I work outside all year long. I started carrying a 32 oz. Yeti around with me. That's half of the 8 [8oz.] glasses of water.
The 8 glasses a day thing originated with a fad diet in the 70s, and before that, from some recommendation from the 40s. Somehow this slipped into the mainstream. There is no medical evidence to support this claim. Recent studies have shown that you can get plenty of water from other sources. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/...e-to-drink-8-glasses-of-water-a-day.html?_r=0 Interestingly, cats that eat canned food and don't drink water are generally better hydrated than cats that eat dry food and drink water. I had a cat that didn't drink water for the first three years of her life! I assumed it was a huge problem but the vet said otherwise. She was fine.
Exactly wrong as usual. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/...e-to-drink-8-glasses-of-water-a-day.html?_r=0
Thirst is one of the main symptoms of dehydration but you can be thirsty and not be dehydrated too. If it is accompanied by cramping, headache, dizziness, dark urine, etc., that would be dehydration. Thirst is just your body's way of telling you to drink water.
LOL, I agree you don't need to drink 8 glasses a day but it is clear that many working strenuously outdoors often succumb to dehydration before they feel thirsty. That is why they teach hydrate, hydrate, hydrate during Marine training.
I had tried using some of the drinks that claim to give electrolytes and not sports drinks, yet it still didn't help..
I am well aware of how to hydrate after a dozen years of sports and half a dozen in the Army. I am suspecting I may have other problems..I see the doctor in May so I will discuss it with her..
All of the above without alcohol will rehydrate you. Not as well as water, but they will net rehydrate you. (alcohol will dehydrate you). One general rule is to drink at least one glass of water with each alcoholic beverage you drink.
Because alcohol is a diuretic, meaning that it causes you to produce more urine in order to flush the breakdown products of alcohol out of your body. If you're not drinking enough water with your beer, the water has to come from somewhere--and that means your body tissues, making you dehydrated. A hangover is a combination of dehydration and withdrawal symptoms. One good way to lessen the dehydration part of that is to make sure you drink a glass of water with each alcoholic beverage.
Not drinking enough liquids does increase your chances of getting kidney stones. It's basic solution chemistry. http://www.urologyhealth.org/urologic-conditions/kidney-stones/causes
I KNOW! I'm dead now. You guys pray for the repose of my dehydrated soul, a shriveled, sin stained shell of its former self. Look, I'm going to drink some water. My father died at 82 ( but not from dehydration) and hated water too. So let's not get carried away.
I would rather have a nice cold beer rather than water any time. However having fried my stomach drinking and smoking too much has changed all that.
Caffeine (at soft drink dosages) is not as strong of a diuretic as alcohol is, anecdotally. I can rehydrate drinking a huge fountain diet coke--and I'm pretty sensitive to my water balance--I use urine color, and the fit of my ring as a pretty good indicator. Beer dehydrates me. Coffee, I'm not so sure about, but I don't drink coffee to quench thirst. Your link pretty much confirms what my body tells me.
I used to work in a foundry. It was really hot and I would get cramps sometimes. I then started drinking a glass of water with a teaspoon or two of salt after work. I didn't get cramps anymore. It also seemed to help me deal with the heat.
