Water vs. Other Liquids

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  • gigglesinthesun
    gigglesinthesun Posts: 860 Member
    sodium: Barring any medical issues, the body needs 500mg a day to function, more if you are living in a hot climate. It's not a problem if you have an occasional low sodium day, but if you do it all the time, you may experience serious issues. If I am not careful with my sodium my blood pressure sinks rapidly and that is not pleasant.
  • lotstolearn
    lotstolearn Posts: 1
    Only really downside to regularly ingesting diet soda is oral health. Make sure you brush your teeth and mouthwash too if you are regularly ingesting diet soda.
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    So.....let's go over what we have covered here.


    1) Some of you think urine color is a good indicator of hydration.

    I disagree....but you are entitled to your opinion. The color of your urine is an indicator of one thing....the urine that was just in your bladder. I realize what you are all saying....but it's just not sound advice. That's just my opinion on this.

    2) Drinking water increases urine output like a diuretic.

    Right....but at the same time....not right. I mean I get what you are saying, but this is really not a good way of looking at it. A diuretic is going to force your body to use water in order to flush toxins out. So it isn't using the water to hydrate cells or create balance between ECF and ICF.

    3) Increased sodium intake isn't that bad.

    Many studies have shown that people generally exaggerate the implications of high sodium intake. However, I was just trying to give sound nutritional advice.

    Drink more water than you do coffee, diet coke, and other products isn't bad advice. Nobody was saying you cannot drink these things. However, I believe you should focus on drinking as much water as you possibly can. There is nothing wrong with limiting the amount of caffeine and sodium you intake.

    4) Generally WHACK advice

    You all go around on these forums giving very general advice that fits your needs. I don't see any problem with me talking about the value of drinking water over coffee.

    The OP was talking about drinking 8 glasses of water....and then drinking coffee and diet coke.....or using coffee and diet coke as part of the 8 recommended glasses.

    Again...in my opinion...you drink the 8 glasses of water and go for the diet coke and coffee.

    If you want to say....hey...drink all the damn coffee you want...and you'll be just as good....great...go for it. It's great to have your own views on things. I applaud you.

    You can definitely disagree with any or all of this. Again, this is just my opinion.

    I disagree with...all of this. :flowerforyou:

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