Drink less fluid - another theory

by the time we feel thirsty we're already dehydrated.

I remember reading that a few years ago.

I think I've posted this before on here: I drank nothing but hot water from about the age of 12 and I drank gallons of the stuff. Around my mid- to late-thirties, I was diagnosed with a flabby a flabby kidney due to drinking too much water and told to drink less.

It seems to me that the mantra to drink 8 glasses of water a day coincided with the advent of bottled water. Now it seems that some people can't travel even the shortest distance without being equipped with a bottle of the stuff. How on earth did we manage before? I remember long train journeys as a child when tea was sold on station platforms and trains stopped long enough for passengers to hop off and get a cup.

How on earth did we manage before?

Good points vegasmags. I was very sporty at school and took part in competitions and the most liquid we had came from sucking orange segments at half-time! None of us suffered for it.

Yes vegasmags, the mantra to drink 2 litres of water came along at the same time as bottled water. I'm just back from my regular 3 mile walk with the dogs. As often happens, we passed a couple of women, who aren't regulars on that walk. Both carrying bottles of water - for an ordinary 3 mile walk around the reservoir. There's a tea shop at one end, and a pub at the other, so no -one is likely to expire from dehydration. Good to see that a jug of tap water is now offered, rather than bottled, when we order water with meals locally.

Drinking "excessive* amounts of water (whatever quantity excessive might be) can be harmful by affecting the solutions of other minerals in your blood.
About a maximum of two litres nornally depending on the temperature and the amount of exercise you take. That's about eight mugs full

www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256?pg=2

health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/death-dying/water-intoxication.htms

I can remember reading that on average we should consume, about 2 litres of fluids a day from all sources, both from beverages and food. I did a quick calculation of what fluids I normally consume; various hot and cold drinks throughout the day, fruit juice and occasional glasses of water, not to mention liquid in food and found that I easily consumed 2 litres without any need to drink anything extra.

I must say I am careful about staying hydrated because both of my parents in old age had bladder cancer, caught early and managed by regular laser treatment, but it did lead DS and I to think about anything in their lifestyle that could have contributed to them both getting the same illness, as there was obviously not a genetic link. The only thing that we could identify was that they drank very little, about 4 cups of instant coffee a day and probably did not get much liquid from their food as they did not eat a lot.