Is it really that important to drink water, I hate it.

I always say that water is one of the healthiest things I am consuming! I swear that water has been a major contribution to my weight loss.

how much water to drink.your weight divided by 2=the ounces of water you need to drink a day.now your feet swelling caused probably by either salt intake and you dont sweat enough.this is what most doctors will say.i say your acid levels are to high.you need to eat more alkaline foods and drink alkaline water.you can get your some ph strips i recommend the urine ones cause you want to know how much acid is coming out of your body.but no less water will make you swell more.more water will delute what ever is causing you to swell.cheers

I never was a big water drinker myself, didn't like it. But have recently started drinking at least 6 8 ozs a day if not 8. It absolutely does help in my opinion. What I did to start kick drinking it was taking lemons and putting it in the water. No sugar, just lemons, at least it was a better taste then just plain water.

I'm genuinely confused how someone can "hate" water....its nothing....its tasteless....I don't get it?

That being said I used to not drink a lot of water just because I wasn't in the habit. Learning that several UTIs and a full-blown kidney infection were the result of my chronic dehydration set me straight! Makes my skin better too.

There are about a billion sugar-free flavored waters out there if its really so terrible for you. Or a green tea bag tossed in the bottle will do it.

This question is so confusing to me. Do other people "hate" water as well? That just sounds crazy!

Drink your damn water.


Ultimate first world problem... *sigh*...

If I am retaining fluid in my feet could drinking more make the problem worse?

I do drink a lot of water. My feet swell up quite badly from time to time but it's hard to pin down exactly what helps/hurts the situation diet wise.

Try tracking your sodium and carbs, as well as water, and keeping a "swell diary" in the notes section.

Drink your damn water.


Ultimate first world problem... *sigh*...

IDK when I lived in Africa the poor kids would scramble for bottled water that was truly sad to see. You can believe me if they had the sources they would not drink the water. Most of it is boiled or used for cooking and cleaning. You rarely saw someone just drinking water unless it was a clean well. And those who were more well off never drank water instead preferred hot tea w/ sugar and cream from the UK colonization or coke.

Eight glasses of water a day an urban myth'?

Water and a well-balanced diet 'do far more than water alone,' Australian researcher says

CBC News

Posted: Jun 10, 2012 12:51 AM ET

Last Updated: Jun 10, 2012 12:48 AM ET

The common advice to drink eight glasses of water a day doesn't hold water, say nutrition and kidney specialists who want to dispel the myth.

"What drove us to drink two litres of water a day?" asks an editorial in this week's issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.

The recommendation was driven by vested interests rather than health, suggests author Speros Tsindos of the department of dietetics and human nutrition at La Trobe University in Victoria, Australia.
Other beverages also help us meet the body's fluid needs, say nutrition specialists. (Aaron Harris/Canadian Press)
"Humans need to maintain fluid balance and need to drink water when required, but should also consider fluid in unprocessed fruits and vegetables and juices. There is further evidence that water and a well-balanced diet does far more than water alone," Tsindos wrote.

"Water is important for health; however, the recommendation of eight glasses of pure water per day appears an overestimation of requirements."

Even a baked potato is 75 per cent water, said nutrition Prof. Susan Barr of the University of British Columbia, who sat on a Canadian-U.S. committee that looked at fluid intake.

"There's nothing magical about water from a glass of water as opposed to water from a food or any other beverage," Barr said.

Drinking caffeinated beverages such as tea and coffee do not lead to dehydration, said Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, a nephrologist at the University of Pennsylvania who reviewed research claims on drinking eight glasses of water and studied how the kidneys handle it.

Let thirst guide you

"Drinking the coffee will count towards your total water intake for the day," Goldfarb said.

Goldfarb said despite the common idea that it's important to "drink eight glasses of eight ounces of water" a day, "There’s no evidence that benefits health in any real way and it really represents an urban myth."

There's no evidence you need to drink more water than what thirst dictates, Goldfarb added.

Studies on desert nomads showed people can consume minimal amounts of water in harsh environments. The military has also looked at how much water soldiers need to take with them when patrolling in hot climates without harming their performance.

"If one is just playing a game of tennis in an indoor facility, for example, or having a short run on a treadmill in an air-conditioned gym, the need to maintain hydration during that is just non-existent," Goldfarb advised.

People have died of dehydration and from drinking too much water too quickly.

A good guide to tell if the body’s finely tuned fluid balance is to check the colour of your urine. If it's very dark, you're on the dry side; if it's very light or translucent, then you need to drink a bit less water, said Dr. David Price, head of family medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.

I drink coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon, and water when I'm outside.

Water is important, drink it. You don't have to like it. It's tasteless anyways, what's to hate?

I think my reasoning behind it I never drink anything, or never did drink anything without sugar in it. I hated it because it was tasteless.

Well a big part of what you're trying to achieve is to change your habits, no? You don't have to like everything you do to achieve the results, fitness or otherwise, that you're trying to achieve.