Unless you live in a jungle or other planet than Earth, for the last few decades you’ve heard over and over again about The water.
“They”, health experts (and I’m one of “them”) commonly recommend eight 8-ounce glasses, which equals about 2 litres of water to consume every single day for your health.
Here’s the thing, have you ever heard your mom or grandma talk about how much water they were advised to consume when they were young? Hardly, because they previously understood the nonsense of this advice! Ask yourself, can somebody benefit from all of The water hype?
Why do we complicate a simple topic about water! Really and truly, it’s a simple math. It’s like the law of conservation of energy: “How much of something has disappeared in one place, so much should be added in another place.” Remember this law from school?
Now, let’s look how much liquid does your body looses in normal temperatures, in a healthy body?
With urine – 600 ml,
With feces – 200 ml,
With sweat – 400 ml,
Breathing – 400 ml
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Total: 1600 ml
Now, let’s look how much liquid your body receives from outside:
With food, not counting any liquids like soups, juices, drinks, only what is chewed – 800 ml.,
Carbohydrates in the body are broken down into carbon dioxide and water – 400 ml.,
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Total: 1200 ml
The difference between Liquid in & out is 400 ml. That’s how much is vital to consume through liquids like water, soups, tea and coffee!
Anything you drink additionally will drain through the kidneys. If kidneys function is impaired, it will be retained in your body in the form of edema/water retention.
Therefore, you should not follow the advice of “experts”, but trust your body and your thirst.
If you do not consume too much salt, your body will reach an individual and correct level of water consumption.
The water-salt balance is one of the most persistent in your body!
With normally functioning mechanisms of water-salt balance in your body, the advice “drink so much water” means only one thing: “excrete so much urine.”
Remember: balance! Anything you drink in excess of what is necessary to maintain balance, will be removed by your kidneys!
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