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How much water do you drink a day?

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kumanoki

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Replacement approach. The average urine output for adults is 1.5 liters a day. You lose close to an additional liter of water a day through breathing, sweating and bowel movements. Food usually accounts for 20 percent of your fluid intake, so you if you consume 2 liters of water or other beverages a day (a little more than 8 cups), along with your normal diet, you can replace the lost fluids.
Eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day. Another approach to water intake is the "8 x 8 rule" — drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day (about 1.9 liters). The rule could also be stated, "drink eight 8-ounce glasses of fluid a day," as all fluids count toward the daily total. Though this approach isn't supported by scientific evidence, many people use this basic rule as a guideline for how much water and other fluids to drink.
Dietary recommendations. The Institute of Medicine recommends that men consume 3 liters (about 13 cups) of total beverages a day and women consume 2.2 liters (about 9 cups) of total beverages a day. These guidelines are based on national food surveys that assessed people's average fluid intakes.
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I drink anywhere from 3 to 4 liters of water a day. I dehydrate easily, so I keep my fluid intake up. Also, I only drink water. No sodas, no teas.
 
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Tarazet

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I, on the other hand, rarely drink water. I drink soda, and I drink milk, and if I'm on a bike ride, Gatorade. I probably wind up taking in a similar amount of H2O to you, though.
 
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Dan

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Probably 3-4 liters. I basically only drink water except for a glass of orange juice in the morning. Even when I'm out at a restaurant I'm usually getting iced tea.

Gotta love water. It's cheap and healthy.
 
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Do The Mario

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Dan said:
Gotta love water. It's cheap and healthy.
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Amen why the fuck do people drink coke (unless it’s with Bacardi)?

Any carbonated water can’t be good for you and there is always and (generally free) alternative of water.
 
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Ryo

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As far as I have heard, the active extra consumtion of water isnt rather good for you. Drains you from minerals and stuff. Most people get their share of fluids without active water drinking. Drinking lots of water allso gives you a need to drink lots of water. I have a friend who constantly drinks water, and allways feel thirsty. She wasn't this thirsty a few years back, but she started drinkint large quantities of water a day because it was considered healthy..
 
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Do The Mario

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Ryo said:
As far as I have heard, the active extra consumtion of water isnt rather good for you. Drains you from minerals and stuff. Most people get their share of fluids without active water drinking.
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No

Where did you get that from?

In Animal Physiology I got the figure that a human should consume at bare minimum 600ml of water for base health (2 liters recommended). The only animals I know of that get there full water requirement out of there food are desert animals like the Desert Hopping mouse.
 
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Meier

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Do The Mario said:
that’s just me.
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Exactly, that's just you. Should answer your previous question. Everyone has different likes and dislikes. I cant imagine why anyone would want to smoke cigarettes.
 
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Space Age Playboy

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I'm about 90% convinced that this "drink 10 gallons of water EVERY DAY or you'll FUCKING DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!!!" propaganda was started by the bottled water companies to make more money. It'd be interesting to see where the funding for any research that backs those claims came from.

It should tell you something if you have to piss way, way too much that maybe your body doesn't need such an exorbitant amount of water.
 
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Son of Godzilla

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I drink probably 4-5 liters a day. I've just got a jug that fills up to 1.75, which I down 2-3 times a day, plus fountain water. I also drink 2-3 20z sodas a day.

Cute story: Not five minutes ago I was holding it in for a long long time in order to finish a reading assignment and it started to burn.
 
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Pachinko

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I follow the rule that when I'm thirsty I have a drink, usually not straight up water but a drink of something. Typically My piss is clear by the time I go to bed at night and I've heard that means you have the proper amount of hydration in your system so whatever I guess I'm good.

As for how many litres of fluids I actually intake ? well today I had 4 cans of pop , a glass of fountain pop, a cup of fountain pop from KFC, and a glass of juice. Normally I have 2 -3 cans of pop and about 1 bottle of water (I work at a water bottling plant)
 
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ToxicAdam

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Most people get 75% of thier water intake from the foods they eat (Especially if you eat Fruits and Veggies)

So, drinking more than 2 liters of water a day is probably unnecessary, and potentially dangerous to your kidneys.

I just quit a '2 liter a day' soda habit. So, now I drink about 2 liters of Crystal Light a day (tasty water).
 
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Do The Mario

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ToxicAdam said:
Most people get 75% of thier water intake from the foods they eat (Especially if you eat Fruits and Veggies)

So, drinking more than 2 liters of water a day is probably unnecessary, and potentially dangerous to your kidneys.
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Where did you get this BS from?

I already stated I got my opposite case from an Animal Physiology Unit at University.
 
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Miburou

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I heard/read that you need to drink x amount of pure water, regardless of how much soda/juice/beer or food containing lots of water (vegetables and fruits, mainly) you consume per day.
 
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tedtropy

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I'm one of those people who has to constantly be drinking something. In high school, that 'something' was typically another coke, but since I turned 19 or so I've been drinking quite abit more water. I constantly have a cup of water beside me at work or on my desk at home, and I generally keep a backseat full of bottle waters that I just refill now and then. When I go to LAN parties, I think I'm the only dork that brings a big thing of water with me. I use to love the taste of cokes, now days they're just seem too sweet and honestly don't taste that good outside of Dr. Pepper, which manages to always taste good. I actually poor a little water into my occasional glass of coke to dillude it and remove some of that overly sweet taste.

Overall, I'd say I probably drink at least six or seven large cups of water a day.
 
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BobbyRobby

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I try to have a gallon or more a day. I drink only water, and fruit juice without added sugar. edit: and beer

I'm suprised how easy it was to give up soda.
 
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ToxicAdam

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Do The Mario said:
Where did you get this BS from?

I already stated I got my opposite case from an Animal Physiology Unit at University.
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I got it from science classes I took in college.


Also, I did a quick google and found this.
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"The kidneys of a healthy adult can process fifteen liters of water a day! You are unlikely to suffer from water intoxication, even if you drink a lot of water, as long as you drink over time as opposed to intaking an enormous volume at one time. As a general guideline, most adults need about three quarts of fluid each day. Much of that water comes from food, so 8-12 eight ounce glasses a day is a common recommended intake. You may need more water if the weather is very warm or very dry, if you are exercising, or if you are taking certain medications. The bottom line is this: it's possible to drink too much water, but unless you are running a marathon or an infant, water intoxication is a very uncommon condition. "

So, I was way wrong about harming your kidneys. Drink away.
 
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Crimson Dragon

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I drink a lot of tea. I'll go through stages where I will drink a lot of water, but I always have my tea. Just as good as water the way I see it.
 
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xsarien

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Going by the size of the water bottles on my desk, I'd say, oh, about 1.5 liters of water a day. I do have soda with dinner, though.
 
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FortNinety

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I drink about a gallon of water a day. I used to drink that much in soda everyday but gave it up cold turkey. I lost like 10 pounds in one week and my health got much better. I haven't had a drop of coke in almost five years, no joke.

It's tough but I'm glad I've done it, and I don't intend of ever drinking soda again.
 
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missAran

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I drink about two glasses of water at each meal and a cup of soy or rice milk. I'll drink OJ or apple juice every now and then. I never drink soda. My pee is generally clear, which means I'm good to go.
 
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Shawn

Banned
I've recently increased my daily water consumtion to 3 gallons (up from 2).

Yes, that's right -- THREE GALLONS.

No joke.

I literally carry a gallon with me virtually everywhere I go.

I can open my first gallon at 7:00 AM in the morning. And before 7:00 AM the very next morning, I will have finished my third gallon.

Right now I'm halfway through my second gallon. There is a full gallon under my desk which I plan to consume before night's end.

I know noone who drinks HALF of what I drink in a day. If anyone claims to consume the equivalent or more of what I drink in a day, most likely they are full of sh*t.

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By the way, for those who need a little more motivation in drinking more water, I suggest visiting the site watercure.com.
 
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LakeEarth

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Shawn said:
I've recently increased my daily water consumtion to 3 gallons (up from 2).

Yes, that's right -- THREE GALLONS.

No joke.

I literally carry a gallon with me virtually everywhere I go.

I can open my first gallon at 7:00 AM in the morning. And before 7:00 AM the very next morning, I will have finished my third gallon.

Right now I'm halfway through my second gallon. There is a full gallon under my desk which I plan to consume before night's end.

I know noone who drinks HALF of what I drink in a day. If anyone claims to consume the equivalent or more of what I drink in a day, most likely they are full of sh*t.

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By the way, for those who need a little more motivation in drinking more water, I suggest visiting the site watercure.com.
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How often do you pee? I drink half a litre and I have to go like 3 times in a row.
 
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Shawn

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How often do you pee? I drink half a litre and I have to go like 3 times in a row.
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I've never made an effort to count, but I'm sure I go no less than 20 times in a 24-hour period.
 
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