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It is still weird to see the health fad/moral panic/potomania in the US, about "drinking enough water". This is a borderline mania, that doesn't exist in other

by aredox 1y ago

It is still weird to see the health fad/moral panic/potomania in the US, about "drinking enough water". This is a borderline mania, that doesn't exist in other countries- including ones with hot climates. https://www.menshealth.com/health/a60249105/how-much-water-to-drink-water-obsession/ https://www.menshealth.com/health/a60249105/how-much-water-t... https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/do-americans-drink-more-water https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/do-americans-drink-mo... https://www.delicious.com.au/drinks/article/why-we-so-obsessed-drinking-water-right-now/cgluizwk https://www.delicious.com.au/drinks/article/why-we-so-obsess... https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/waterlogged-america-drink/story?id=14054401 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/waterlogged-america-d... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/08/drinking-water-hydration-amount-importance/674926/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/08/drinking-... https://archive.ph/Y0W7e https://archive.ph/Y0W7e No, you are not "chronically dehydrated". The rest of the world isn't, and you wouldn't be either if you drank "only" two liters a day instead of a full gallon. This is one more symptom of that "freethinking" country that falls for every con.

Steve44 1y ago
We had an office worker who became obsessed about dehydrating, undoubtedly after watching too much social media. She carried the bottle everywhere. She arrived at work one day in a state of panic because her water bottle spilt in the car and she was terrified of becoming dehydrated during her 15 minute commute. And no, there wasn't anything medically wrong with her.
- lblume 1y ago
  > And no, there wasn't anything medically wrong with her. Do you mean physically? The behavior surely sounds compulsive...
  - ziml77 1y ago
    It might come across that way, but the way hydration is talked about on social media makes that level of fear a completely reasonable response.
    - 1718627440 1y ago
      Self-trained mental illness is still mental illness.
nlawalker 1y ago
My theory is that the water obsession, protein obsession, "micro-exercise" fads like weighted vests and a lot of other similar trends are primarily just all about appetite control and "hacking" weight loss.

by aredox 1y ago

Steve44 1y ago

We had an office worker who became obsessed about dehydrating, undoubtedly after watching too much social media. She carried the bottle everywhere. She arrived at work one day in a state of panic because her water bottle spilt in the car and she was terrified of becoming dehydrated during her 15 minute commute. And no, there wasn't anything medically wrong with her.

lblume 1y ago
> And no, there wasn't anything medically wrong with her. Do you mean physically? The behavior surely sounds compulsive...
- ziml77 1y ago
  It might come across that way, but the way hydration is talked about on social media makes that level of fear a completely reasonable response.
  - 1718627440 1y ago
    Self-trained mental illness is still mental illness.

nlawalker 1y ago

My theory is that the water obsession, protein obsession, "micro-exercise" fads like weighted vests and a lot of other similar trends are primarily just all about appetite control and "hacking" weight loss.