On Monday, May 31, 2021 at 8:15:36 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-05-31 1:24 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > On Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 10:25:35 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> On Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:58:36 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> >>
> >>> My dentist was recommending that I drink more water. He rattled off some ridiculous number of
> >>> glasses of water that I should drink every day. I think he might be trying to poison me.
> >> The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine determined that an adequate daily fluid intake is: About 15.5 cups (3.7 liters) of fluids a day for men.
> >>
> >> These recommendations cover fluids from water, other beverages and food. About 20% of daily fluid intake usually comes from food and the rest from drinks.
> >>
> >> Cindy Hamilton
> >
> > I drink less than 2 cups of water a day. That's an adequate level for me. 3.7 L of water might just kill me.
> >
> I am on a reduced fluid regimen. I am supposed to limit myself to 1 1/2
> to 2 liters of fluid per day. That includes water, tea, coffee, juice
> and any other beverages, plus the milk I have in cereal, high water
> content fruit, yogurt etc. I gauge it relatively carefully but
> sometimes I have to really watch it.

Back in the day, I'd drink a lot of soft drinks. The Hawaiians love soft drinks. I'd get a 32 or 64 oz Big Gulp from 7-11. A lot of people used to do that. These days I don't see that too much. My guess is it's because I don't get around much anymore. I went to the zoo a few weeks ago. I probably got dehydrated and felt sick for a couple of days. Drinking a bunch of water solved that. These days, I just don't get thirsty.

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