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mayoclinic.org
Water: How much should you drink every day? - Mayo Clinic
The body does not make enough water to replace what is lost. <strong>To live and be healthy, you need to replace water in the body through what you drink and eat</strong>. You may have heard the advice to drink eight glasses of water a day.
urmc.rochester.edu
Hydration 101: Drinking 8 Glasses of Water and Other Myths Debunked | University of Rochester Medicine
While <strong>drinking 8 glasses (64 ounces / 2 liters) is an easy goal to remember and can certainly be reasonable for some</strong>, many factors affect individual hydration needs. These include: Weather: When heat and humidity rise, we need to drink more.
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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tuftsmedicine.org
Do You Need 8 Glasses of Water a Day? | Tufts Medicine
For instance: <strong>The rule of thumb is that everybody needs to drink at least 8 glasses of water per day</strong>. It makes sense — water is one of the healthiest things you can put into your body, roughly 60% of which consists of H2O, already.
mcgill.ca
The Water Myth | Office for Science and Society - McGill University
It is a common belief that you have to drink 6-8 glasses of water per day, but <strong>this myth comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of some basic physiology</strong>.
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reddit.com
r/todayilearned on Reddit: TIL the common consensus of drinking 8 glasses of water a day to remain hydrated was based on a 1945 claim with no medical evidence.
Same thing as breakfast being considered "the most important meal of the day". It's not. You don't need to eat right when you wake up if you don't want to. ... I mean, while the decision was likely unfounded, 8 slices of bread would easily give someone half of their necessary daily carbs, which is important when you are in the middle of rationing, and food in general is kind of scarce. Same with 8 glasses of water I’d guess. Probably don’t strictly need it, but it probably is healthier than not.
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