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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2259795" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I find drinking plenty of water very helpful, and I certainly don’t think that thirst is necessarily the best guide. My view is formed from personal experience.</p><p></p><p>if I ‘only drink when thirsty’ it triggers water retention, my mind loses focus, and I develop constipation within a couple of days.</p><p></p><p>if I drink 3+ litres of water a day, my water retention decreases, constipation doesn’t happen, and I just generally <em><strong>feel better</strong></em>.</p><p></p><p>There are plenty of bodily signals that can be misleading, from carb cravings to hunger, muscle and joint aches (some respond to rest, others respond to exercise), and thirst is just another one which has many messaging interruptions and misconnections. </p><p></p><p>We can easily learn to ignore thirst, and after a while, we don’t even notice when it starts. I do that all the time when working and distracted.</p><p></p><p>Sleep with your mouth open? If so, then your body learns to ignore a dry mouth as a thirst signal.</p><p>Some people even mistake thirst for hunger (been there, done that too).</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/life/wellness/hunger-vs-thirst-are-you-eating-when-you-should-be-drinking/" target="_blank">https://www.seattletimes.com/life/wellness/hunger-vs-thirst-are-you-eating-when-you-should-be-drinking/</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/natural-thirst-the-instin_b_9547500" target="_blank">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/natural-thirst-the-instin_b_9547500</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2259795, member: 41816"] I find drinking plenty of water very helpful, and I certainly don’t think that thirst is necessarily the best guide. My view is formed from personal experience. if I ‘only drink when thirsty’ it triggers water retention, my mind loses focus, and I develop constipation within a couple of days. if I drink 3+ litres of water a day, my water retention decreases, constipation doesn’t happen, and I just generally [I][B]feel better[/B][/I]. There are plenty of bodily signals that can be misleading, from carb cravings to hunger, muscle and joint aches (some respond to rest, others respond to exercise), and thirst is just another one which has many messaging interruptions and misconnections. We can easily learn to ignore thirst, and after a while, we don’t even notice when it starts. I do that all the time when working and distracted. Sleep with your mouth open? If so, then your body learns to ignore a dry mouth as a thirst signal. Some people even mistake thirst for hunger (been there, done that too). [URL]https://www.seattletimes.com/life/wellness/hunger-vs-thirst-are-you-eating-when-you-should-be-drinking/[/URL] [URL]https://www.huffpost.com/entry/natural-thirst-the-instin_b_9547500[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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