    
wayne coghill
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 26, 2002 - 02:49 pm: | 
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Ok I recently saw an article that the AP picked up about water in your diet. I'm not looking for unsubstantiated claims or opinion... just referenced studies or other very reliable sources.
The gist of the article was this that the 8x8 rule (8 glasses 8 times a day) was a wives tale. The doctor who wrote the piece said that they could find no substantiation to back up the 8x8 rule. That no studies have ever indicated that water helps to loose weight or that you need more water than your thirst dictates. Excess water simply made you go to the bathroom more, except in medical situations where water is needed to flush the kidneys i.e. kidney stones and a very few others.
Also he confirmed that yes you do need aprox 70 ounces of water a day but said mostly this was already contained in the food you ate and the rest could easily be obtained from any other liquid source caffinated or not.
This leads to the conclusion that the 8x8 rule was a misrepresentation of your daily intake needs without considering the water in the foods you ate.
Does anyone have any reference to a rock solid medical study that is contrary to this? |
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