How much water should a person drink a day?

[calvinbiss]

What is it, 8 cups, a day (cups as in the measurement)?

Does drinking ice tea count as water, or coffee??

 

[Yossarian]

a gallon. sure those other drinks count because they're 99.9% water, but I wouldn't go around drinking a gallon of coffee a day.

 

[mugs]

8 cups a day is a myth. Iced tea and coffee don't count as water. Your body will tell you if you're not getting enough water. Just hope it tells you in the form of dehydration, not a kidney stone.

If your piss comes out clear, you're getting plenty of water. If it comes out a dark yellow color, you're not getting enough.

 

[vi edit]

I try to shoot for a minimum of 64 ounces of plain old water a day. Usually more though.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Coffee definately does not count. It counts as negative water. Decaf iced tea counts.

 

[PunDogg]

none of those drinks count, you have to drink at least around 8 glasses of pure water. The drinks are uselly more harmfully than helpfull, cuz of caffine and high sugar content. I drink two 32oz gatorde bottles filled with water= 64oz.

Dogg

 

[krunchykrome]

I have heard 8 glasses a day is a healthy amount.

 

[TheNinja]

Take your weight in pounds. Divide it by 2. Now drink that many ounces of WATER minumum, other stuff doesn't count. That's the general rule. 190/2 = 95 ounces of pure water to maintain a healthy body.

 

[Rudee]

I easily go through 2 litres of water just at the gym during my workouts. Even more on heavy leg day. On most days I consume 3-4 litres of water for the day.

Lately I've been brewing a batchload of green tea in the morning, then cooling it in the fridge with added lemons.

 

[dullard]

Eight 8 oz cups of water is what the old US recommendation was. ALL sources of water count - juice, pop, soup, meat, vegetables, even bread, etc. Of course if you consume a lot of diuretics (ie caffiene), the recommendation was to add a bit more water than people who don't consume them.

However the US has decided to stop making the eight 8 oz water a day recommendation. Why? They claimed (1) there was never any proof of the numbers, (2) most Americans get plenty of fluids anyways, and (3) your body lets you know if you are thirsty so there isn't a need for a federal recommendation.

 

[dxkj]

220/2 = 110 oz of water a day?


I usually try to drink 3-4 32 oz bottles a day so I guess Im around there.

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: dullard
Eight 8 oz cups of water is what the old US recommendation was. ALL sources of water count - juice, pop, soup, etc. Of course if you consume a lot of diuretics (ie caffiene), the recommendation was to add a bit more water than people who don't consume them.

However the US has decided to stop making the eight 8 oz water a day recommendation. Why? They claimed (1) there was never any proof of the numbers, (2) most Americans get plenty of fluids anyways, and (3) your body lets you know if you are thirsty so there isn't a need for a federal recommendation.

I've also read studies where it says a large % of people are consistently dehydrated (I believe around 60-70% but I can't site a source at the moment. If you are feeling really thirsty normally it's too late, you are already dehydrated. I drink a lot of pure water to say of the safe side. I guess I tend to quote numbers based on excercise/body building diets where they stress the importance of water but I still think it's good for your kidneys, cells, skin, everything

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Coffee definately does not count. It counts as negative water. Decaf iced tea counts.

Not true. The diuretic effect of the caffeine there is not higher than the fluid you take in. Harder to get hydrated with coffee, but it does have a positive effect on your water balance.

 

20 gallons

 

[dxkj]

How much does 1 alcoholic drink change the amount of water you need?


I know afte 10 or so I need to drink about 32-64 oz of water before I go to bed to avoid the dehydration feeling, and I will often wake up in the middle of hte night and drink another 8oz

 

[xBeanx]

I found This little calc that figures it out for you depending on your daily exercise.

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: xBeanx
I found This little calc that figures it out for you depending on your daily exercise.

So I was about right. Weight in pounds / 2 = MINIMUM

Staley8 for ELITE!!

 

[TheBDB]

Drink enough so you don't feel thirsty.

 

[Geekbabe]

I carry a water jug with me everywhere at work.

 

[Bosshawk1]

Ok I think some people need to reread some of the newer guidelines concerning water intake. When things say high amounts of water intake(something like 80 ounces) that means total H20 intake. That does not mean drink 10 8oz. glasses of water. Most people get up to half of their water from the foods they eat. With the exception of a person doing some extreme exercising or physical labor, almost no one would ever want to drink 100 oz. of water a day.

 

[Azraele]

I drink juice.

 

[Corporate Thug]

8 cups

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: Bosshawk1
Ok I think some people need to reread some of the newer guidelines concerning water intake. When things say high amounts of water intake(something like 80 ounces) that means total H20 intake. That does not mean drink 10 8oz. glasses of water. Most people get up to half of their water from the foods they eat. With the exception of a person doing some extreme exercising or physical labor, almost no one would ever want to drink 100 oz. of water a day.

That's completely untrue.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Bosshawk1
Ok I think some people need to reread some of the newer guidelines concerning water intake. When things say high amounts of water intake(something like 80 ounces) that means total H20 intake. That does not mean drink 10 8oz. glasses of water. Most people get up to half of their water from the foods they eat. With the exception of a person doing some extreme exercising or physical labor, almost no one would ever want to drink 100 oz. of water a day.

I drank 128 oz per day when I did nothing all day (eazy sitdown job). You get used to it, and you start feeling bad if you stop drinking so much.

 

[Bosshawk1]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: Bosshawk1
Ok I think some people need to reread some of the newer guidelines concerning water intake. When things say high amounts of water intake(something like 80 ounces) that means total H20 intake. That does not mean drink 10 8oz. glasses of water. Most people get up to half of their water from the foods they eat. With the exception of a person doing some extreme exercising or physical labor, almost no one would ever want to drink 100 oz. of water a day.

That's completely untrue.

umm no.

READ
Small excerpt: That report said the body needs about 1 milliliter of water for each calorie consumed - almost 8 cups for a typical 2,000-calorie diet - but that "most of this quantity is contained in prepared foods.