The food industry’s propaganda is that you need to drink 2 litres of water a day. You don’t.
In 1974 the book Nutrition for Good Health, co-authored by nutritionists Margaret McWilliams and Frederick Stare, recommended that the average adult consumes between six to eight glasses of water a day. But, the authors wrote, this can include fruit and veg, caffeinated and soft drinks, even beer.
Pandemanium@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
As a counterpoint, I don’t replace water with anything sugary/flavored. I just… don’t get thirsty, like ever, unless I’m working outside in hot weather. Most people’s bodies remind them to drink. Mine doesn’t. I try to remember to drink water throughout the day rather than just at mealtimes, but if I don’t have a glass next to me, I will almost certainly forget. I feel like I can’t be the only person like this.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Perchance do you have autism and/or ADHD? I ask because I experience the same thing as you do, and for me, it feels like it derives from my autism/ADHD. Like, sometimes the first cue that I am severely dehydrated is that I get a headache. I get a similar thing with hunger, where I could legitimately go for multiple days without noticing I’m hungry if I don’t get reminded that food is a thing.
Mohkia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
ADHD here and I do this way to often. I have reminders set to drink water or I will often go a whole day without eating or drinking anything. It is absurd.
Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
+1, ADHD and will forget to drink anything until I start feeling low BP. Usually good at feeling hunger thankfully.
Pandemanium@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Undiagnosed, but yeah it’s very probable that I am at least one of those.
serenissi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
(not oc) yes, this happens.
meekah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hmm, interesting point. Thanks for sharing.