How much water?

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> Does anyone have a URL or info where the " 1/2 oz. per pound. " info came

In in the archives somewhere in a message posted a few months back by Sue R

after another long debate about how much water we should all be drinking. A

simple web search should turn up dozens of references that say *minimum* of

8, 8-ounce glasses of water, and that is for a " normal " sized person.

Overweight people require more water based on their weight. Here are a few

sources I came up with on a search in Google:

from: http://www.dietworldonline.com/water/water.html

Tips on water intake:

Drink a minimum of 64 ounces per day (2 quarts)

Drink an additional 8 ounces per day for every 25 pounds overweight

It is better to drink the water cold, it is absorbed quicker and may burn

more calories

Drink clean water, bottled or filtered

Eureeka! I found exactly what you're looking for:

from: The US Government National Insitute of Health's MedLine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002471.htm

Recommendations

Six to eight 8-ounce glasses of water, or half of the body weight in ounces,

are recommended on a daily basis. For example, if you weight 140 lbs, you

will need 70 ounces of water. Milk, juice, and soup can not be substituted

for the entire water requirement. Caffeinated and alcoholic beverages (due

to their diuretic effect) would not be appropriate substitutes at all.

Carrying a water bottle and drinking at regular intervals will help you to

obtain the required amount of water your body needs.

> from? I've a friend who is one of those people who has to see it in

> 'official print' before they'll believe it.

Now you can show it to her.

Sue in NJ

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Actually I am LOVING the Crystal Light idea and even though it's not plain water

.... I can glub, glub, glub on the Crystal Light. The fruit punch flavor is

my favorite but they discontinued it last year so now I have to find another

flavor or find it online to order.

Maybe I'll try half of my water intake just plain water -the other half Crystal

Light.

~Mel - the human SPONGE lately!

HOW Much Water?

Does anyone have a URL or info where the " 1/2 oz. per pound. " info came

from? I've a friend who is one of those people who has to see it in

'official print' before they'll believe it.

How you doing on the water today, Mel? I'm determined! I've already

managed to knock back 56 ozs. today -- more than by the end of the day

yesterday! Only 91 more oz. to go to meet my recommended level, though

I think for today I might be satisfied with 80 oz. total. That'd still

be 4 more glasses than yesterday.

K.

303/294/140-150

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Since we took juice out of their diet and replaced it with water, my kids hardly

drink at all. They do eat a ton of vegetables and pee very frequently so I

never really worried about it. They drink 4 ounces at breakfast (which I force

them to drink - it also has electrolyte stuff in it) and then another 4 ounces

(same stuff) at dinner.

Is this enough water for them once we start DMSA chelation?

Barbara

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I've heard of it, from someone who talked to my sister-in-law. I've seen no

proof of it.

how much water?

As I was out gardening in the hot sun, I thought about what a friend told me

last week: the body can only make use of one cup of water per hour. I've heard

something like this before, but haven't believed it. What is the science, if

any, behind it? In any case, I don't think I can afford to spread my three

quarts out into 1-cup servings--I'd never get around to drinking enough. But I

wondered what you all thought, as I downed a pint of Crystal Geyser....

Gretchen

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http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/NU/00283.html THIS is a GREAT article on the

topic

Murray <salbud@...> wrote: I've heard of it, from someone who

talked to my sister-in-law. I've seen no proof of it.

how much water?

As I was out gardening in the hot sun, I thought about what a friend told me

last week: the body can only make use of one cup of water per hour. I've heard

something like this before, but haven't believed it. What is the science, if

any, behind it? In any case, I don't think I can afford to spread my three

quarts out into 1-cup servings--I'd never get around to drinking enough. But I

wondered what you all thought, as I downed a pint of Crystal Geyser....

Gretchen

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I like the article you posted because it takes into consideration that

we are all different.

I used to be macrobiotic, and they recommended to drink very little

fluids, to get your moisture from your food. They would say, " Drink

only when thirsty, and if you're thirsty, you are eating too much salt

or sugar. " We didn't eat hardly any dry foods like bread or crackers,

it was moist food, and we ate very few natural sweets and low salt. No

caffeine or alcohol.

I was working in a desert with a group of people when I was

macrobiotic. I drank much less water than my co-workers. My co-workers

were suffering more than me, and a couple had heat stroke. They were

eating " normaly " with lots of salt and sugar, caffeine and alcohol.

I have experimented with drinking the 8 glasses of water a day and

mostly it doesn't feel good to me at all. Unless I have been eating in

restaurants were the food is salty! So I conclude that the guidelines

are geared toward people who eat lots of salt, sugar, caffeine and

alcohol.

Just my 2 cents,

- T

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> http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/NU/00283.html THIS is a GREAT

article on the topic.

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Well, I can only say my experience is very different. Even though I was 20

years vegetarian, then and now lots of pure water makes me feel great. It's so

helpful for skin and other organs. Though I do agree that we should be avoiding

caffeine, alcohol and wheat, etc. I drink close to a gallon a day.

Message 4

From: " Tamara " tamaratornado@...<mailto:tamaratornado@...>

Date: Thu May 4, 2006 2:38pm(PDT)

Subject: Re: how much water?

I think I'll try to sum up what I learned when I was macrobiotic and

working in the desert. If you want your body to be well hydrated, it's

MORE IMPORTANT to AVOID foods and drinks that dehydrate your body,

than it is to drink lots of water. That is, cut out the sugar, excess

salt, caffeine,(coffee, black tea, soda pop, including diet soda) and

baked flour products (breads, crackers, cookies, etc)

That works for me. I feel yucky drinking lots of water unless I've

eaten at a restaurant, where they almost always tend to go heavy on

the salt.

- T

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I read once something about comparison of salt intake, which is, of course,

related to water consumption. This article said that in general societies that

ate meat didn't add salt to their food, and those with little meat did. It was

so long ago now (before the Internet glutted us with information of all degrees

of veracity) that I have no idea if it was a reputable source.

Gretchen

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From: Tamara

I wonder how much water traditional societies drink?

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Tamara wrote:

> That's really interesting, I've heard people say they feel good on

> lots of water. If it works for you, more power to you! I tried to

> drink lots of water, but I really felt uncomfortable drinking so much,

> it seemed to be bad for me. I guess there are individual variations.

Absolutely.

It depends on your constitutional type and there are hundreds of

different constitutional types. I find it a fascinating study.

One of my cats is a " Sulphur " constitutional type. He drinks like a fish

- at least three times what the others drink - but there is noting wrong

with him - there would be if he or any other Sulph type quit drinking so

much!

Even style of drinking varies with constitutional type - and of course

taste in what to drink. Some types drink a lot at a time, and seldom -

some drink a little at a time, often - some never get thirsty, others

are always thirsty. It is part of the inherited constitutional type.

> I wonder how much water traditional societies drink?

You get all the constitutional types in all the cultures:-)) Statistical

averages will not bring this out though:-(

It's also that way in all the animal species, breeds etc:-)

It's a relative thing. In a population/species/breed that drinks little

- the Sulph ones will still drink the most for example.

...Irene

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