08-21-2007, 08:24 PM
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water
I know you're supposed to drink 8 glasses a day of water, but what constitutes a glass? 10oz? 12oz? I don't know about anyone else, but I hardly ever drink from a glass. I'm one of the poor fools that has got sucked into the bottled water market. So far today I've had 2 1/2 16.9 fl oz bottles. I'd like to track what I drink in a day, but am not sure if the goal is 80 oz or 96 oz.
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08-21-2007, 08:30 PM
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Honestly I hardly ever drink water if i don't have bottles in the fridge. I'll fill them up one or twice after I'm done with them before I throw them out. A good indicator is urine colour. Anything dark yellow or orange is bad. If you find yourself thirsty you are dehydrated.
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08-21-2007, 08:33 PM
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I agree with Josh, urine is a good indicator. If your urine is very pale yellow to clear, you are drinking too much water. Your urine should have the color of strong lemonade.
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08-21-2007, 08:48 PM
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I have always read that the recommended 8 glasses a day is 8 glasses (at 8 ounces each) per day.
I drink about that much per day. I normally go through at least 2 liters of water a day. According to my one liter bottle, there are 4 servings of 8oz's in each liter.. so two liters makes the 8 servings of 8oz's of water that is recommended. I agree with them on the urine thing. It's a good indicator.
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08-21-2007, 09:17 PM
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I do drug screens, and I have to say that many African Americans do not drink water as recommended. I think it might be cultural. Often their urine is so dark, I think it might be chunky.
Kidding aside, I do get a lot of people with cloudy urine, which is not good.
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08-21-2007, 09:25 PM
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Yeah, I used to only drink soda.. I was a firm NON-water drinker until about a year and half ago.. Sometimes I wonder how I survived throughout the first 21ish years of my life.
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08-21-2007, 09:27 PM
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What about sparkling water? does that count? I am in love with sparkling water now.
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08-22-2007, 02:15 AM
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I was speaking to an Sports RD who is also a researcher about a year back and we were discussing this and also coffee. That for individuals who are avid drinkers of coffee that it is actually considered a serving of water to the RD's next time I speak to her I'll ask about the sparkling water. My assumption would be that it counts since it's only adding carbonation.
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08-22-2007, 05:48 AM
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Sparkling water defintely counts towards hydration. So does juices, milk and now apparently coffee as well.
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08-22-2007, 05:59 AM
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nothing beats water.
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08-22-2007, 06:01 AM
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as long as you are intaking enough minerals (salts and other stuff), water is king. I do find that juice hydrates me better sometimes, especially when I'm working in the kitchen and sweating a lot.
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08-22-2007, 03:26 PM
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I absolutely looooove juice. I feel it hydrates me just as much as water, yet tastes like 23,242.6 times better!
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08-22-2007, 03:42 PM
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Juice has as many carbs and sugars as soda, FYI.
In the wild you would not be eating 6-10 oranges or apples in a sitting, the way you drink juice.
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08-22-2007, 03:45 PM
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Yeah, I wouldn't survive in the wild anyways.. I dont like natural things most the time, and I'm too lazy to hunt..
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08-23-2007, 03:30 AM
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