ARTICLE about drinking too much water - WOW!!!

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  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    Sport drinks will help with electrolyte replenishment. Not more water.
    utter rubbish... there is NO evidence to support this!! (and dont quote me reports that companies like Coca Cola (who make Powerade) or SKB (who make Lucozade Sport) quote, as they are complete CRAP!

    mmmmm...yeah...let me go drink chemicals! NOT!
    I agree...complete CRAP!

    Now...I like some coconut water on occasion though!

    I am not pro sport drinks, but electrolight thing is true. As you sweat you lose it. And it's important to replenish it. Salt sugar or sport drink, you really have to do it. :)
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    I think you should follow your thirst too...some days I'm fine with 3 glasses, some days I'm drinking 15.


    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/8-glasses-of-water-a-day/#axzz21roHRxsR

    I would use urine as detector. If it's yellow even orange, you need to drink water even if you didn't feel thirsty. :)
  • Maridar
    Maridar Posts: 164 Member
    this is such a controversial issue that I would only rely on personal experience. I don't drink much at all... I watch my child who is young and assuming children act naturally on their needs, he does not require much water, he drinks when he is thirsty. I once trained to run 10K and the recommendation was to start drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day three months before the event so the body gets used to it and you are comfortable running. I did, the first few weeks, I think, I was going to the bathroom like crazy, then my body adjusted and the trips weren't as frequent.
    Now, I am not sure, I drink when I am thirsty. I usually have a glass or two when I wake up in the morning, helps the digestive system, too, then at work I have a cup of coffee. Throughout the day I refill an 8 oz water bottle maybe once and that's it. I drink water when working out. I am not very good but I feel fine.
  • whitefang66
    whitefang66 Posts: 38 Member
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    True watch panorama from last week. Proved sports drinks don't work unless your a super athlete 3 hours in on a very intense training session. Even then the effect is tiny. Few enlightening things on there. Not saying they are right with everything, but think they may have been with a lot of thigs. Their recommendations were to follow thirst too x
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    I watched it too... of course companies like SKB and Coca Cola are going to tell you that their drinks hydrate better than water.. they have to sell the damn things to make money .. like duhh ;)
  • whitefang66
    whitefang66 Posts: 38 Member
    I would use urine as detector. If it's yellow even orange, you need to drink water even if you didn't feel thirsty. :)
    Yeah? :/ show me where it tells you that in Natures Handbook!
  • whitefang66
    whitefang66 Posts: 38 Member
    I am not pro sport drinks, but electrolight thing is true. As you sweat you lose it. And it's important to replenish it. Salt sugar or sport drink, you really have to do it. :)
    whatever!
  • xarge
    xarge Posts: 484 Member
    There is no too much water, there is something called electrolyte balance and ignoring it.
  • carld256
    carld256 Posts: 855 Member
    The last time I mentioned this I got charged with posting "broscience." I tried to explain that no, it was just science, but I saw the same person snidely repeating the charge in another post. You just can't help some people.
  • DaveMurphy6
    DaveMurphy6 Posts: 130 Member
    Perhaps start using your goal weight l as your water goal. If your goal is 200 lbs drink 100oz a day. Remember to include not just water but any liquid that does not contain sweetner or other additives. This would include black coffee or tea. but watch the caffine with these, Use as much water as possible to meet this goal.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I am not pro sport drinks, but electrolight thing is true. As you sweat you lose it. And it's important to replenish it. Salt sugar or sport drink, you really have to do it. :)
    whatever!
    Your willful ignorance is astounding.

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