Topic: Do you take water intake seriously? - page 2. (Read 526 times)

Drinking enough water is often emphasized as important, but I personally struggle to follow this advice. I don't feel thirsty very often, and sometimes I have to push myself to drink a cup of water even when I don't really want to. I only drink water after meals, and even then I usually don't finish a whole cup. I believe I need to work on being more disciplined when it comes to drinking water.

Well yes I think it is very important for us to make sure we do this. It is very important for us to drink lots of water each day to clean our bodies and to stay dehydrated.

If we do not do this we can have medical problems. I drink a glass of water in the first thing in the morning with my breakfast. And I will drink water all day and have another tall glass of cold water before my bedtime.

Water is an important function for the human body. It is best for everyone to evolve to maintain health by drinking enough water, because the impact will be very helpful for our bodies. The important thing is that you fulfill your body's fluid needs first, especially for people. Those who work in offices with air conditioning and sit for too long continuously and rarely drink water, this will have a bad impact on the body. Because for office people, their bodies will respond to excretion through the urinary tract, if the excretion is not normal as usual it will have an impact. suffering from kidney failure. It's important for all of us to sweat it's very important too,
In contrast to work where we are directly exposed to sunlight, the more we sweat, the more we will feel the body's response, namely very high thirst and the need for fluids, which is what makes us healthy and fit.

Water is the driving force that governs the body because without it, we cannot survive, but we do not keep track of how much water we need or keep.But how much water is needed in the body When the mind is in danger, it can be said that water is the most important function of the body Water for refreshment Blood circulation in the body is normal and all activities in the kidney are normal It plays a very important role in the normal functioning of blood pressure and regulates the temperature of the body through water.Another name of water are life, and it acts as the root of all health without water the life of human being is unsustainable.If we do not drink water properly, we invite the body to develop many diseases, so we should drink water properly.Nothing is too good to be balanced then it will bring good health in life.

Water is very essential in our life were as without water it becomes difficult to survive, water  is like an engine oil in our body were as when there is no more oil engine seize to work, so I don't jock with water I make sure I take a good quantity of water everyday to be hydrated.

What the heck is going on with all the water intake campaign online lately,  even in my local community there have been increased campaigns for water intake and this is very good for us all as we all know how important water is to the human body since about 80% of our body is made up of water so to stay hydrated we need to consume a lot of water on daily basis.

We have to give more priority to water in our daily consumptions,  but also for extra advice consume more water during the day and less water towards evening and try emptying your bladder before you go to bed.

I once tried an application which was intended to track my consumption of water and let me know whenever I needed to drink more, so I could meet the minimum liters recommended. And I must say that it is harder than It seems to be, I found myself drinking a glass of water each hour or less and I went to the bathroom more than previous days.

So I am aware it is important to drink water and I do whenever I feel like it, but drinking water when one does not even feel thirst, it is rather uncomfortable.

Also consider any solutes in fluids you're intaking. For example, caffeine is a diuretic and would cause less hydration than someone drinking the same amount of fluid absent of caffeine.

The body is good of indicating thirst when it needs water. Someone not conscious of water intake would still clear 3.5+ liters on average if there's enough water around and they drink when they're thirsty. I never make a conscious effort to drink a certain amount of water and am still adequately hydrated.

It must suck to live in a place where you think government is hurting you through tap water. I've seen old pipes in the water supply dunes: they were calicified for about 70%. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't drink it, it's natural and totally fine. The water reports are fine too, tap water is approved for new born babies. Even better: bottled water is not recommended for babies, unless it states so on the packaging (which I've never seen).
The only exception is old houses with lead plumbing, that's toxic.

The quality of water comes with colder climates. In Nevada, tap water smells worse than swimming pools, and hurts my eyes. In France, they have signs not to drink it everywhere. In Belgium, it's probably still safe to drink, but smells like chlorine, so I realized how much we drink after buying 60 liter for a few days. In Luxembourg, it tastes great! In Denmark even better. In Germany, it's fine. In Austria and Switzerland too. New Zealand tap water tastes great. In the Netherlands, it's high quality everywhere but the taste depends on the water hardness, which varies strongly throughout the country. In Norway, I've been drinking straight from ice cold mountain streams (although that's not always safe). The tap water is great. In Asia, I'd even use bottled water to brush my teeth, and drinking tap water (thanks to a bad restaurant that served it) means sitting on a toilet for a week

See Countries with the Best Drinking Water to see what you're missing out on.

I'd still like to try the tap water in Iceland. It comes highly recommended.

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Rule of thumb while traveling: do as the locals do. If supermarkets have long aisles filled with bottled water in large packages, you should probably not drink the tap water.

water is very important in human life. is good to take water early in the morning and night before going to bed. but for me, I'm not that type that take much water. but this trend has open my eyes to know the much important of taken much water.

I think people know the importance of water, they just don’t care. I’m sure we all know people who live on soft drinks. It’s just that people think companies wouldn’t sell them products if they were bad for them. It’s actually no different than people thinking the government wouldn’t do anything to hurt them. Thats why I avoid tap water. I think if people saw the pipes carrying that water or read their water reports, they’d avoid it too.

I like ice cold water, and drink roughly 1 m³ per year. Or probably a bit more, mostly in summer.
We're lucky in having high quality tap water, so no mineral water or filtration needed.

I can't say that I take it seriously. I drink a lot of water every day, especially on summer when it's hot, but I never tried to count how much exactly I simply drink when I want to drink.
I drink in average 3 cups of cofe/tea each day, about 1.5 l of mineral water (much more when it's hot), 1-1.5 l of soft drinks like coke. And offcourse, at least several cans of beer on weekends. Yeah, I know that I drink too much soft drinks, I should drink a bit less it and try to replace it with water. I'm trying not to drink energy drinks too much as it's not helthy for heart. But I still need it sometimes - my work starts very early in morning and energy drinks helps me to wake up, cofe doesn't helps me at all.

Are you sure about? I think that most people is aware about these things, but they still pick soft drinks because simply it's more tasty.

I know that too much is also bad even if it is water. Not sure if I'm taking a lot or if this is too much but I'm sure that I am intaking more than the 7-8 glasses of water on a daily basis.

Those that believe that softdrinks are better, someday they will realize that it's only going to give them diabetes. I am guilty of it and honestly it's delicious when your drink has got a flavor. But whenever I intake juices or softdrinks or any flavored drink, I am taking as much water as I can.
I always crave for water and wherever I go, it's what I am looking for when I got home but at most times I have my own water bottle but it's not enough and that's why I drink a lot at home just to retrieve that thirst from outside especially when the weather is hot or humid.

Most people are not aware of the importance of water. Some believe its better to drink softdrinks.
Same with food, quality is not important for most.

Most persons don't find consume water interesting the way they are supposed to simply because they think the intake of water is just about satisfying tastiness.
They basically don't see the reasonable benefits in water intakes to the body due to it colorless, orderless and tasteless being.

But I can categorically state it that water is the most necessary consumable substances required in the human body for a healthy and maintenance being.

Logically, water serves as an oil to lubricate and nourishes the sensitive and insensitive parts of the body systems just like an  "engine oil" is essentially to the "mechanical machines "engines" for lubrications.

Hence... Water is tends to be consumed either at a tasty or not in other to take preventive measures of dehydrations which can lead to a "heat injury" to the body.

3+ litres is overkill and can actually cause more harm than good to some people

2 litres are the norms
if you already have heart, high blood pressure, or bladder/kidney issues where you retain water. even 2 litres can be too much if you are not excreting an equal amount

if you are sweating alot due to excessive exercise then yes more can help. but for majority of normal people 1.5-2 litres is the norm.

its also worth noting 2 litres of fluid is not the same as two litres of water
so dont include things like milk, orange juice, gravy, roast beef grease and many other 'fluids'  as part of the count

Water is necessity for human body and mental states and if you are from region where the wether condition is harsh such as sub Saharan Africa,  countries you will inclined with this practice of water intakes,  I consume as much water as possible on daily bases,  but the problem is how consistent I become with this practice of daily water consumption.

As we have all noticed that this thread was very essential and serves as a reminder to our responsibility in water intake,  and more so as we consume water we should also consume fruits and other vegetables too.

That's correct; you don't need to force yourself to drink more water. We consume liquids, such as water, in a variety of ways, such as milk, vegetables, or fruits, that also hydrate our body. That's why it's false and inaccurate to claim that we need an X glasses of water. I'm not sure about the coffee you mentioned, because I've read that it actually dehydrates you, but I might be wrong. Even when I tried to increase my water consumption, I couldn't keep up for more than a few days, and as I mentioned earlier, it doesn't have any significant benefits. I only noticed that my acne cleared up. Drinking a few glasses of water when you feel like it in normal conditions is perfectly fine. Except we're talking about cases of extreme heat or during exercise. On top of that, even when

It'd be interesting for the OP to post the source about his claims, is it by a scientific magazine or research, or is it a random blog making such statements?

I also read about that 2 liter rule somewhere, but they explained that it doesn't mean you have to drink that much, just get that much liquid in any form.
When you eat soup - you drink. When you eat a watermelon or any other juicy fruit - you drink.
I don't count the amount I drink, but my body tells me to. I just make sure that if I feel thirsty I get something to drink ASAP.
My usual day is 2 cups of coffee, 2 - 3 cups of tea since a cup is around 250 ml that makes it 1 liter. I usually drink at least 2 glasses of water or juice and a 0.5 l glass of beer in the evening so that makes it more or less 2 liters of liquid every day, (not counting any soup or fruit).
In extreme situations like a night out, this could turn into 2l of beer alone, so depends on the day and weather.

Forcing yourself to drink too much may be bad for you, just as well as drinking too little.