dehydrated. When I asked colleagues, none thought 800 mOsm/kg was the value at which they’d be concerned. More importantly, intake of water != drinking water. 95% of lettuce is water, on the extreme end, but it's not unique. 90% holds for carrots or beets, too. For potatoes it's about 70 to 80%. And when cooked, it soaks up even more water. That adds up quickly and severely reduces the amount of glasses of water you actually need to drink. After all, 2.5 litres of water would easily amount to (over) 8 cups/glasses of water. The article attacks exactly that notion.