To: NormsRevenge
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?
4 posted on
09/01/2009 3:24:33 PM PDT by
Minn
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To: Minn
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.
7 posted on
09/01/2009 3:27:18 PM PDT by
r9etb
To: Minn
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.
12 posted on
09/01/2009 3:33:20 PM PDT by
discostu
(When I'm walking a dark road I am a man who walks alone)
To: 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?
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.
13 posted on
09/01/2009 3:34:18 PM PDT by
Atlas Sneezed
(Socialism: The sin of envy, masquerading as a political movement.)
To: Minn
Drink 8 glasses of water every day. Whiskey is mostly water.
16 posted on
09/01/2009 3:36:25 PM PDT by
Jeff Chandler
(Health Care Reform has met the DEATH Panel.)
To: Minn
And is a longer life spent mostly urinating really worth the effort? Yes, if there is snow on the ground.
30 posted on
09/01/2009 3:59:16 PM PDT by
King Moonracer
(Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
To: Minn
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.
32 posted on
09/01/2009 4:08:48 PM PDT by
RipSawyer
(Change has come to America and all hope is gone.)
To: Minn
that really should read... “drink 8 glasses of wine (or whiskey or beer) every day that obama is squatting in the White House.”
35 posted on
09/01/2009 4:23:49 PM PDT by
madamemayhem
(defeat isn't getting knocked down, it's not getting back up)
To: Minn
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.
45 posted on
09/01/2009 4:48:56 PM PDT by
giotto
To: Minn
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.
66 posted on
09/01/2009 6:33:52 PM PDT by
Bigg Red
(Palin/Hunter 2012)
To: Minn
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.
79 posted on
09/02/2009 9:19:16 AM PDT by
mad_as_he$$
(Nemo me impune lacessit The law will be followed, dammit!)
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