How Much Water Should We Really Be Drinking?
Humans can survive 21 days without food, 11 days without sleep but just three days without water. The life-giving wet stuff is pretty important, so why don't we have a better idea how much we should actually be drinking?
Drink eight glasses every day! Chug one liter every morning! Sip so much water that you are forced to use the restroom every 20 minutes — it's healthy!
There's No One Right Amount
Truth is, there's no one-size-fits-all formula. Everybody's water needs are dynamic and unique. How active you are, how much you weigh, your height and age, even how much you eat (food has water in it, too) — everything impacts how much you *should* be drinking. And knowing your particulars gives you a more accurate filter for generalized recommendations.
Speaking of general recommendations, here's what the Institute Of Medicine suggests:
– For women, you should drink at least 91 ounces of total water* every day.
– For men, you should drink at least 125 ounces of total water*.
*Total water means water consumed from both beverages and food, the latter of which averages out to approximately 20% of your daily needs.
Take that baseline, add in your individualized hydration needs, and what you're left with is probably way more water than you're probably drinking every day.
But It's Still Probably More Than You're Drinking
To those blessed beings who can suck down large glasses of plain water with ease, we salute you. For the rest of us, it's like flossing. You know you should. You also know you probably won't. But just like those handy picks do for flossing, hint does for water. (Yeah, we extended the analogy.)
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