DiehardHeelFan
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Drink roughly a gallon of water a day between water alone and coffee. Never hurts to be hydrated.
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Based on those beverages, you also could be dehydrated despite “getting plenty of fluids” throughout the day.Drinking lots of water has been a thing for a while now.
Several years ago it was said to “drink eight, 8 oz glasses of water everyday.” That was years ago. I believe they (whoever they is) walked that back just a tad… so maybe 1/2 gallon per day isn’t required after all.
Then there was the deal about “don’t drink ice water, room temp is better” yadayada.
Then they say, it doesn’t have to be straight water, but other fluids are ok as long as they aren’t straight sugar water like sodas and such, etc.
Now they’re saying more people are walking around more “dehydrated” than they should be, which is probably true, but I think there is a balance there. If all you drink is coffee, sweet iced tea, sodas and energy drinks and then switch to beer after 5pm every day… I guess you could say you’re getting “plenty of fluids” but probably not the “best kind”.
That’s why you treat pool water like ocean, river, creek, lake, pond, or puddle water.Bet there was lots of pee in that pool.
I thought the quote was “Fish shit in it.”W.C. Fields: "I hate water, fish f--k in it."
Coaches are rarely wrong about things like that. And he/she was correct. A lot of liquids we drink may have a lot of water in them, but they may not be so healthy. The bit about the color of your urine is correct too. The clearer it is, the better. If it’s not clear, drink more gin!Based on those beverages, you also could be dehydrated despite “getting plenty of fluids” throughout the day.
I remember an early mountaineering trip (above 8,000 feet - maybe even lower - you lose A LOT of water just living); the leader said, “When you pee, look at it. It should be Gin clear. If it’s not, drink more water. The yellower your pee, the more dehydrated you are. If you haven’t crapped in the last 2 days, you’re badly dehydrated.”
I remember a swim coach in the late ‘70’s getting us out of the Kessing Pool and having us go into Woollen Gym, toweling off, and laying down on benches for 10 minutes or so. He told us, “If you’re sweating, bring a water bottle to practice starting this afternoon. If you’re not sweating, bring a water bottle starting this afternoon. If you’re sweating, you’re losing water; if you’re breathing, you’re losing water.”
Yeah. My brother and I were allowed to split one soft drink a day. We had a big bottle of cold water in the fridge as well. We had milk because we had a cow and we also drank the Koolaid.I didn’t grow up drinking sodas, not because my parents were aware but because we were poor. Sodas were a treat, not a thirst quencher. There was always a large Tupperware pitcher of cold water in the fridge. Pretty much the only milk I consumed was over cereal.
I like to drink water out of those half liter plastic bottles, but I refill them over and over from the dispenser on the refrigerator door. I am yet to find a fancy water bottle I like to drink from. They are too bulky or heavy or uncomfortable/awkward to drink from. It’s also easy to monitor my water consumption by keeping up with how many of those half liter bottles I’ve had each day.
Yep, there were always lines at the water fountains after recess. Kickball, foursquare and tetherball make a kid very thirsty!I also remember just hitting the water fountains at elementary, middle and high school when thirsty.
Powdered Milk was cheaper than bottled milk. Mom use to do stuff like make half and half (powdered and whole milk) and put it back in the bottle.. No way you could disguise that stinky powdered milkYeah. My brother and I were allowed to split one soft drink a day. We had a big bottle of cold water in the fridge as well. We had milk because we had a cow and we also drank the Koolaid.
Was coming to post this exactly...though I would quibble a bit and say it happened in the mid to late 90s. The beverage companies noticed there was an emerging customer segment in bottled water and started pouring millions into advertising and PR (that's when all the health advocates started talking about 8 glasses a day).The "water-drinking craze," particularly referring to the significant rise in bottled water consumption, began to take off in the late 1980s and really exploded in popularity during the 1990s with major companies like PepsiCo and Coca-Cola entering the market with brands like Aquafina and Dasani, respectively, heavily marketing the idea of increased hydration through bottled water