As a tangential reminder: drink when you’re thirsty. That’s your body’s way of saying it’s time for water. It’s worked for millions of years. You don’t need someone this late in evolution telling you you need 1.97 liters of water a day or whatever bullshit number.
Which is way too much if you ask me. I had maybe a full 800 ml bottle while playing indoor badminton in the humid thunderstorm heat for like 3 hours. But that’s rigorous exercise, not a daily thing.
Just eat and drink when hungry and thirsty and you will live to see tomorrow.
Some people (yes, I’m people) do need help with that because they don’t notice when they’re thirsty (or hungry). I get so absorbed in whatever I’m doing, I barely register the reminder that has been vibrating every 30 seconds on my watch for 10 minutes, never mind the fact that my head is begging for liquids. Having a clearly defined goal amount is additional help. Some older people also just don’t feel thirst anymore at all, I’m told.
Haha yeah.
Once when bicycle touring an older lady cornered me and kept grilling me on what method I was using to stay hydrated. I was puzzled by her repeated questions and eventually said, “Oh! I use a method honed to perfection by 500 million years of vertebrate evolution.”
She looked puzzled a moment, so I clarified: “I drink when I’m thirsty.”
As a tangential reminder: drink when you’re thirsty. That’s your body’s way of saying it’s time for water. It’s worked for millions of years. You don’t need someone this late in evolution telling you you need 1.97 liters of water a day or whatever bullshit number.
Which is way too much if you ask me. I had maybe a full 800 ml bottle while playing indoor badminton in the humid thunderstorm heat for like 3 hours. But that’s rigorous exercise, not a daily thing.
Just eat and drink when hungry and thirsty and you will live to see tomorrow.
Some people (yes, I’m people) do need help with that because they don’t notice when they’re thirsty (or hungry). I get so absorbed in whatever I’m doing, I barely register the reminder that has been vibrating every 30 seconds on my watch for 10 minutes, never mind the fact that my head is begging for liquids. Having a clearly defined goal amount is additional help. Some older people also just don’t feel thirst anymore at all, I’m told.
Of course there will be exceptions, but it’s very common to recommend way too much water.
Haha yeah.
Once when bicycle touring an older lady cornered me and kept grilling me on what method I was using to stay hydrated. I was puzzled by her repeated questions and eventually said, “Oh! I use a method honed to perfection by 500 million years of vertebrate evolution.”
She looked puzzled a moment, so I clarified: “I drink when I’m thirsty.”
She stomped off in a huff.
😆 Brilliant 👌
My hypoglycemic body chemistry would like a word… Dammit
Of course there will be exceptions, but it’s very common to recommend way too much water.