Water benefits
Watch this postDuring researching a diet for my old age (to reduce the likelihood of heart problems as I head towards oblivion) I came across the idea of drinking a litre of water first thing upon waking from nights sleep. Apart from that I am trying to replace coffee and tea with water and often drink a glass during my meals. And never drink high sugar drinks. Anyone have a view as to the benefits?
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Its all big business now, 'get a meter& only pay for what you use', haha!
Yes its cheaper than 'Water Rates'but there is a fixed 'daily charge', just for the 'priviledge' of being connected(conned might be better. On top of that you pay for what you use.
Don't use a lot so the total cost per cu/ltr is extortionate. Water Company is no longer British, its owned by an Aussie Bank, nuff said!
Not drinking enough will cause you a myriad of health related issues,so its really best to aim for 1 litre per day.I don't have anything in my water,just plain and you do get used to it.It also keeps your teeth in good condition because it washes any sugar/acid foods off your teeth before they can do damage.
Wishing you well and please let us know how you feel...
You were asking the advantages of drinking, what I would consider, excessive amounts of water as a means to improving your diet to ensure a longer life by avoiding heart disease, which is much the same thing.
I merely suggest that the standard recommended healthy life style is more likely to achieve that that any dietary or other lifestyle excesses.
I have never been an advocate of fad diets or any other 'expert' advise even if backed by knowledge and sound evidence.
I am very wary of any health recommendations that recommend dietary extremes, whether drinking large quantities of water, eating lots of protein, not eating carbohydrates, eliminating food groups or any other dietary fad.
I think one of the reasons I am in good health is that I am one of those boring people who have always acted sensibly where my health is concerned. kept my weight down, not smoked, light drinker (of alcohol), kept fit and eaten my minimum 5 portions of fruit and veg a day for decades before it was officially recommended. That is the way to good health in old age, not dietary extremes, which includes drinking excessive quantities of water.
You are looking for a diet to keep you in good health in old age. This is the very ordinary eating pattern that has worked for me.
Drinking lots of extra fluids will not make your body more hydrated, your kidneys and bladder automatically dispose of any excess fluid in the system, as you have probably found out. However, drinking water or other fluids to excess can be dangerous. because flushing out the excess fluid can cause the amount of salt and other electrolytes in your body to become too diluted. In extreme situations this can be fatal. People have died from extreme overhydration.
My guide to healthy eating in old age can be summed up in the words of the American food writer, Michael Pollan; 'Eat well, not too much, most of it plants'. His other aphorism, to add to the first is: ' If it is made from a plant, eat it; If it is made in a plant(factory), don't'.
It has worked for me. I am in my mid-70s, not overweight, physically fit, with no medical problems and on no medication.
I do not know what a good whiskey is, I have only been drinking whiskey for 30 years so perhaps your knowledge is greater than mine.
A drop of water in a glass of whiskey helps to free some of the aroma of the spirit and helps it to give up some of the hidden flavours, but anybody knows that.