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They say its the basis of life - they say we need so many glasses per day, but then again "they" say quite a bit dont they? I am wondering, how many NSers drink a substantial amount of water each day? I am interested in finding out the answer to it.

I know this is a bit of a wierd poll, but by all means make discussion of it. Why do you or dont you drink water? Is water all that important to you anyway? I mean, if you could be on an island, would you have a jug with you?

I asked this exact question in a thread about 8 months ago. People tend to drink more water than I do. In other words, some.

I asked this exact question in a thread about 8 months ago. People tend to drink more water than I do. In other words, some.

Haha! I dont drink as much as I should, but I drink a fair amount.

i drink a lot of stuff. a lot of stuff that has water in it. probably...

I drink only bottle water, and never tap water..this is why..


Mt. Vernon draws its water supply from Rend Lake, to which it also discharges its sewage. Although many people in the United States drink treated sewer water from other people, this town seems to be the only one that drinks its own treated sewer water. Some citizens feel that the motto of the town should be: "Flush twice, we need the water". There is a concern that, because this system is somewhat of a closed loop, contaminants may be building up, contributing to the foul taste of the water.

Wtf is that? Yuck....i refuse to drink my own cleaned shit...sorry..not happening

I drink a considerable amount of water. It's good stuff.

I drink it all the time. I live in south Florida--if I didn't, I'd fall out in a matter of hours. And if I tried to replace water with soda or something similar, I'd probably wind up with kidney stones. The human body evolved to consume water, not high fructose corn syrup.

@ Zilam:

LOL, that reminds me of drinking well water thinking "Wait... doesnt all the piss and shit from the cows go into the ground and then..." :eek:

@ HotRodia:

Your name reminds me of Rodian from Star Wars. But besides that, water IS good stuff, and plenty of research has shown that if we put it into our daily diets we would be a hell of alot healthier too.

I drink quite a bit of water. Ever since I went to Iraq I have a paranoid fear of being dehydrated.

I don't drink water. Only alcohol. Pure, grain alcohol, and do you know why, Mandrake?

I drink it all the time. I live in south Florida--if I didn't, I'd fall out in a matter of hours. And if I tried to replace water with soda or something similar, I'd probably wind up with kidney stones. The human body evolved to consume water, not high fructose corn syrup.

Preach on, preach on.. :)

I don't drink water. Only alcohol. Pure, grain alcohol, and do you know why, Mandrake?

The communists are trying to corrupt our vital bodily fluids? (Or something like that)

Personally, I don't know anyone who doesn't drink water evryday.

Your name reminds me of Rodian from Star Wars. But besides that, water IS good stuff, and plenty of research has shown that if we put it into our daily diets we would be a hell of alot healthier too.

Heh. Thanks, I guess.

Personally, I don't know anyone who doesn't drink water evryday.

Really? Wow. I know plenty, they break up into two catagories: 1) those who would rather grab a bear/soda and 2) those who would rather go thristy than drink water.

I drink only bottle water, and never tap water..this is why..




Wtf is that? Yuck....i refuse to drink my own cleaned shit...sorry..not happening

You'd rather drink somebody else's cleaned shit?

At least then it would be a mystery what is in it! :eek:

You'd rather drink somebody else's cleaned shit?


...well I know i have had some rather healthy bowel movements lately, and with what I eat, i know i wouldn't want to drink after myself..yuck..:p

At least then it would be a mystery what is in it! :eek:
lol

The communists are trying to corrupt our vital bodily fluids? (Or something like that)

I love that movie.

I drink a lot of water. I carry around one of those one litre Nalgene bottles, and I usually drink at least two of those at work alone. At home, I drink water or fruit juice. I get dehydration headaches really easily though, so it's really just to keep my head from hurting.

I drink about 1 liter a day, sometimes more.

In addition to soda, or energy drinks.

I hardly drink anything but water. Absolute minimum is 2 liters a day. Sparkling, though.
Apart from the very occasional glass of juice thrown in, it's water all the way.

I live in a desert so I drink an assload of water. I hope it's not Zilam's ass, though.

I can never see the point in drinking water. Tea and coffee with the odd alcoholic or soft drink does me fine.

I drink milk.

Milk and coffee.

I drink milk.

Milk and coffee.
Seriously? o.O

If it's hot outside and you get thirsty you drink - milk??

That's weird. Milk is more like a food than a drink.

I drink a fair bit...usually at least a litre a day. Yesterday I managed 4 litres, mainly because I was on various trains for about 3 hours. Despite only being on the Tube for 15 minutes, I got through half a litre on there.

Seriously? o.O

If it's hot outside and you get thirsty you drink - milk??

That's weird. Milk is more like a food than a drink.
Ice cold milk is great on a hot day!

I drink milk.

Milk and coffee.


so if you have to spend all day in the sun and heat, it sours in your stomach and puke it up and then drink MORE???

cuz thats just unappetizing. Also, cows piss and shit on the grass they eat

i drink a lot of water. yay for brita home filters.

any water you drink, by the way, even sparkling, filtered, purified, whatever, at this point, has probably passed through some animal or anothers kidneys. This also goes for drinkers of any liquid available for purchase. because everything contains water, even if it's pure juice. In the case of juice, fruit/vegetables grow from fauna of some sort, all plants need water to survive and soak it up through the soil. some of it goes into the fruits or vegetables in said juice.
as for Alcohol drinkers, same thing. all alchol is made form a plant or fruit or vegetable of some sort.
in the case of milk. cows eat grass. cows drink water. the chemicals from all that (including hydrogen and oxygen) end up in your milk.

so no matter what you're drinking, it has eventually passed through another beings body.

just a thought.

yay for brita home filters.
Yay indeed. Ever tried putting cheap vodka through one of those?

I drink a fair bit...usually at least a litre a day. Yesterday I managed 4 litres, mainly because I was on various trains for about 3 hours. Despite only being on the Tube for 15 minutes, I got through half a litre on there.
The other day the Tube I was on stopped in the tunnel for ages. It was absolutly packed, and in this heat was almost unbearable.

Yay indeed. Ever tried putting cheap vodka through one of those?
no. i ht ink my room mate might kill me. the filters are efing expensive. why, have you? if not, i think you should. purely for scientific purposes of course. i hypothesise that it will filter the "Chearp" out of Cheap Vodka. what i wouldn't give if i could buy a bottle of mccormicks, run it through the brita and have grey goose...

I do about 9 in fact.

just a thought.
*starts drinking cologne*

Beat the system!

Yay indeed. Ever tried putting cheap vodka through one of those?
I read about that on some site..

It worked, right?

*starts drinking cologne*

Beat the system!

nice try. cologne contains grain alcohol....

nice try. cologne contains grain alcohol....
:eek:

*starts eating tacos*

i hope those are freeze dried taco shells only, other wise your screwed. almost nothing we ingest doesn't contain water...

apparently the brita filter works...

http://the-raw-prawn.blogspot.com/2004/12/vodka-pipeline-and-other-methods-of.html

I drink tea - about a gallon and a half each day. I'll also drink a Pepsi maybe once or twice a month, and I have milk only with cereal (VERY rare) or cookies (almost as rare). I haven't had any straight water since late last summer - even longer before that. (I ran out of tea bags)

It really isn't very healthy - the caffeine causes dehydration and tea in and of itself is a diarretic (sp?), so it passes through the body fairly quickly and not a lot is absorbed.
Coffee is almost the same - though it tends to just 'clean you out'. That's why you can drink a cup and piss a pot, as the saying goes.

I drink tea - about a gallon and a half each day. I'll also drink a Pepsi maybe once or twice a month, and I have milk only with cereal (VERY rare) or cookies (almost as rare). I haven't had any straight water since late last summer - even longer before that. (I ran out of tea bags)

It really isn't very healthy - the caffeine causes dehydration and tea in and of itself is a diarretic (sp?), so it passes through the body fairly quickly and not a lot is absorbed.
Coffee is almost the same - though it tends to just 'clean you out'. That's why you can drink a cup and piss a pot, as the saying goes.

if you can get a hold of it, Red Tea is naturally caffiene free. google "Republic of Tea". it ain't cheap, though.

I drink tea - about a gallon and a half each day. I'll also drink a Pepsi maybe once or twice a month, and I have milk only with cereal (VERY rare) or cookies (almost as rare). I haven't had any straight water since late last summer - even longer before that. (I ran out of tea bags)

It really isn't very healthy - the caffeine causes dehydration and tea in and of itself is a diarretic (sp?), so it passes through the body fairly quickly and not a lot is absorbed.
Coffee is almost the same - though it tends to just 'clean you out'. That's why you can drink a cup and piss a pot, as the saying goes.
Now that's something I don't get. We're constantly being told that tea and coffee are diuretics, therefore make you more thristy than otherwise, therefore that we shouldn't drink them when thirsty (bad tea and coffee drinkers! Drinking tea and coffee like that!).

Yet, just about all I drink is tea and coffee. So I should be constantly thirsty (I'm not), or my body in a state of negative water content or something......


Meh. Now I am thirsty.

*Goes off to fix himself a nice mug of strong expresso.*

you obviosly don't drink enough coffee. there's no x in espresso.

Meh. Now I am thirsty.

*Goes off to fix himself a nice mug of strong expresso.*
You made me want a mug too.

*ponders ideas of getting off fat ass to make espresso*

you obviosly don't drink enough coffee. there's no x in espresso.
Contrary to expectations, today is not wasted after all. I have learnt something new.

Tomorrow, I plan to forget this new knowledge.

I drink only bottle water, and never tap water.

tap water is just as good as bottled water at a fraction of the cost

meh. the sun came up an hour ago and i haven't been to bed yet. i'll probably forget i was even on this board tonight/today. no big deal.

if you can get a hold of it, Red Tea is naturally caffiene free. google "Republic of Tea". it ain't cheap, though.
Aye? I'll check into it, thanks. My normal medicine is orange pekoe. Mmm, black tea.

Now that's something I don't get. We're constantly being told that tea and coffee are diuretics, therefore make you more thristy than otherwise, therefore that we shouldn't drink them when thirsty (bad tea and coffee drinkers! Drinking tea and coffee like that!).

Yet, just about all I drink is tea and coffee. So I should be constantly thirsty (I'm not), or my body in a state of negative water content or something......
Nono, neither one will dehydrate you completely - it's just that after the loss of stored liquids, the net gain in stored liquid is very small. That means that if you're going to be exercising, it's a BAD idea to drink only tea. You won't store enough water unless you drink a _LOT_ of tea. Coffee is, as best I can recall, slightly worse than tea in this regard.

I'm rarely if ever thirsty myself, but I live a fairly sedentary lifestyle.

I drink four liters of water each day. I have this two liter bottle. It is supposed to help me maintain my shape and also cleans the skin. Seems to work.

I usually drink a soda, a glass of ligth nestea each meal, and sometimes one or two glasses of wine in the dinner.

tap water is just as good as bottled water at a fraction of the cost

That depends on where you live. In the UK it is true, but I wouldn't recommend it in Mexico, for example.

Living in a tropical country, not drinking water is tantamount to suicide by dehydration. I drink about two and half litres a day of uncarbonated mineral water. We have one of those water coolers that take a twenty litre container at home in the kitchen. :)

Water is my 3rd favorite drink.

Aye? I'll check into it, thanks. My normal medicine is orange pekoe. Mmm, black tea.
If you like Orange Pekoe (good call, btw), I don't recommend Red Tea.


Nono, neither one will dehydrate you completely - it's just that after the loss of stored liquids, the net gain in stored liquid is very small. That means that if you're going to be exercising, it's a BAD idea to drink only tea. You won't store enough water unless you drink a _LOT_ of tea. Coffee is, as best I can recall, slightly worse than tea in this regard.

I'm rarely if ever thirsty myself, but I live a fairly sedentary lifestyle.
Though, confusingly, coffee is supposed to be good for other aspects of exercise: see here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3122319.stm).

Though, confusingly, coffee is supposed to be good for other aspects of exercise: see here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3122319.stm).
Odd - but then, I KNOW tea is a natural diuretic (Well, black tea), and I must've just been assuming coffee was as well. Really strange, though; coffee really does seem to clean your kidneys out.
Thanks.

Odd - but then, I KNOW tea is a natural diuretic (Well, black tea), and I must've just been assuming coffee was as well. Really strange, though; coffee really does seem to clean your kidneys out.
Thanks.
I'm pretty sure that coffee is a diuretic too, it's just that it has other properties that are useful in exercise.

The other day the Tube I was on stopped in the tunnel for ages. It was absolutly packed, and in this heat was almost unbearable.
I can imagine (though I'd rather not). As I was going to be getting to London around 5pm, I thought it might be wise to take a lot of water.

no. i ht ink my room mate might kill me. the filters are efing expensive. why, have you? if not, i think you should. purely for scientific purposes of course. i hypothesise that it will filter the "Chearp" out of Cheap Vodka. what i wouldn't give if i could buy a bottle of mccormicks, run it through the brita and have grey goose...
I have, and it does work. You notice a difference after about 4 or 5 filtrations, and the vodka we used started to taste ok after about 12.

yes, i drink a considerable amount of water every day - it's the best way to get rid of a hangover after all.

I only drink water and alcohol. Soda very rarely. In fact, soda less often than alcohol. Water all the time.

Yep, water and alcohol. Once in a great while, soda (mmm, root beer floats:D ). The water's tap water, put into bottled water bottles and refrigerated, can't tell the difference. Some places, the tap water's not so great, so I can see buying the bottled stuff.

I have this huge cup, it's 52oz *nearly half a gallon

I fill it up with as much ice as it can hold, then put water on that, as the ice melts I drink that too, I fill it up about twice a day, but more like 3 times a day lately since it's been so hot outside. ;)

Live in the tropics, some days you sweat out more water than you drink when it's evilly hot.

I'm pretty sure that coffee is a diuretic too, it's just that it has other properties that are useful in exercise.
Neither tea nor coffee are. I actually read a study that demonstrated that coffee will fill your fluid requirement as well as water, but I've lost the link. Some others, though:

From http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/handouts/caffeine.html:
There is no evidence that caffeine in beverage form is dehydrating

From the BBC article linked above:
Britons spend an estimated £2 billion on caffeinated drinks each year, but are often advised to steer clear of coffee or cola before exercise because the belief persists that it has a diuretic effect that could contribute to dehydration.

This, says sports dietician Jane Griffiths, is actually a myth.

She told BBC News Online: "If you drink a large quantity of caffeine - perhaps 300 milligrams, which is equivalent to eight cups of tea - in one sitting, there might be a diuretic effect, but not if you drink this amount over a day."

I tend to drink mostly coffee and tea when it's cold, and mostly water (or maybe squash) when it's hot.

At the moment, I drink a LOT of water, since I am on a tour in Israel (details will be posted in about a week).

Live in the tropics, some days you sweat out more water than you drink when it's evilly hot.

i live in texas on the coast. if the heat doesn't kill you, the humidity will have you sweating before you've even shut your front door.

i live in texas on the coast. if the heat doesn't kill you, the humidity will have you sweating before you've even shut your front door.

Good thing is "winter" here. Nice and relatively cool - no sweating.
Summer is awful though.

That depends on where you live. In the UK it is true, but I wouldn't recommend it in Mexico, for example.

Living in a tropical country, not drinking water is tantamount to suicide by dehydration. I drink about two and half litres a day of uncarbonated mineral water. We have one of those water coolers that take a twenty litre container at home in the kitchen. :)

i see what you mean, my gran always said that, when your in India, drink only coke and eat oly digestive buiscuits if you dont want to get ill.

Charlestin charge... hurumoph

I havent had a drink since yesterday, and that was orange soda.

I live only off of mac and cheese, jello and, vitamins.

God bless the flinstons!

whats sad is that humans can't live after 3 days without water, but ive gone past that, by two hours.

Im trying to slowly change my human ways, I can withstand a heat of 110F for 7 hours, and can go 2 weeks without food, my stomach can hold 2 dubble stuffed pizzas while still sporting a thin size.:)
and one time I was locked in an ice cream truck's freezer for 3 hours

Water is good.

But I drink like 4 cups a day of water

I've cut out refined sugar, as best I can, from my diet, beginning some years ago with pop. (or soda for the rest of yous) I stopped drinking milk because I was becoming a little too lactose intolerant. I stopped drinking coffee because it was slowly draining my pocket change away, and it made me sick if I didn't eat with it. I drink herbal teas when I need them for specific ailments, not just to drink them....and juices have been making me queasy, so what do I have left? Lots and lots of water. I drink water all day...I carry a water bottle with me all the time. I suffer from less headaches, less munchiness (get munchy, drink water, wait a few minutes...voila...you're good until it's time for an actual meal) and less digestive problems.

Eh "pop" :(

I have no idea why, but that term gets on my nerves..

Anyway.. soda makes me feel sick, so I hardly ever drink it.

Juice is much better.

*nodnodnod*

i see what you mean, my gran always said that, when your in India, drink only coke and eat oly digestive buiscuits if you dont want to get ill.

Yeah right, like if all water in the third world is going to give you dysentheria.

Meh

Yeah right, like if all water in the third world is going to give you dysentheria.

Meh

i didnt say that my gran was right, its just that she keeps saying it and in a third world country i would probably trust a sealed bottle of coke more than the local water

Well, in India, perhaps you granny was right...In Argentina, for example, you can trust the water, perhaps even more than water in some places of the USA or Europe.

but you don't listen to what your granny says, right?

Well, in India, perhaps you granny was right...In Argentina, for example, you can trust the water, perhaps even more than water in some places of the USA or Europe.

but you don't listen to what your granny says, right?

not really, but its too hot and im thirsty and the waters off for the moment caus the plumber is here :(

Neither tea nor coffee are. I actually read a study that demonstrated that coffee will fill your fluid requirement as well as water, but I've lost the link.
Well that's reassuring, because I drink almost nothing but coffee. If it was as bad as a diuretic as most people seem to think it is, then my life would have come to an end many many years ago. Coffee is what makes the sun come up in the morning, the world turn, and the moon to rise at night. If the oceans were full of coffee, life would have evolved much faster. I'm sure even God wouldn't have set out to create the universe without having a good strong cup of coffee first.

Yeah, probably after I die, it'll take three hours before my corpse stops moving, but for now, life is good.:)

Neither tea nor coffee are. I actually read a study that demonstrated that coffee will fill your fluid requirement as well as water, but I've lost the link. Some others, though:

.....
Excellent. While this information will make absolutely no difference to my lifestyle, I will now be able to feel smug while drinking my tea and coffee.

Which is nice.

I don't drink enough plain water, I drink more juice and milk and gatorade...

Well this has been very educational lol, and as far as the poll or most of the posts are concerned its definately just turning into a WATER FTW!!! thread. :D

I don't drink water. At all.

I drink several glasses of water a day. I prefer Great Bear purified water with the green label. It tastes good.
I also like Dasani when available.


We just bought a new house. The inspector told me we have a good well here, the water is clean of bacteria and unwanted minerals, but I dont care for the taste. I am planning to install a whole house filter in the near future and save some dough on bottled water.

I drink several glasses of water a day. I prefer Great Bear purified water with the green label. It tastes good.
Deer Lake is better :p
I also like Dasani when available.
Bottled tap water.

*nods*

Deer Lake is better :p

Bottled tap water.

*nods*

I'm pretty sure Dasani is purified though. It tastes alright to me.

Yesterday I drank 4 liters of water, 0.33 liters of beer, 0.2 liters of red wine, 0.5 liters of carbonated water, 0.5 liters of Apple juice & carbonated water.

Today I drank 3.5 liters of water so far.

Hope that answers your question?

Edit: Oh, and that water is regular tap water. Excellent quality here.

I drink only bottle water, and never tap water.
Our tap water is awesome and i only by Bottled Water once maybe twice a year and only for the container, why would i want to drink 'Packaged Tap water' or water with 3 tablespoons of Sugar in it?

I drink water at home, but only when I have drank the rest of the liquids.
At work I only buy juice and chocolate milk.

I only drink water after/during exercising. Other than that, screw water; give me milk or soda. :D

I have a secret, don't laugh, one of the main reasons I drink water a lot, and I mean a lot, is because I don't like soda or pop at all. In truth, the only things I like to drink are alcoholic wine, milk, tea, I love tea:D , water, and applejuice.

I drank probably a gallon of water today. Of course, it was 104 degrees outside (43 Celsius) and my house didn't have air conditioning. But during the school year, I usually take a half gallon water bottle to school and drink it during the course of the day.

At home it's usually milk or soda or sugary juice for me, though. But I still try to drink a fair amount of water, since it's what our bodies are made for and that is usually the best course to follow in terms of health decisions.

43°C? Holy shit! And then no AC? this surely sucks!