Water: 8 glasses of 8oz: Urban Myth?

cmriverside

This is an excerpt (the lead-in) to an article I found while researching the whole "WATER" issue relating the results of a sudy by Dr. Heinz Valtin, the Vail and Hampers professor emeritus of physiology at Dartmouth Medical School.

Here is the link to the entire article:

http://calorielab.com/news/2006/05/28/8-glasses-of-water-a-diet-urban-legend/

Quote from web:
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It has become accepted wisdom: “Drink at least eight glasses of water a day!” Not necessarily, says Dartmouth Medical School physician Heinz Valtin, M.D. The universal advice that has made guzzling water a national pastime is more urban myth than medical dogma and appears to lack scientific proof, he found.

In an invited review published by the American Journal of Physiology August 8, Valtin, the Vail and Hampers professor emeritus of physiology at Dartmouth Medical School, reported no supporting evidence to back this popular counsel, commonly known as “8 x 8″ (for eight, eight-ounce glasses).
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There are other resources at the site, as well.
Dartmouth is in New Hampshire, and is one of the Ivy League Colleges.

Their home page: http://dms.dartmouth.edu/

[as a p.s. --
they discuss our much debated "caffeine drinks and alcohol" as they apply to liquid needs.]

cmriverside

This is an excerpt (the lead-in) to an article I found while researching the whole "WATER" issue relating the results of a sudy by Dr. Heinz Valtin, the Vail and Hampers professor emeritus of physiology at Dartmouth Medical School.

Here is the link to the entire article:

http://calorielab.com/news/2006/05/28/8-glasses-of-water-a-diet-urban-legend/

Quote from web:
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It has become accepted wisdom: “Drink at least eight glasses of water a day!” Not necessarily, says Dartmouth Medical School physician Heinz Valtin, M.D. The universal advice that has made guzzling water a national pastime is more urban myth than medical dogma and appears to lack scientific proof, he found.

In an invited review published by the American Journal of Physiology August 8, Valtin, the Vail and Hampers professor emeritus of physiology at Dartmouth Medical School, reported no supporting evidence to back this popular counsel, commonly known as “8 x 8″ (for eight, eight-ounce glasses).
_____________________________________________________________________________

There are other resources at the site, as well.
Dartmouth is in New Hampshire, and is one of the Ivy League Colleges.

Their home page: http://dms.dartmouth.edu/

[as a p.s. --
they discuss our much debated "caffeine drinks and alcohol" as they apply to liquid needs.]

NurseBarb

I've heard this as well. Actually I also heard that what was actually said was taken out of context and it had to do with how much you weighed etc.

However, I have found that even when I cheat if I'm drinking my water I still lose weight and that water is really great for filling a minor hunger pain or so and it makes my skin and hair do better.

So I"m gonna keep drinking!

:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

cmriverside

I've heard this as well. Actually I also heard that what was actually said was taken out of context and it had to do with how much you weighed etc.

However, I have found that even when I cheat if I'm drinking my water I still lose weight and that water is really great for filling a minor hunger pain or so and it makes my skin and hair do better.

So I"m gonna keep drinking!

:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Yep, I hear ya on the "fill me up" thing. Did you read the whole article? It's a good second opinion. I think we are all guilty here of repeating some things just because someone said it....or worse, because they read it in a message board....and knowledge is power.

Cheryl