[Minn]

Drink 8 glasses of water every day.

That's such BS. Your body tells you when you need to drink with this thing called thirst. And is a longer life spent mostly urinating really worth the effort?

[r9etb]

That's such BS. Your body tells you when you need to drink with this thing called thirst.

That's when your body tells you that it's already dehydrated, actually.

And is a longer life spent mostly urinating really worth the effort?

There are times when a good pee is a very fine thing, indeed.

[discostu]

Thirst is just your mouth being dry. Just because you’ve made your mouth wet doesn’t mean you’ve rehydrated your body. We drink a lot of things in this country that are diuretics, which puts you in the bathroom more and dehydrates you in the process. Most people if they swapped half of what they drank with plain water would spend less time in the bathroom, and have fewer dehydration health problems like headaches.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Drink 8 glasses of water every day.

That’s such BS. Your body tells you when you need to drink with this thing called thirst. And is a longer life spent mostly urinating really worth the effort?

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You’re right. This myth arose from some military study on the water requirements of troops. It turns out that this includes fluid derived from food, like fruits, vegetables, meat, juices, etc.

Total junk science, but because it’s a round number and emotionally appealing, some people have glommed onto it as a health benefit.

[Jeff Chandler]

Drink 8 glasses of water every day.

Whiskey is mostly water.

[King Moonracer]

And is a longer life spent mostly urinating really worth the effort?

Yes, if there is snow on the ground.

[RipSawyer]

I have learned that when one reaches a certain age thirst is likely to be misinterpreted as hunger. Sometimes when I feel hungry I start sipping from a large tumbler of ice water and my “hunger” goes away instantly. When I am really hungry it takes twenty minutes or more after starting to eat before I stop feeling hungry.

[madamemayhem]

that really should read... “drink 8 glasses of wine (or whiskey or beer) every day that obama is squatting in the White House.”

[giotto]

That's such BS.

I agree. Now if they had said to drink 8 cups of coffee a day, that would be about right. But 8 cups of plain water? Blech.

[Bigg Red]

That’s such BS. Your body tells you when you need to drink with this thing called thirst.

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You are right. BTW, I got caught up in this 8-glasses-a-day nonsense a few years back and wound up giving myself bouts of arrythmia.

[mad_as_he$$]

Here in the high desert dehydration is a real problem. People get heat stroke and dehydration and never even fell the need to drink. I suspect it happens so fast for many that their body does not have time to react. Others are masked by various things such a drugs etc. Burning Man is going on right now - thousands will be treated for dehydration - many who consider them selves the “hydrated” people - you know the ones with a bottle in their hand constantly.