You have a hyper-intelligent system that calculates how much you should drink, it's called thirst. Drink when you're thirsty, mostly water, end of story.
How to calculate how much water you should drink
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Re: How to calculate how much water you should drink
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Yes. There is no medical basis for any amount of water above "what you're thirsty for". Our thirst system is as precise and robust regarding water as our pancreas is for glucose.
Someone always claims this. If I only drink when I'm thirsty, then half the time I'll be depressed and headachey and unfocused and not thirsty until I idly grab a drink and suddenly find myself standing in front of the sink chugging three glasses of water. If your thirst system is finely tuned, that's nice for you. I and millions of others could use a better system.
If your spit isn't wet like water, then you could do with a drink, although being in an anxious state may indicate a false positive.
Thirst is an early'ish warning, but not early enough if you've eaten food that needs more water in order for your body to process it than you have consumed prior to eating, or you have diarrhea, or you are low on electrolytes, or your kidneys have problems monitoring and maintaining the balance of said electrolytes.
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Re: How to calculate how much water you should drink
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I wonder if that nurse was confusing "cups" with "ounces".
Or maybe “four to eight” cups. The idea of drinking almost 12 liters of water each day is pretty amusing.
Amusing and unrealistic if you consider our ancestors and cultures in hot and cold climates...
It makes me wonder how some people don't seem to recognize, that we as a species have been on this planet for quite some time now, and that IS the greater part of out existence on this planet when compared to how long we've studied science and medicine of today!
The timeline of either is heavily weighted on the side absent of anything we would call "modern." :-)
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And when your pee is yellow / yellowish ...
I'm pretty sure yellow pee is normal. It's when it gets dark and turns towards brown that you have a problem.
Yes, yellow pee is normal. But it can also be an indicator that you have consumed less water. When we drink "adequate" water, our pee is less yellowish and can even be quite clear.