Eight Glasses of Water a Day is 'Nonsense'

Brian Wohlgemuth
on 7/14/11 12:43 pm - IN

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But a new study published in the British Medical Journal suggests that not only does drinking eight glasses of water fail to deliver on those health benefits, but it can actually have detrimental effects — such as hyponatremia, a low-blood-sodium condition common to marathon runners.

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Purple Passion
on 7/24/11 6:28 pm - Little Falls, NJ

RNY on 08/06/07

I say hogwash. It would be different if people ate a diet rich in fruits and veggies. Then they would be hydrated from the water content in the food they were eating. Unfortunately, most people eat the Standard American Diet (SAD) which is greatly lacking in produce.

Rachelle
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