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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2264483" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome,</p><p></p><p>If you are thirsty, and your body is asking for water, then I think it is unwise to deny it a drink.</p><p></p><p>The question is more <strong><em>why </em></strong>you need water?</p><p>There are a lot of different possible reasons.</p><p></p><p>Your profile is incomplete, so we have no idea where you live (hot country? cold country?)</p><p>or whether you have any other health conditions that may be affecting you (medication? kidney problems?)</p><p>or how you have changed your eating habits (have you changed to lots of small meals and constant carb eating? Or have you changed to a low carb way of eating?) My experience of eating carbs is that they cause quite a lot of thirst and water retention, but not everyone finds that.</p><p></p><p>There are other factors too</p><p> - it doesn't really matter how many glasses of water a person drinks, it all depends on what <strong><em>size </em></strong>those glasses are <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> and how big <em><strong>the person</strong> </em>is.</p><p>- and you can drink water and combined with a lower carb/keto way of eating flush out minerals</p><p>- or you can drink water and make sure you have plenty of electrolytes and minerals</p><p></p><p>I once saw a very reasonable suggestion by a medical professional in an article suggesting that rather than think in terms of 'you should drink 8 glasses, or 2 litres, or whatever' you should think in terms of 1 litre of water for every 70 pounds or 32 kilos of body weight. Can't find that link now.</p><p></p><p>There is also a Colour of Urine graphic somewhere on the internet, which is the best gauge that I have ever seen on whether you are drinking enough/drinking too much. It doesn't require measuring or calculating anything. Just a quick glance in the toilet and you can judge whether you are drinking enough.</p><p></p><p>Here you go:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/11/590x/secondary/Urine-chart-1036250.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2264483, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome, If you are thirsty, and your body is asking for water, then I think it is unwise to deny it a drink. The question is more [B][I]why [/I][/B]you need water? There are a lot of different possible reasons. Your profile is incomplete, so we have no idea where you live (hot country? cold country?) or whether you have any other health conditions that may be affecting you (medication? kidney problems?) or how you have changed your eating habits (have you changed to lots of small meals and constant carb eating? Or have you changed to a low carb way of eating?) My experience of eating carbs is that they cause quite a lot of thirst and water retention, but not everyone finds that. There are other factors too - it doesn't really matter how many glasses of water a person drinks, it all depends on what [B][I]size [/I][/B]those glasses are :) and how big [I][B]the person[/B] [/I]is. - and you can drink water and combined with a lower carb/keto way of eating flush out minerals - or you can drink water and make sure you have plenty of electrolytes and minerals I once saw a very reasonable suggestion by a medical professional in an article suggesting that rather than think in terms of 'you should drink 8 glasses, or 2 litres, or whatever' you should think in terms of 1 litre of water for every 70 pounds or 32 kilos of body weight. Can't find that link now. There is also a Colour of Urine graphic somewhere on the internet, which is the best gauge that I have ever seen on whether you are drinking enough/drinking too much. It doesn't require measuring or calculating anything. Just a quick glance in the toilet and you can judge whether you are drinking enough. Here you go: [IMG]https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/11/590x/secondary/Urine-chart-1036250.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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