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Do you drink enough water? If so how often.

4 galsses a day.

About two gallons a day, on average.

I drink as much as I need to, and that's that.

About two gallons a day, on average.
You beat me.

You beat me.

Football player's mentality. Got to keep hydrated.

Football player's mentality. Got to keep hydrated.
That explains it then. I am not involved in atheletics, but I try. I drink far too many sodas.

That explains it then. I am not involved in atheletics, but I try. I drink far too many sodas.

Soda will actually dehydrate you.

Do you drink enough water?

Absolutely not. I'm with W. C. Fields: "Who wants to drink something fishes F*ck in?".

Enough? HA! I'm told I drink too much!

Football player's mentality. Got to keep hydrated.

Damn right. After about thirty minutes of power-riding my bike (highest gears while standing up, rather than sitting), I can drink about half a gallon of water.

Around 2 litres a day.

I drink enough water... I don't know, how am I supposed to know???

As with everything else in my life, I'm completely random. I drink a lot of water, gatorade, soda, and beer and rum. :) The last thing I'd ever do is stick to a pattern.

But I average half a gallon to a gallon of water a day. SOmetimes more, sometimes less.

Doctor's orders on two gallons a day. Honestly, i know of almost no one else in my general vincinity that bothers to keep up. I simply don't want another f*cking kidney stone. The last one cost me around $15,000.

About 1 glass or so on a "normal " day. When doing sports, I drink much more of course.

My insane obsession with Nalgene bottles has led to me drinking as much water as I can stand....athlete's mentality says to keep hydrated, so hydrated I am...Nalgene bottle is 32 oz....I drink about 2-4 everyday.

Soda will actually dehydrate you.
how the hell does it? if your talking about salty water, sure but sodas don't dehydrate you. the sugar gets stored in your body away from the water

how the hell does it? if your talking about salty water, sure but sodas don't dehydrate you. the sugar gets stored in your body away from the water

Caffeine is a diuretic. It makes your kidneys extract more water from your blood. Ain't science grand? :D

3-6 litres.......

I never drink water on it's own; I find the taste of water to be among the most unbearably horrible things i have ever experienced. It's bitter, and the purer it is the more bitter it is, until it just tastes and smells like some kinda gasoline. YEUCH. I do drink a lot of fruit juice tho...

I have no idea how much I drink.

I have no idea how much I drink.
Although Whiskey is the Water of Life...
It aint Water!!
Answer Monkeypimp drinks nought!
5 glasses for me.
Isnt a Gallon 4.5 litres?

Water? What is that? Does it have any caffeine in it?

Do I drink enough water to do what, exactly?

i generally drink about 3 glasses a day...probably quite dehydrated but i'll get over it..

Yes. Water in its coffee form.

About 3.5 liters minimum/daily, normally more and not a athlete.

Yep. 4 water bottles a day = 8 servings. My mom buys the bulk kind at Costco, so everytime I need one, I just pull one out the fridge.

Definite pros at doing this too...my face clears up, I lose weight, have more energy, reduce stress, sleep better... :D

I started drinking healthy(milk, fruit juice,water), then to cola, then cool-aid, then something called cool-aid invisible and now water primarily.

Water, disgusting stuff fit only for washing in. I do however remain adequately hydrated for the most part.

I ingest pure oxygen and hydrogen through my respective nipples and then convert it to water in my spleen.

Do you drink enough water? If so how often.

Between 3/4 and 1 gallon of water a day. A quart when I wake up, a quart and a half (at least, sometimes more) at work and a quart when I get home. Also, when I do strenuous phsycial exersize that increases...

I drink when I'm thirsty and no more. :mp5:

I'm a hyper-intelligent wombat. I just get my water through the leaves, baby...

EDIT: Wow, I just read some more of this thread. I'm pretty sure that without proper solute concentration, 2 gallons of water a day is too much. People who die because of Ecstacy die because they drink pure water by the gallon and make their brains swell, so maybe you should cut back on the old water a little...

EDIT2: ...unless you have stuff mixed with it, but even then...2 gallons?

I sure as hell don't. I know better, but I always reach for a can of diet coke. :(

I sure as hell don't. I know better, but I always reach for a can of diet coke. :(
Don't feel ashamed, it happens to the worst of us.

I hate it when food gets stuck in the teeth. This means drinking like 0,5 l of water minimum per meal.

I drink >20 liters of dihydrogen monoxide a day in order to feed all my various incarnations. My principal incarnation as such is not corporeal, and therefore needs no subsistence.

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe

I quite regularly forget to drink and so I end up very dehydrated. Other times I try and drink as much as I possible can, yesterday I drank 6 pints one after the other (downed them too).

Caffeine is a diuretic. It makes your kidneys extract more water from your blood. Ain't science grand? :D

i'm not sure about where you come from but from wher i come from, caffeine isn't a standard ingredient of all sodas. for u to assume that soda instantly means the caffinated variety is rather shortsighted

Yes, I think I drink enough water. I try to drink about 3+ liters (little less than 1 gallon) of water, plus tea, milk, juice, plus food.

Well, after I rode my bike earlier today, I gulped down over two pints in less than two minutes. So far today? Well, about three... Maybe four pints.

Ten cups a day. Mineral water, usually.

I drink pure, Deutsch, Mineral Wasser... Gerolsteiner:
http://www.finewaters.com/Bottled_Water/Germany/asset_upload_file218_1261.jpg

how the hell does it? if your talking about salty water, sure but sodas don't dehydrate you. the sugar gets stored in your body away from the water

They certainly are harmful to your body, which is why I don't drink any.

Common in sodas:

caffeine
carbonated water
phosphoric acid
sugar
aspartame
acesulfame-k
sucralose

Calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus must be maintained in the proper balance for bone health. When too much phosphorus is in the blood, calcium is leached from the bones, causing osteoporosis. Even in citrus sodas which contain citric acid instead of phosphoric acid, calcium is needed to normalize blood pH. It has been said that the fastest growing group of people with osteoporosis in this country is teenagers....because of the huge number of sodas they consume.

As far as caffeine and sugar are concerned, they both cause dehydration, and the massive depletion of minerals. A study was done in which two groups of children aged 13-18 years of age were given one of two drinks, a caffeinated sugar-free drink, or a drink containing both caffeine and sugar. When caffeine was added, calcium excretion in the urine increased by 25%. When sugar was added, urinary calcium loss almost doubled (1). Both caffeine and sugar also cause dehydration.

Sugar in particular is destructive because its ingestion lowers immune function by reducing the ability of white blood cells to ingest and destroy bacteria. This lowered immune function can last for five hours or more after the ingestions of sugar (2).

Sucralose, also marketed as Splenda, breaks down into small amounts of 1,6 -dichlorofructose, a chemical similar to chlorinated pesticides. There has not been adequate testing of this product before it was released for public use, and many of the post-approval studies are alarming. To ready about it, go to Sucralose Toxicity Information Center .

Aspartame, or Nutra Sweet, has an alarming health record. Read my article about Aspartame . Even though this article is about how aspartame poisons the pregnant woman and her unborn child, you can see how it would do similar things in the bodies of others. Also, see the Aspartame (Nutra Sweet) Toxicity Info Center .

Acesulfame-k is a dangerous chemical. Read Sample Quotes from Cancer Experts' Letters on Acesulfame Testing.

References:

(1) Massey, L. K. (1988). Acute effects of dietary caffeine and sucrose on urinary mineral excretion in healthy adolescents. Nutr Res 8(9).

(2) Sanchez, A., et al. (1973). Role of Sugars in human Neutrophilic Phacocytosis. Am J Clin Nutr 26:180.

Drink plenty of water, because the Russkies are out to steal your essence.

I go on water kicks. Sometimes I drink enough, more often than not, I don't drink enough. It comes and it goes. I sometimes wish soda was enough so that I didn't have to drink water at all.

Drink plenty of water, because the Russkies are out to steal your essence.

Our precious... Bodily fluids...

Ten cups a day. Mineral water, usually.

I drink pure, Deutsch, Mineral Wasser... Gerolsteiner:
http://www.finewaters.com/Bottled_Water/Germany/asset_upload_file218_1261.jpg

GEROLSTEINER!!!

I love that stuff, man. They sell it at the supermarket here, and it's leagues better than Perrier. I like to drink entire bottles when I play Counter-Strike.

GEROLSTEINER!!!

I love that stuff, man. They sell it at the supermarket here, and it's leagues better than Perrier. I like to drink entire bottles when I play Counter-Strike.
What is Perrier like, is it one of those flavored waters?

I don't drink anything I can't see.

What is Perrier like, is it one of those flavored waters?

You've never had Perrier? It's French mineral water.

PerriAir!

What is Perrier like, is it one of those flavored waters?

The most famous carbonated water, because it's French and one of the older brands. I'm surpised you haven't heard of it. It can be flavored (Lime or Lemon), but those kinds are in the plastic bottles only.

Here's their Flash website: http://www.usa.perrier.com/

In my opinion: GEROLSTEINER OWNS!!! Here's their website: http://www.gerolsteiner.de

I'll have to try both.

About 2-3 litres a day.

I love this thread too much.

I've only had Perrier....

Of course, I usually drink just plain bottle water.

The water here in Panama is really good. It's tap water tastes better than the majority of the worlds bottled water.

I eat water.