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how much fluids should we drink?
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Just food for thought as I have my mother constantly tell me I should drink more fluids.
Must admitt I am bit of a sinner when it comes to drinking fluids (I detest H2O so I will be avoiding my dreaded w word).
Its hard to say how much I drink a day for example yesterday I had a sip of milk and half a glass of squash whereas on other days I don't drink anything unless you count the liquid in broth.
I've always struggled drinking fluids unless it alcohol though
So my minimal fluid uptake has been like this for ages and I do measure my bodys H2O percentage every so often and in the past month its only dropped 2% so its currently sitting around 34%
Just want to know what peoples thoughts or experiences are on 'abnormal' (as my mum puts it) drinking habits
Must admitt I am bit of a sinner when it comes to drinking fluids (I detest H2O so I will be avoiding my dreaded w word).
Its hard to say how much I drink a day for example yesterday I had a sip of milk and half a glass of squash whereas on other days I don't drink anything unless you count the liquid in broth.
I've always struggled drinking fluids unless it alcohol though
So my minimal fluid uptake has been like this for ages and I do measure my bodys H2O percentage every so often and in the past month its only dropped 2% so its currently sitting around 34%
Just want to know what peoples thoughts or experiences are on 'abnormal' (as my mum puts it) drinking habits
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I've heard about 2.5l of water in the UK, but of course in hot countries and at altitude that increases to 4l.
The only 'side effect' I have is a white tongue which sometimes cracks so to solve that I look at a cake or steak to get the mouth juices going -.-
Hmmmm 2 ltrs seems an awful lot mind you a few years back I was doing Duke of Ed qualifier and our instructor made us drink was in our canteens - after 2 gulps I was horribly sick - that taught him I was right to I drank enough for that day
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I sit with a sports bottle (750ml I think) on my desk which has squash in it and I will drink at least two bottlefuls of squash every day.
I find that if it's THERE you pick it up and drink it, rather than actively going to go and get a drink every time you feel thirsty (I am lazy!). You could try getting a big bottle of mineral water and tipping a bit out and adding squash to it then just keeping it by your PC/wherever you are.
Good point about water in food - I eat a lot of fruit and veg so I suppose I can make up on what I don't drink there
Don't eat cereal cause I'm diary intolerant even I ration myself to a sip of milk once a week because I love milk
well I think 1L is too little. 2L (including food) is the minimum, because that's about the amount your body loses through sweat, urine, lungs (exhaling) and intestines and that's the least you should take in therefore.
dehydration has implications on your health, even long term (kidney failure). When I was in the ambulance, a patient, not too old, was on dialysis, because according to him, he never drank. he just stayed thirsty. Maybe had a glass of water a day (!).
I've found this too. I have a bottle of juice in my bag - I'm more likely to drink more now because I always have that with me.
Since I've started volunteering, I've drank more. Although being offered tea several times a day does help...