Ticomaya wrote:I hate people who post serious questions in a thread that has clearly been taken over by the insane.
(But seriously, you should drink the recommended amount of water because it's healthy to do so. Your body's cells need lots of water to function properly. If you are well-hydrated your body will be more efficient and you will get sick less often.)
That four glasses of water daily is all BS. There was a long dicussion on Abuzz some time ago, prompted by a medical research paper recently published, which came to the conclusion that nobody -- but I mean
nobody -- has any idea where that recommendation first came from or why it's been exploited in posters etc. No medical researcher today can think of a single reason why one should consume that amount of H2O for no specific reason. The recommendation most doctors make today is, drink water if you're thirsty or if there is good reason to fear you might get dehydrated (e.g. being in a bone-dry desert with the temp above 100 F etc.).
So there.
I hate smartasses like me.
