Yeah, we evolved the ability to thirst for a reason, and it works pretty well. The 8 glass per day rule was something pulled straight from the ass of some dude paid by coca cola to study how much fluid is healthy to drink.
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Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Never once has my thirst reflex failed to keep me saturated. What’s wrong with these water enthusiast people?
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 weeks ago
Love a good verty.
zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Mine isn’t very reliable. I feel thirsty while the pee’s clear, or sometimes not thirsty while it’s medium yellow. Or I just have ADHD.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Thirst alone keeps your pee clear to straw colored? If I rely on thirst alone mine will get much darker. Clear pee is good pee, I saw a friend get a kidney stone once, fuck that noise. I’ll do preventative maintenance by chugging some water every couple hours.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Kidney stones might be caused by drinking too much water, it anything, imo. My understanding is that they are made up of the deposits that are in water, like calcium and lime, so yeah I find it hard to believe that tripling the amount of deposits flowing through will prevent a kidney stone.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Whatever minerals are in your water are far less concentrated than they are in the foods you eat. It’s not the absolute amount of minerals you ingest, it’s the concentration of your urine that causes more crystallization to kidney stones. Gotta keep that piss dilute.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That makes sense to me. I’m just spit balling here really, but it’s based on the uncertainty around the cause of kidney stones. There are certain risk factors but I think genetics play the biggest role, iirc