Drinking Water

[Ric.ror]

Is it really that good for you?
Asking for a friend ;-))

[murraymints]

Of course it is...I drink 2 litres a day from the tap...or more...dehydration gives me headaches...and you can see the difference in skin and hair..

[gness]

If it's high BP, Ric look at the benefits of beetroot juice....I have no idea if it does help as stated but I drink lots because I like it and my BP remains nice and low.....x

[Garaman]

Sorry, Danny, your post wasn't up when I wrote mine.

[murraymints]

Lurrrve beetroot....May just go fish out a baby beet or two now

[Ric.ror]

I've tried beetroot juice (yuk) but I stopped as I take 10 prunes a day (for bone density) and I'm not sure I can afford the calories
Waterwise - I'm on my second litre already - not including my de-caff Earl grey (no milk or sugar)

[KARL]

In this, as with so much else there is a spectrum/scale involved. We need water to function, the question is how much. Too little water intake and we dehydrate and probably there is a level below which we suffer irreparable damage even though we then subsequently get sufficient water to rehydrate. Far too little water and we die.

At the other end we can drink too much water, as with intoxicated people under the influence of the drug "ecstasy" (I think that's the one) and numerous young people have died after drinking water uncontrollably.

In between there is a "neutral" zone whereby no permanent harm is done whether more or less water is consumed, excess water passes through the body, is dumped, but there is a limit to how quickly that happens. Within that zone there are those who believe one should drink a minimum of X litres of water daily, regardless of the conditions the person is living under. Clearly, a person who exerts him/herself a lot loses body water more than a person sitting watching TV all day and all night. The two therefore have a different water replacement job to do. An African tribe (Tuareg ?) is known to survive very hot and dry conditions and they drink far less water than Europeans (and they tut-tut at the waste of good water with all that constant drinking by Westerners) so it seems people can at least to some extent condition themselves to need more or less water yet remain perfectly healthy.

I used to work in places where the temperatures might go up as high as 50 degrees Celsius and there were people working with me who drank far more water than I did. Then and now, being a healthy individual, I leave my body to tell me if I need more liquid - I drink a small glass of water with meals and then I drink additionally whenever I am thirsty. At 72 I am very well and take no medicine of any kind.

Then there is a health supplement and theory grouping which includes those who make money out of promoting "lifestyle" trends and they are very vociferous. Their followers are, at least for a while, also very vocal. I think people should be free to choose sensibly. I choose to drink water when my body tells me I need it rather than letting some health guru (whether medically qualified or not) persuade me to override what my instincts tell me - perceived toxins or no toxins. Others can do what they want and I would not deny them the self satisfaction of being better because they follow a trend.

[Bazile]

gness

//She has never in all her adult years drunk any liquid at all....no tea, juice, alcohol or water.......nothing..... //

I find that hard to believe , actually impossible - did she tell you that ?

[gness]

It's not that she's told us, Baz....I've known her for over forty years...we've spent lots of time together....and she never drinks anything...

At our family dos she'll sometimes have a glass of water on the table which she may sip enough to wet her lips.....but she simply doesn't drink.....

It has been as source of amazement within the family and she herself will just say......I don't like drinking...nor do I feel the need to drink....

She tripped a few years ago and had a couple of days in hospital where she was constantly lectured about not drinking and how bad it was for her.....but as she reckoned she'd got to ninety odd looking better and fitter than some of those lecturing it could go in one ear and out the other....

I know what you mean, Baz.....but truly.....she doesn't drink.....and looks amazing......sickening isn't it!........ :-)

[corylus]

Is she about the size of a shrivelled leaf?

[gness]

Oh if only I could put a photo of her on here.....no she's not, Cory...as I said earlier......she looks fantastic.....still has a good figure....
I look at her face sometimes and wish my skin was as clear and glowing...... :-(

[gness]

You've both made me think about her now.....how has she got to this age and still be so mentally and physically stunning....??

Is it the not drinking?....Should I, even at this late stage, give that a try?

But then there's the wine and Guinness.....perhaps I'll just age happily and merry...... ;-)

[Bazile]

Is it a trait that runs in her blood family, Gness - or is she an
exception ?

[gness]

She's MrG's brother's wife, Baz.....so her only blood relatives I know are her children and grandchildren and they all certainly drink....and from the little I know of other blood family I'm sure she's the exception.....I know it's odd...but there it is.... :-)

[Jahulaye]

“Is she about the size of a shrivelled leaf?”

LOOL!

Seeing our bodies are aprox 65% water i’d Say it was pretty important otherwise we’d be victims of the afore mentioned “shrivelled leaf” syndrome,lol.