Well, maybe you think: "Ah, that old chestnut!"
Because we all know that we shall drink more water, that this is very beneficial for our health - and yet, the older one gets, the easier one forgets it.
Well - me at least. I never drank much, and I am a non-believer in those huge amounts some doctors or health-gurus propose.
I believe in the Japanese sight of things: drink water in moderation, listen to your body, when thirsty: then drink water. First. Or: with something else.
But sometimes I just am lazy. Or forget it and do something else instead.
Now my (simple) trick: I put a reminder, "a fountain of water" on the kitchen table - a glass pitcher and a tiny (!) glass always remind me to drink something (and the glass shows me if I did).
It helps. Me, at least.
Query: Do you drink enough? What do you do to reach standard recommendation? Do you feel an effect when you drink enough water?
That visual reminder is a good idea. As we age we don't feel thirst the same way. Hence the urging to drink water.
ReplyDeleteYes, and most often I feel better when I drink it (in a moderate way, 1 litre per day is enough for me, as I drink black tea and coffee too - and though some say that those beverages dehydrate, I also read articles that they add to the "water"input. :-)
DeleteI've never been interested in drinking lots of water. That said, hydration is important and I've found a happy medium to good hydration. Electrolytes. I use a product called Nuun Hydration. You simply add one tablet to 16 oz. ( 475 ml) water and drink the naturally flavored water. The flavors are blueberry, strawberry and cherry. They are all good. For me, drinking flavored water is easier than unflavored.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that tip, Susan! I looked it up on Amazon - sounds good, and as they offer us at the Fitness-Center water in many flavours, I think that it might be with electrolytes too - but I will ask, as till now I only take my water there pure.
DeleteCalcium, magnesium and the lot I take via an evening pill - thus I have to look out not overdo it.
I do now. After a stroke I was having a hard time putting anything including liquids into my stomach. I have since read that often a feeling that you would like to have a nibble is actually a sign that you need a glass of water.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that tip, dear Emma!
DeleteTo have a stroke must have been an awful experience, good that you can now eat and drink again.
Whenever I feel that I want something sweet, I drink a bit of water, than wait, and if the craving isn't gone, I eat a piece of very dark chocolate.
Dark chocolate is my favorite sweet treat. I now eat low carb dark chocolate to try to follow my low carb method of eating.
DeleteI remember finding it difficult to get my mother to drink water and I consciously endeavour to not let this happen to me. For this reason I drink water frequently through the day.
ReplyDeleteIt was the same with my mother, Rachel.
DeleteI admire your discipline - I often need a visual reminder to drink enough water.
I am quite bad about water. I know I do not drink enough simply because I do become dehydrated and know it and must consciously get to a source of water.
ReplyDeleteDear Joanne, please excuse me - I was on a journey, so I couldn't answer. Yes, "consciously" is the keyword - thus my jug of water as reminder.
DeleteWhat an excellent idea to use your gorgeous vintage jug! I must steal your idea. I'm totally in agreement with your water-drinking philosophy and have a tendency to not drinking enough, so have been trying to keep
ReplyDeleteWoops, a wayward finger pressed the wrong place :)
ReplyDeleteWhere was I? Oh, yes, trying to drink more water. I find that adding a bit of salt also helps, especially when I'm dancing, to keep cramps in the toes and calves at bay. Such a timely reminder!
Dear Pip, same excuses as for Joanne: I was travelling.
DeleteI am glad that you like the jug! It is just the amount of water that I want to drink per day (added sre half a litre tea in the morning and two cups of coffee over the day).
Adding salt I have to try - I think that goes into the same direction as the proposal of Susa, electrolytes? When I get a cramp (awful feeling!), I use a magnesium pill.
Does it have to be pure water? what about black tea with no sugar, Diet Coke, or soda water with lemon juice squeezed in?
ReplyDeleteDear Helen, I think the Health Gurus would only "allow" the lemon, or the bubble - they say that black tea or coffee dehydrate too - though I found others who say it counts as fluid-drinking too. And I think: we do as we want - as long as we feel good.
DeleteFor the last few years I have been drinking water throughout the day. A carbon water filter jug really helps. It just makes you feel better.
ReplyDeleteSo you use the carbon filter, which makes the water softer?
DeleteI use that for cooking the water for tea - which otherwise gets an ugly coat on it, because our water is so full of lime here. Have to try, though I am not sure whether lime in drinking water is valuable for our bones?
Generally I do drink enough water and I am not a believer in over drinking water. Animals only drink when they are thirsty. I keep a plastic water bottle, refilled from a tap at home and take it with me if I go out in warm weather. I can't say what the symptom exactly is, but I get a feeling that even if I don't feel thirsty, I haven't been drinking enough water.
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