When did the Water-Drinking Craze Start Up?

[4thgenheel]

i've been toting around a water bottle for about a decade now.

hydration is KEY.

 

[duluoz]

Is it a craze? Or a new one?

Drinking 2 to 3L of water or more per day has been on my radar (and more or less a goal) for decades.

 

[hedge]

I'll get on kicks where I'll drink some herbal tea during the day or maybe a couple of non-sweetened carbonated waters, but there are many days where I might only have a glass of water when I wake up in the morning. There's no way I could sit around and drink multiple liters of plain water in a day. Well, I mean I could, but I'd hate it. I did a 72 hour dry fast one time, that felt great...

 

[ZenMode]

When did the Water-Drinking Craze Start Up?

I seldom drank water as a kid yet played in sweltering Piedmont NC summer weather, hooping in the hot sun as well as baling hay in August wearing long sleeves to shield the scratch up.

I still tend to eschew water in the main.

But my students and daughter and her friends (late teens) can't go anywhere without a 'water bottle.'

What happened and how did I miss it, whatever it was?

When it was discovered that there is huge money in charging people for bottled water.

 

[duluoz]

You have to make it a habit. You’re drinking water when you’re not even close to thirsty, which feels unnatural but is actually optimal.

Some glasses hit the spot, some glasses are tough to get down, but most are just mindless routine that barely registers.

 

[evrheel]

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).

I will say that growing up, water fountains were the go-to source after running around on the field or the court. Then get home and chug down some OJ or milk.

Played football, lacrosse and basketball in HS. During football practice we we were restricted as to how much water we could drink. I never did but many of my classmates took salt tablets to limit how much they sweated. 1970s