It's possible, but the spikes and drops in metabolic rates doesn't work for everybody. If you're fit and healthy you can probably handle it, but many people need more steady metabolism throughout the day.
Also, your body can only absorb so many nutrients at once. If you try packing all your daily requirements into one meal, you're going to shit a lot of it out. You might absorb all 2000 calories or whatever, but most of the vitamins, proteins, etc. are going to get flushed down your toilet
journalist drinking 6 pumpkincinnamoncock flavoured chaimoccalattuccinos for 18 bucks each to then sit down and tell people they don't need a whole liter of water
Looked at the article, and it starts off pretty stupid
While everyone else seems to be slugging H20 from 40-ounce Stanley tumblers, I have never understood the appeal of drinking plain, tasteless water all day.
Some people live in areas where the water tastes bad, but seeing the water as "boring" might mean that you're drinking too much of the other stuff (soft drinks, juice, sugary etc). It's not that those other things are not hydrating, but they're unhealthy for other reasons.
The question feels more pressing than ever given rising temperatures, heat waves
I refuse to normalize a world where people lack access to clean drinking water. 😠
The rest of the article is pretty standard advice. There's no set amount of water that everyone needs to drink, and your diet/lifestyle/body composition/the weather will all play a role. Going based on thirst is a good indicator, but make sure you actually drink water when you're thirsty. !hydrohomies@lemmy.ml
But using that to justify unequal access to clean drinking water is a big no.
And if you're in the subset of people who struggle to register thirst, either through perceiving it as hunger or just not registering it at all; use the pee test.
If your last pee was yellow, drink some water. If clear or nearly clear, you're fine.
If brown, drink lots of water and pray to Dionysus to become hydrated before the hangover kicks in.
The author of the article seems to think people use water bottles because they justlike, enjoy drinking water constsntly for no reason. (Its fine if you do) Or some "misguided" advice about how much to drink daily.
When people probably just carry them so when they are thirsty, they have something cheap and not unhealthy to drink.
After many visits for my daughter with different doctors, all of which were different specializations, the consistent advice from all of them was "going by thirst" is absolutely wrong.
They each said if you wait to be thirsty, you are already dehydrated.
You should drink whenever you want to, or are mentally thirsty. That being said, after many years of being a child in school (water fountains tasted like drinking chalk), i had to train myself to feel thirsty again without being dehydrated. Probably a safer bet to just go by pee color or have a cup or two of water at dinner/during exercise.
I have even better - I3P. Iodine, check. No goiters here. 3, widely believed to be the next highest whole number (citation needed). Phosphorus, check. Good for flower/fruit production.
Put it all together, you might get grapefruit sized growths, but they won't be goiters.
While everyone else seems to be slugging H20 from 40-ounce Stanley tumblers, I have never understood the appeal of drinking plain, tasteless water all day.
The question feels more pressing than ever given rising temperatures, heat waves
The combination of these two takes has to be among the dumbest things I've ever read, what do they think those other drinks are made of? I'm entirely certain that the process of making another drink uses up more water than just drinking that volume of water in the first place.
Three article boils down to the author being a whiny WSJ entitled asshole, which is what I expect from the WSJ.
Author, you don't need the 40 oz cup.
Quoted Expert, you need around 125 oz a day.
Author, but water is so boring and tasteless, I want sugar and you get a fraction of water from food right? I don't wanna drink water. Written Toddler Tantrum ensues
Author, so in conclusion you don't need that 40 oz water cup.
Right wing newspapers love to do this shit where I live. We get into a crisis, people start skipping meals because they don't have money, and they will talk about the health benefits of dieting and fasting 🙄
right wingers have a serious problem with comprehending the idea of consent. is dieting and fasting good for you? yeah sure, when done right. but is being forced to do that good for you? hell no, even if there are health benefits you didn't choose to do that. and in the next sentence they'll preach about freedom
Ditched the 40oz for a 134oz. Best decison I've ever made. All the water I want and a weapon built into one device. It even comes with nice sturdy handles.
I was so annoyed by the Stanley cup thing because it's a really cool design, I would have been onboard with it if it hadn't been so expensive and become a meme fad
Bezos really needs the water for his data centers. Come on guys, don’t be a dick and just dehydrate yourself and shower for 10 seconds max and we can have all the data centers Jeff wants!
It has some grains of truth but it's mingled with too much personal opinion.
There are studies on how much water humans really need. If you want to calculate it the scientific way, you need to factor in at least lean muscle mass, total mass, surface area, ambient temperature and humidity, activity levels, and diet. There's no magic number of ounces that's correct for everyone.
Fortunately we've evolved a really awesome mechanism. When your body needs more water, you get thirsty.
So if you want to stay properly hydrated, drink whenever you feel even a little thirsty.
We can seperate regions easily enough and their peak humidity seasons. You just need to factor in sedentary, semi active, active and athletic lifestyles.
Except it's completely true - rare for WSJ, I know, but not completely unheard of. The weird hype around really unnecessarily excessive water intake is "Facebook Grandma Nutrition"-level bullshit. Healthy people have a reliable, fine-tuned mechanism for figuring out when water is needed: it's called being fucking thirsty
over an entire day, sure. needing to carry a 1.2l container around all day seems to me overkill. carry a smaller bottle, refill it when needed, drink a glass of water with your meals etc. remember, juice, tea, coffee, coke etc are mostly water and also count towards your water intake
Depending on where you live, you may not have access to a fountain by the time you need more. I carry around slightly less large bottle (1L) and you can bet your ass I had gone through it on the days when I had to be outside in 100+F/38+C weather for hours, and I got home thirsty. It is way better to have too much water and not need it than to not have enough and need it.
Sadly that is something many people can't rely upon. I am not that old, and have a tendency to get pretty dehydrated before i get thirsty at all. Old people are famous for getting so dehydrated that they get delirious - ask any nurse working in a hospital, they will agree that this is the case. With summer temperatures rising this will hit a lot more people of the already affected groups, and additional groups which are not sensitized yet towards that issue.
I agree that most people do not need to drink 3 liters of water per day. But what happens is that people aim for that amount and then land somewhere around 1.5-2 liters / day, which is a pretty good amount for normal days, and they will be more alert towards their water intake on hot days, which prevents deaths.
There is a difference between "drinking a glass of water wouldn't hurt you" and "you are dehydrated and it is medically relevant". Every organism on this planet can easily cope with a reduction in available water if it isn't severe. The operating conditions of a human body, if formalized, would only state a minimum of water intake, because the optimal amount of hydration varies wildly from person to person, and it is also dependent on outside circumstances, like heavy work or high temperatures.
During the winter months, i am completely fine with around 1 liter of fluid intake per day most of the time when sedentary. During the last 2 months, i have topped out at around 7 liters/day (i do sweat a lot), which made me a bit nervous and i made sure to increase my normally very low salt intake a bit, to prevent running out of electrolytes.
Which is why "thirsty" as an indicator is the problem. It is your body telling you there is already a problem.
Every organism on this planet can easily cope
You can easily cope with all manner of problems. You can go 2 months without Vitamin C. You shouldn't wait until you develop the first signs of scurvy before eating an orange.
After many visits for my daughter with different doctors, all of which were different specializations, the consistent advice from all of them was "going by thirst" is absolutely wrong.
They each said if you wait to be thirsty, you are already dehydrated.
It was news to me because I grew up with "drink when you are thirsty".
Yeah, until that mechanism isn’t working anymore, as distraction nowadays is a real issue. Too often I forget about water intake if I don’t have water next to me.
Additionally, go ask dermatologist what they think about water intake. You can literally see differences in skin health, especially long-term damage which cannot be reversed.
Iirc, the studies that showed that lower sodium diets reduced risk of heart problems were performed on people that already had heart problems, not in the general population. And my cardiologist is happy. Every time I see him he looks at my 30oz water bottle and checks with me that it's not plain water. Too much plain water without salt is bad for you.
I do watch and make sure my electrolyte powder doesn't have B6 or anything else I could accumulate too much of.
Doctor said I should drink 100oz a day soooooo.... I'm gonna keep trusting my medical professional instead of a random idiot who doesn't like the taste of water.
In the water wars documentary, Holes, it was proven that children and young adults could work all day in the sun without any significant amount of water. Therefore your allocation of water will be limited further until morale improves. Woke unionized overpaid bureacrats just want to take all your money to waste water, instead of using that money for useful datacenters and more oil drilling.
Maybe they aren't "going after" anybody; I mean this is just a medical reality. Nobody needs to swig water constantly, and kids don't need a juice box every two hours. And wipe your feet, I just scrubbed this floor!
126 Comments
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 146 pts · 20h
2027: “Do you really need three meals a day?”
JustJack23@slrpnk.net · 93 pts · 18h
That was 2023...
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/cpi-report-today-january-2023-inflation/card/to-save-money-maybe-you-should-skip-breakfast-fSd6mz0miaAPhUFb2jgy
AmyAye@nord.pub · 20 pts · 13h
Yeah but we didn't listen and now all the food is poison.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu · 5 pts · 11h
Well, technically, you don't. If you eat enough calories in a single sitting, you only need one meal a day.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 11h
It's possible, but the spikes and drops in metabolic rates doesn't work for everybody. If you're fit and healthy you can probably handle it, but many people need more steady metabolism throughout the day.
Also, your body can only absorb so many nutrients at once. If you try packing all your daily requirements into one meal, you're going to shit a lot of it out. You might absorb all 2000 calories or whatever, but most of the vitamins, proteins, etc. are going to get flushed down your toilet
Malica@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 7h
I eat half a sandwich a day and I'm still kicking
Malica@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 7h
You actually don't, but never admit it
lokalhorst@feddit.org · 129 pts · 19h
40 us fl oz = 1.1829 L
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 21 pts · 18h
Thanks
edwardbear@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 12h
I drink 3 of those a day, at minimum.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 9h
I’m an American and I don’t really understand fluid ounces at a glance either lol
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 95 pts · 20h
Lol, 1 liter is nothing. But yeah okay, it could be a liter of water for the poor thirsty AI data centres.
justsomeguy@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 19h
journalist drinking 6 pumpkincinnamoncock flavoured chaimoccalattuccinos for 18 bucks each to then sit down and tell people they don't need a whole liter of water
AmyAye@nord.pub · 10 pts · 13h
God I hate how this may actually be the motivation behind this article.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 11h
Fucking bingo.
otter@lemmy.ca · 92 pts · 17h
Looked at the article, and it starts off pretty stupid
Some people live in areas where the water tastes bad, but seeing the water as "boring" might mean that you're drinking too much of the other stuff (soft drinks, juice, sugary etc). It's not that those other things are not hydrating, but they're unhealthy for other reasons.
I refuse to normalize a world where people lack access to clean drinking water. 😠
The rest of the article is pretty standard advice. There's no set amount of water that everyone needs to drink, and your diet/lifestyle/body composition/the weather will all play a role. Going based on thirst is a good indicator, but make sure you actually drink water when you're thirsty. !hydrohomies@lemmy.ml
But using that to justify unequal access to clean drinking water is a big no.
Zombie@feddit.uk · 18 pts · 14h
And if you're in the subset of people who struggle to register thirst, either through perceiving it as hunger or just not registering it at all; use the pee test.
If your last pee was yellow, drink some water. If clear or nearly clear, you're fine.
If brown, drink lots of water and pray to Dionysus to become hydrated before the hangover kicks in.
Micromot@piefed.social · 3 pts · 11h
Fully clear usually means stop drinking water for now. It signifies you have had a bit too much water
flandish@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 13h
or that you’re a shill , writing a seo prop piece knowing full well coke is a financial supporter of your “newspaper”
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 12h
And I think it's even broader: If I'm drinking water, I'm not buying any other drinks. I'm not supporting the economy, I'm only drinking water.
flandish@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 11h
thats basically what i was thinking too.
AmyAye@nord.pub · 11 pts · 13h
The author of the article seems to think people use water bottles because they justlike, enjoy drinking water constsntly for no reason. (Its fine if you do) Or some "misguided" advice about how much to drink daily.
When people probably just carry them so when they are thirsty, they have something cheap and not unhealthy to drink.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 14h
After many visits for my daughter with different doctors, all of which were different specializations, the consistent advice from all of them was "going by thirst" is absolutely wrong.
They each said if you wait to be thirsty, you are already dehydrated.
Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 13h
You should drink whenever you want to, or are mentally thirsty. That being said, after many years of being a child in school (water fountains tasted like drinking chalk), i had to train myself to feel thirsty again without being dehydrated. Probably a safer bet to just go by pee color or have a cup or two of water at dinner/during exercise.
boonhet@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 12h
So what are you supposed to do, have a recurring alarm clock every hour?
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 12h
sort of, yes
Like you are supposed to take breaks from sitting and staring at a screen instead of going 8 hours straight.
lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 10h
So what am I supposed to do, take good care of myself properly?!
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 11h
All the more reason to drink fucking water!
Holy shit, sometimes wish journalists could be disbarred but I know that would create a slew of other problems...
echodot@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 9h
Do they actually call it H20? That's so stupid.
joan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 9h
DM me when they come out with H21
echodot@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 9h
I guess that's just a lot of hydrogen in a container?
Slatlun@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 4h
I have even better - I3P. Iodine, check. No goiters here. 3, widely believed to be the next highest whole number (citation needed). Phosphorus, check. Good for flower/fruit production.
Put it all together, you might get grapefruit sized growths, but they won't be goiters.
Next problem please.
Pelicanen@fedia.io · 2 pts · 5h
The combination of these two takes has to be among the dumbest things I've ever read, what do they think those other drinks are made of? I'm entirely certain that the process of making another drink uses up more water than just drinking that volume of water in the first place.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 10h
I often add some squash to water, but it barely has any sugar in it and I often go for fairly dilute. Like just a hint of berry, orange or lemon.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 9h
SQUASH?! You monster!
I hope that means pumpkin spice or something, even though theres no pumpkin in that stuff....
emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 7h
It's British for concentrated juice syrup.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2h
😆
That doesn't make it better!
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 16h
People are drinking water right from under the data centers!
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 12 pts · 13h
Won’t someone please, think of the data centres!
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 10h
I'll think of the data centres as I look at the CEO down the sights of a rifle.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 1 pts · 11h
I will when I throw them all in the incinerator just like Glados
SalmonTractor@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 7h
That is likely exactly what that propaganda piece is for. “Don’t drink water, it’s silly anyway!”
Coupled with pushing sales of beverages for money.
I figure when the datacenter bubble bursts, the tech companies will keep consuming the same amounts of water and just start selling it.
Gotta find some way to the plot of The Water Knife. (Book has gas pumps that sell water, water meters next to sinks and showers, etc.)
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 9h
"I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE SIR!"
Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 12h
WSJ: stop drinking water our data centers need it instead
jonline@feddit.online · 2 pts · 6h
This was my first thought. Are they trying to pull some bs like that. But also the wsj is a disgrace
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 9h
Three article boils down to the author being a whiny WSJ entitled asshole, which is what I expect from the WSJ.
Author, you don't need the 40 oz cup.
Quoted Expert, you need around 125 oz a day.
Author, but water is so boring and tasteless, I want sugar and you get a fraction of water from food right? I don't wanna drink water. Written Toddler Tantrum ensues
Author, so in conclusion you don't need that 40 oz water cup.
The rest of us, STFU you entitled twat.
merc@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 6h
125 / 40 = approx 3.
That's really an absurdly huge cup if it is about 1/3 of your entire daily water intake.
raman_klogius@ani.social · 41 pts · 19h
Bezos (owner of WSJ) is famous for hating his employees's basic biological needs.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 12 pts · 17h
As @9point6@lemmy.world pointed out, Bezos is the owner of WaPo, not WSJ, and thus, the Wall Street wants our water, not Bezos alone.
raman_klogius@ani.social · 3 pts · 15h
ah, my bad.
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8h
Rupert Murdoch owns WSJ
yakko@feddit.uk · 35 pts · 20h
WSJ on that Immortan Joe shit
ArgentRaven@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 19h
Do not my friends, become addicted to water! It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence!
JK_Flip_Flop@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 18h
I ditched my 40oz bottle for a 64oz bottle. The fuck is this journalism.
Aeder@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 9h
Right wing newspapers love to do this shit where I live. We get into a crisis, people start skipping meals because they don't have money, and they will talk about the health benefits of dieting and fasting 🙄
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 9h
The hot new diet trend, poverty.
qarbone@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 8h
Have you tried this new drug, Nofudatall? Take it in place of your normal three meals and watch the pounds of fat
andmuscleboil away.Poverty is surprisingly expensive, but you can get Nofudatall for free
withqualifyinginsuranceplans!altphoto@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 6h
I heard other countries give it out for free to everyone! Nofudatall truly works but you must pay for it here.
shneancy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 9h
right wingers have a serious problem with comprehending the idea of consent. is dieting and fasting good for you? yeah sure, when done right. but is being forced to do that good for you? hell no, even if there are health benefits you didn't choose to do that. and in the next sentence they'll preach about freedom
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 4h
Ghoulish
suitmangray@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 8h
But most Americans are fat.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 4h
Yes. That happens when all your food comes from the dollar store and the gas station mini-mart, and you drive everywhere.
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social · 20 pts · 18h
The article seems to be a list of
products you can buythings you can drink to get your daily hydration that aren't boring old water.M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 18 pts · 9h
"Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence!"
arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 20h
UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 12h
Ditched the 40oz for a 134oz. Best decison I've ever made. All the water I want and a weapon built into one device. It even comes with nice sturdy handles.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 13h
How the hell am I going to show off my peer-approved, corporation-branded water bottle?
echodot@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 9h
I was so annoyed by the Stanley cup thing because it's a really cool design, I would have been onboard with it if it hadn't been so expensive and become a meme fad
fishy@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 9h
Well the hype is over and you can buy off brand ones for a few bucks. The trend chasers are all using owalla bottles now I think.
huppakee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 10h
You guys have people to show off to?
halfapage@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 20h
"Need to live? Less likely than you think!"
Photonic@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 18h
Bezos really needs the water for his data centers. Come on guys, don’t be a dick and just dehydrate yourself and shower for 10 seconds max and we can have all the data centers Jeff wants!
DrStanleyGoodspeed@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 9h
It’s cause Brawndo is the only drink you need!
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 7h
I don't know... does it even have electrolytes?
nednobbins@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 3h
It has some grains of truth but it's mingled with too much personal opinion.
There are studies on how much water humans really need. If you want to calculate it the scientific way, you need to factor in at least lean muscle mass, total mass, surface area, ambient temperature and humidity, activity levels, and diet. There's no magic number of ounces that's correct for everyone.
Fortunately we've evolved a really awesome mechanism. When your body needs more water, you get thirsty.
So if you want to stay properly hydrated, drink whenever you feel even a little thirsty.
ironpangolin29@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 3h
We can seperate regions easily enough and their peak humidity seasons. You just need to factor in sedentary, semi active, active and athletic lifestyles.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1h
Yeaaahhh....About that...
shittydwarf@piefed.ca · 10 pts · 19h
Water SUCKS! Gatorade is better
raman_klogius@ani.social · 19 pts · 19h
Brawndo! It's got electrolytes!
elvith@feddit.org · 9 pts · 19h
It's got what plants crave!
zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 18h
🎶 Waaater sucks! It really, really suuuucks! Waaater sucks! 🎶
DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 10 pts · 10h
Fuck yourself WSJ
amio@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 17h
Except it's completely true - rare for WSJ, I know, but not completely unheard of. The weird hype around really unnecessarily excessive water intake is "Facebook Grandma Nutrition"-level bullshit. Healthy people have a reliable, fine-tuned mechanism for figuring out when water is needed: it's called being fucking thirsty
RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 16h
1.2 L is cleary not in the realm of "unnecessarily excessive water intake" though.
dreugeworst@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 14h
over an entire day, sure. needing to carry a 1.2l container around all day seems to me overkill. carry a smaller bottle, refill it when needed, drink a glass of water with your meals etc. remember, juice, tea, coffee, coke etc are mostly water and also count towards your water intake
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 9h
Depending on where you live, you may not have access to a fountain by the time you need more. I carry around slightly less large bottle (1L) and you can bet your ass I had gone through it on the days when I had to be outside in 100+F/38+C weather for hours, and I got home thirsty. It is way better to have too much water and not need it than to not have enough and need it.
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe · 18 pts · 17h
While true, as I understand it, for some people needing water makes them feel hungry rather than thirsty
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/wellness/hunger-vs-thirst-are-you-eating-when-you-should-be-drinking/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nomanazish/2021/06/30/eight-surprising-signs-you-could-be-dehydrated-and-how-to-fix-it/
amio@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 16h
Edit: this place really is cancer. Bootleg-ass redditor nest
Agrivar@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 10h
Lighten up, Francis!
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 17 pts · 16h
Sadly that is something many people can't rely upon. I am not that old, and have a tendency to get pretty dehydrated before i get thirsty at all. Old people are famous for getting so dehydrated that they get delirious - ask any nurse working in a hospital, they will agree that this is the case. With summer temperatures rising this will hit a lot more people of the already affected groups, and additional groups which are not sensitized yet towards that issue.
I agree that most people do not need to drink 3 liters of water per day. But what happens is that people aim for that amount and then land somewhere around 1.5-2 liters / day, which is a pretty good amount for normal days, and they will be more alert towards their water intake on hot days, which prevents deaths.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 14h
Thirst is something no one can rely on. This is the same information I got from multiple doctors each in different fields.
By the time you register thirst, you are already dehydrated.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 3 pts · 13h
There is a difference between "drinking a glass of water wouldn't hurt you" and "you are dehydrated and it is medically relevant". Every organism on this planet can easily cope with a reduction in available water if it isn't severe. The operating conditions of a human body, if formalized, would only state a minimum of water intake, because the optimal amount of hydration varies wildly from person to person, and it is also dependent on outside circumstances, like heavy work or high temperatures.
During the winter months, i am completely fine with around 1 liter of fluid intake per day most of the time when sedentary. During the last 2 months, i have topped out at around 7 liters/day (i do sweat a lot), which made me a bit nervous and i made sure to increase my normally very low salt intake a bit, to prevent running out of electrolytes.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 12h
Which is why "thirsty" as an indicator is the problem. It is your body telling you there is already a problem.
You can easily cope with all manner of problems. You can go 2 months without Vitamin C. You shouldn't wait until you develop the first signs of scurvy before eating an orange.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 3 pts · 12h
I just wanted to emphasize that optimal fluid intake is not a simple number - anyone peddling that is full of shit.
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 13h
1.5 - 2 liters a day is perfectly fine if you don't just eat dry, salty food. Vegetables contain a ton of water.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 14h
Reposting because this is completely wrong.
After many visits for my daughter with different doctors, all of which were different specializations, the consistent advice from all of them was "going by thirst" is absolutely wrong.
They each said if you wait to be thirsty, you are already dehydrated.
It was news to me because I grew up with "drink when you are thirsty".
antianarchist@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 13h
Yeah, until that mechanism isn’t working anymore, as distraction nowadays is a real issue. Too often I forget about water intake if I don’t have water next to me.
Additionally, go ask dermatologist what they think about water intake. You can literally see differences in skin health, especially long-term damage which cannot be reversed.
bequirtle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 9h
If you're lugging a gallon of water to work in an air-conditioned office, then yea, maybe reconsider
40oz seems reasonable tho
9point6@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 18h
You need around 2 litres a day
Bezos wants your water for himself
Edit: this is WSJ not WaPo
Wall Street* wants your water for themselves
smh@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 12h
/me laughs in POTS
I'm at 3 liters a day of mostly electrolyte water, 30oz (0.88 liter) at a time.
Spawn7586@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 11h
I mean, why the electrolytes though? That much sodium is gonna kinda kill you
Tilgare@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 11h
It's a treatment vector for POTS.
feralbobcat@startrek.website · 10 pts · 11h
Because of the POTS...
smh@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2h
Iirc, the studies that showed that lower sodium diets reduced risk of heart problems were performed on people that already had heart problems, not in the general population. And my cardiologist is happy. Every time I see him he looks at my 30oz water bottle and checks with me that it's not plain water. Too much plain water without salt is bad for you.
I do watch and make sure my electrolyte powder doesn't have B6 or anything else I could accumulate too much of.
olafurp@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 11h
Isn't that a kidney stone risk? Someone once told me some health water thingy lead to kidney stones if drunk in too much quantity.
Tilgare@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 11h
Better than your heart exploding. And I imagine the quantity is dialed in by their doctor to limit risk while still helping to treat the POTS.
olafurp@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 11h
Oh it's not POTS as it the volume unit. (roughly 1L)
smh@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2h
What do you mean?
SmoothOperator@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 18h
To be fair, if you ask a doctor there is not much reason for drinking water beyond when you're thirsty.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 13h
Absolutely false. A few years ago I had to take my daughter to several doctors each in a different field.
Each repeated one consistent fact: "By the time you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated."
cranakis@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 9h
Can you imagine taking health and wellness advice from The Wall Street journal? Jesus.
BigPotato@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 9h
Doctor said I should drink 100oz a day soooooo.... I'm gonna keep trusting my medical professional instead of a random idiot who doesn't like the taste of water.
RockBottom@feddit.org · 7 pts · 18h
Or they want to sell more plastic per ounce.
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 10h
Drink Brawndo instead! It's also what plants crave! (/s just in case).
quantumcrop@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 9h
It's also good for tooth and gum health to drink water throughout the day, it helps keep them clean between brushing.
This has been your daily reminder to take care of your teeth kids!
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 6h
Teeth kids? If i ever see children made of teeth I am running away. Very fast. Well, maybe not very.
Bluedragon012@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 6h
And yet we let evil prevail. Humanity is pathetic.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3h
In the water wars documentary, Holes, it was proven that children and young adults could work all day in the sun without any significant amount of water. Therefore your allocation of water will be limited further until morale improves. Woke unionized overpaid bureacrats just want to take all your money to waste water, instead of using that money for useful datacenters and more oil drilling.
nul42@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1h
The spice must flow.
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3h
Begun, the water wars have.
weeeeum@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1h
Has the author considered: construction workers
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 59m
When I was a child nobody carried water bottles with you. There was the shared school water fountain and that was it.
ironpangolin29@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3h
My pee turns white after 60oz of water, then I eat some salted peanuts.
spacegoat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1h
Pee comes from the balls
bufalo1973@piefed.social · 0 pts · 19h
I only have near a bottle of water if I am at work at 30°C or more. But maybe it's because I'm Spanish.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 8h
Maybe they aren't "going after" anybody; I mean this is just a medical reality. Nobody needs to swig water constantly, and kids don't need a juice box every two hours. And wipe your feet, I just scrubbed this floor!