The internet says drink water at these 8 times. Here's what the doctor says

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2 days ago

A viral social media chart claims drinking water at specific times can detox your body, burn fat, prevent cancer and even reduce the risk of heart attacks. But are these claims backed by science? An internal medicine specialist explains which hydration tips are worth following and which are simply myths.

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Simple: Water intake depends on your body size, what you eat, your activity level and the climate. More water is not always better. Drinking too much, especially while sweating heavily or eating very little, can dilute the sodium in your blood and disturb your electrolyte balance. Water soluble vitamins are excreted in urine, but electrolyte dilution, not vitamin loss, is the main risk of drinking too much water.

Drinking water at specific times is not medically necessary, but it can be a form of discipline. Building a simple routine makes hydration more automatic, and that discipline can easily transfer to other healthy habits like exercise, sleep and nutrition.

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

Simple: Water intake depends on your body size, what you eat, your activity level and the climate. More water is not always better. Drinking too much, especially while sweating heavily or eating very little, can dilute the sodium in your blood and disturb your electrolyte balance. Water soluble vitamins are excreted in urine, but electrolyte dilution, not vitamin loss, is the main risk of drinking too much water.

Drinking water at specific times is not medically necessary, but it can be a form of discipline. Building a simple routine makes hydration more automatic, and that discipline can easily transfer to other healthy habits like exercise, sleep and nutrition.

My liquid intake is 1-2+ liters a day. Any more, and it just means more times P'ing.

Use to be mostly water kefir, but, I'm off the water kefir for now, as I think it caused a bit of a problem with my kidney & prostate. Who ever thought too much probiotics could be a problem.

Readjusting that now, as winding down a 14 day course of Doxy. Hopefully my enlarged kidney (1) and prostate was from probiotic induced infection. Yea, it's a real thing.

In 2+ more months, I'll get another ultrasound and see if they are heading back to normal size. If not, then will opt for CT Scan to see if caused by kidney stone, that recent ultrasound didn't find. No desire to get radiated though, hence holding off, for hopefully easier cause & solution.

Kidney doc leaning toward prostate backing up fluid, though ultrasound gal suggests Scan, to double check. Nah, try my way first, before nuking myself. Things have flowed better the past 10 days, so may be working already.

Liquid now is 250ml of Cocao water (40gr 100% Cocao). 425ml of black coffee, at least 1 liter of RO water, and 300-400ml of whole milk, with my cereal, usually morning & evening.

Peaches & blueberries adding some water also. Cutting back on my heavy protein & fat intake has eliminated any constipation of days past, and was damn annoying at times. May have even lost a kg or 3, as was about 5 kg too heavy, last time on a scale.

Think I'll stick with the added whole grains & fruits in my diet of late, as seems to be better for me.