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Id caution against the myth of water drinking for all cures As long as you listen to your body and hydrate when thirsty, a lot of our water requirements are sa
by maskedinvader 4y ago
Id caution against the myth of water drinking for all cures
As long as you listen to your body and hydrate when thirsty, a lot of our water requirements are satisfied with our food intake and our body is quite good at regulating water and electrolyte levels.
See https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-nutrition/water-myth https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-nutrition/water-myt...
- tiahura 4y agoSee e.g. dolphins, whales and other marine mammals that thrive without a single glass of fresh water.
- CryptoBanker 4y agoMarine mammals obtain fresh water through their diet. Suggesting they survive without any fresh water is just plain wrong
- eru 4y agoHumans also obtain (some) fresh water through their diet and metabolism. To explain the latter: when you combine a carbohydrate with oxygen, you mostly get CO2 and H2O. (No opinion implied on whether humans should drink more water.)
- tiahura 4y agoI was suggesting that diet can be sufficient. That said, I can’t fathom how many shrimp you have to eat to quench your thirst.
- FrenchDevRemote 4y agonobody is saying it's a cure for everything but a lot of people are basically constantly semi-dehydrated
- slfnflctd 4y agoEven slightly processed food has way more salt than we need, while caffeine & alcohol (the two most widely used drugs) have diuretic effects. Unless you prepare your food from scratch and keep the drugs to a minimum, you need additional water intake to counteract those things. I have often woken up in the middle of the night dehydrated and felt horrible-- half a bottle/glass of water later and I'm usually able to sleep through at least one more full REM cycle.
- eru 4y agoHow do we know the latter?
- darkerside 4y agoThe odd thing about this kind of stuff is that it won't help you unless you're chronically dehydrated. But nobody thinks they are chronically dehydrated. So the best or only effective way to give this advice is to tell people to drink more water.
- lost-found 4y agoYour “proof” is incredibly lackluster. The only study it references was done on people with stage 3 kidney disease, and even the study states the conclusion might be incorrect. Alternatively, I found a study that concludes that “consuming less than the 24-h water adequate intake may influence the risk of dysfunctional metabolism and chronic diseases” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6315424/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6315424/ The study does state that the “adequate intake” is different for everyone, but at the end of the day you need to drink water. Spreading the idea that you don’t need to drink water is foolish.
- silicon2401 4y ago> As long as you listen to your body and hydrate when thirsty, Are you aware that some people don't ever feel the need to drink or feel thirsty? I myself used to barely drink water throughout the day and I have relatives who don't even drink a glass of water a day. I also have family who have specifically been told by their doctors to drink more water. I never said water drinking is a panacea, I said most people would benefit from drinking a lot more.
- d_tr 4y agoI can easily go a full day without a sip of water. I have to remind myself to drink. I have forgotten what thirst feels like.
- NoPicklez 4y agoI get what you're saying and I do agree. I think many of us could do with drinking more water each day, especially if exercising. But drinking water won't solve all of your problems.
- maskedinvader 4y agoI guess I should rephrase and give better references, but my overall point was as long as we are consuming the required intake and at the same time if we don’t we are feeling thirsty, then drink water. The idea I wanted to challenge was that everyone will benefit from drinking x amount of water.