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This seems weirdly hostile to drinking water. Some people like drinking throughout the day and/or feel better when they are well hydrated. Drinking enough water

by rurp 2y ago

This seems weirdly hostile to drinking water. Some people like drinking throughout the day and/or feel better when they are well hydrated. Drinking enough water is one of the easiest healthy habits to pick up and stick with; it takes way less effort than exercising or learning to cook healthier meals. > If your pee is clear stop drinking. Why? A person has to drink a lot of water for it to be a problem, far more than someone out and about with a bottle is going to consume. More water probably won't help anything if your pee is already clear, but it won't hurt anything either and most people drink too little water as it is. Getting mad a people for carrying a water bottle around just seems weird. Depending on the area, it's not always easy to get a drink any time you want one. I guess if people are bragging about how hydrated they are it would be annoying. Bragging about how healthy your habits are is douchey in any context, but I've literally never seen someone act like that because they drink enough water.

kimixa 2y ago
I read that the other way from the parent - in that you should keep drinking until your pee is clear. Then you're back to "normal" after a dehydrating event (the workout), so you can continue maintaining that level as normal. And I agree that "constantly carrying the bottle" has become as much about the fashion as anything - there's a guy at work who always has a metal bottle on him, taking it everywhere. But they rarely use it - they've never refilled it at work, and less than 1l (I've never seen it less than half full, but assuming it is used over the day) over 1/3 of the day doesn't feel like theyre over hydrating.
kragen 2y ago
most people don't drink too little water; you're reasoning from a false premise there if you do develop this habit, your kidneys adapt by eliminating water faster. this is usually not dangerous in today's world, but it's inconvenient to need to carry around a water bottle and frequently find a bathroom. occasionally it can lead to mild dehydration if your access to water is interrupted for a few hours also, inevitably, you do lose some salts with all that urine, which you have to replace, so drinking too much water mildly increases the risk of, in particular, hypomagnesemia (hypocalcemia and hypokalemia are much rarer, and you really have to be pounding the water bottle to get hyponatremia; on the plus side, you don't have to worry about being in acute hyponatremia for more than a few hours). these are a little more dangerous for the type of food faddist who believes things like 'drinking more water is good for you' because they're disproportionately likely to also believe that salt is bad for you drinking extra water can be really dangerous for people with renal insufficiency, because they can get hyponatremia from fairly mild overdoses of water, but generally they're already aware of this problem if they have any access to proper health care at all so basically it's an addictive habit with mild negative health consequences, similar to eating a low-fat diet, drinking coca-cola, or injecting heroin under unusual conditions, like going to the black rock desert, continuing to drink when your pee is already clear is actually a good idea, because then you actually can get dehydrated without any urge to drink. but you should probably be drinking stuff with salt in it, like gatorade, though homemade oral rehydration solution is enormously cheaper
EasyMark 2y ago
I think people get tired of being harassed about drinking water like you’re constantly in danger of falling over from dehydration. It’s not bad per se to drink more water than you need as it does help the kidneys flush the garbage out of your system. I think drinking when you’re thirsty and having meals is fine. Most food has a ton of water in it as well.
- hinkley 2y ago
  I don’t like being lectured to by people who think they’re the smart ones when their Illusion of Control problems are leaking out onto all of their friends and coworkers. One of the sign posts of addictive behavior is when you allow your affectations to have negative consequences on the rest of your life.

by rurp 2y ago

kimixa 2y ago

I read that the other way from the parent - in that you should keep drinking until your pee is clear. Then you're back to "normal" after a dehydrating event (the workout), so you can continue maintaining that level as normal. And I agree that "constantly carrying the bottle" has become as much about the fashion as anything - there's a guy at work who always has a metal bottle on him, taking it everywhere. But they rarely use it - they've never refilled it at work, and less than 1l (I've never seen it less than half full, but assuming it is used over the day) over 1/3 of the day doesn't feel like theyre over hydrating.

kragen 2y ago

most people don't drink too little water; you're reasoning from a false premise there if you do develop this habit, your kidneys adapt by eliminating water faster. this is usually not dangerous in today's world, but it's inconvenient to need to carry around a water bottle and frequently find a bathroom. occasionally it can lead to mild dehydration if your access to water is interrupted for a few hours also, inevitably, you do lose some salts with all that urine, which you have to replace, so drinking too much water mildly increases the risk of, in particular, hypomagnesemia (hypocalcemia and hypokalemia are much rarer, and you really have to be pounding the water bottle to get hyponatremia; on the plus side, you don't have to worry about being in acute hyponatremia for more than a few hours). these are a little more dangerous for the type of food faddist who believes things like 'drinking more water is good for you' because they're disproportionately likely to also believe that salt is bad for you drinking extra water can be really dangerous for people with renal insufficiency, because they can get hyponatremia from fairly mild overdoses of water, but generally they're already aware of this problem if they have any access to proper health care at all so basically it's an addictive habit with mild negative health consequences, similar to eating a low-fat diet, drinking coca-cola, or injecting heroin under unusual conditions, like going to the black rock desert, continuing to drink when your pee is already clear is actually a good idea, because then you actually can get dehydrated without any urge to drink. but you should probably be drinking stuff with salt in it, like gatorade, though homemade oral rehydration solution is enormously cheaper

EasyMark 2y ago

I think people get tired of being harassed about drinking water like you’re constantly in danger of falling over from dehydration. It’s not bad per se to drink more water than you need as it does help the kidneys flush the garbage out of your system. I think drinking when you’re thirsty and having meals is fine. Most food has a ton of water in it as well.

hinkley 2y ago
I don’t like being lectured to by people who think they’re the smart ones when their Illusion of Control problems are leaking out onto all of their friends and coworkers. One of the sign posts of addictive behavior is when you allow your affectations to have negative consequences on the rest of your life.