To wonder how we survived without constantly drinking water while working in previous decades?

i cant believe my dd, in their 20s, who cannot go anywhere without their large metal bottles of water
actually my own dh struggles to go anywhere without his flask of coffee
me, i drink at home, plenty of tea and coffee but never need to take anything out with me, let alone stop for a drink!
i am like a camel
when i was a child i remember going somewhere and it was hot and the adults did not want to carry the large bottle of squash around and suggested we drink some now before we head out, like camels

Snacking I really don't understand and I am beginning to wonder if it's the key to the obesity problem. We had 3 meals a day, sweets on Sunday evening. That was it.

I'm in my 50's and remember having a glass water bottle at primary school. It's not a new concept at all.

I don't carry the ridiculous barrel ones around, but I do have a 500ml one for work & exercise that I can refill at the water station.

Capitalism finds a way….selling us water which is free from the tap in Europe, as well as fancy bottles to drink it out of. Madness.

I’ve had the same battered water bottle for 5 years. Stanley cups are such a cliche. Plus I read that alot of straw sucking encourages wrinkles!

When I go the supermarket I walk at least 40 minutes to get there, sometimes up to 90 minutes if I go the scenic route. And then 40 minutes back. So sometimes , especially in hot weather, I will take a bottle of water. I really don’t understand people getting annoyed with other people for having a water bottle whilst they’re shopping - you have no idea what their situation is and it literally doesn’t affect you at all!

I’ve read that tea isn’t dehydrating. I don’t know about coffee.

The big containers of bottled water are a fad. It will pass.

In 20 years time it will be a reminisce. “Do you remember when we used to lug around those huge bottles of water everywhere we went, and they even had a built in straw. God, we must have looked ridiculous.”

What was the amount of water that the nephrologist suggested drinking? And what was the numbers that you were drinking when you were under hydrated and well hydrated? As far as i am aware the recommendation is to drink 2 litres of fluids a day. That 2 litres includes tea, coffee, soup, beer etc. not just water. 2 litres does not require one to carry round a water bottle all day. I know people that drink 5 litres of water a day. All of that fluid has to be processed by the body, including by the kidneys.it puts pressure on the kidneys.

they're not dehydrating. People used to think they were but it’s been mostly disproven

I’m 37 and at 7 once became so badly dehydrated I was hospitalised. My parents were by no means negligent or neglectful. Nor was the initial gp who saw me, they just didn’t get the importance of drinking water. The second gp who saw me got it though, he wasn’t born in the UK, would have seen such cases before and fully understood why.

I’m very sensitive to being even slightly thirsty to this day.

I don’t think it’s a bad thing that people, child or adult, can drink whenever they wish to now, rather than at prescribed times.

I think the 2 gallon plastic tankards that I often see being carted around are probably a bit much, considering tap water and a glass will do the job perfectly well across the entirety of the UK.

Tea and coffee are really dehydrating and bad for you. No one should be drinking 12 cups of either a day!
I get that there's an element of commercialism to the bottles etc but it started way back with the 80s supermodels carrying those big bottles of evian etc and saying their skin and bodies were all down to drinking litres of water a day. This isn't something new just the vessels have changed now we are more conscious of the environment and micro plastics.

I, and my friends, are all 55+ and none of us drink anything like 12 cups of tea a day, nor did my parents.

No sense. That’s not how kidneys work.

I ended up in hospital with dehydration when I was at primary school back in the 80s. I remember getting lots of headaches, as do my friends, so I think it’s a good thing that people, especially kids have more opportunity to drink now.

We used to smoke at our desks too.

Ahh the good ol’ days 😀

Schools had what we called bubblers. Parks had drinking fountains. You could always find some water to drink in the city. They all started disappearing - for hygiene reasons I guess.

Adults in the 80s in office jobs had a coffee percolator sitting there and refilled constantly. It wasn’t strange to have 30 cups of drip coffee a day at the office, remember that when you say we never used to need this liquid. A bottle of water seems very healthy and low key in comparison.

I have a designated drawer for lids! 🥴

I spent my entire school life permanently dehydrated as we weren't allowed drinks in the classroom and bottled water for breaktime wasn't a thing. Only water at lunchtime with school dinners or usual squash with a packet lunch.

I genuinely never once in 13 years of education went to the loo at school.

Funny I had this exact thought today! My memory is that we only really had drinks with meals, or if you felt thirsty you would get a drink, but no one carried water around with them all day.

My daughter was amazed when I told her our school had a tuck shop that sold only chocolate and crisps and a coke machine 🤣

I think it is a good thing to stay hydrated, but I also think a lot of it is marketing, and we get a lot of fluid through food which counts towards our 2L or whatever it is a day, but the water companies and bottle makers don't want to promote that!

No one is “constantly sipping”. But it’s good to keep hydrated however much some like
to make mock.

I have to take medication that gives you a very dry mouth. I do drink plenty of water. I don’t like the idea that some people find this so ridiculous .

@Chinsupmelovesyes it’s been more of a problem since lockdown. They should be able to cope for 2 lessons feeling a bit thirsty. They make a huge fuss if you ask them to stop swigging. If it’s not water I ask for it to go back in their bag & that creates drama. Then it’s always the ones swigging who insist on needing the loo. It didn’t used to be like this & students used to be able to manage themselves better. I think it’s linked to being wired up due to being constantly online. So they can’t just sit & be. They have to be doing something with their hands & find it harder to sit still.

That said I do let someone who seems desperate use the loo as if they are full of water they could potentially have an accident. But it’s always the same kids asking.

It’s not really a craze though, is it? It’s just something that over time we have learned is good for us.

The whole water drinking craze is ridiculous.

I have a huge Stanley, the constant low level headaches and frequent utis that I had in my youth have gone. It just reminds me to drink more too constantly having it with me, a positive thing for me.

also the straw is clean I just wash it with a straw brush and fairy liquid, not complicated.