How much a day?

[Starsaboveus]

How much water / liquid should you be drinking in a day ? As in litres or mls? For a female adult ?

6-8 litres

Litres 😱

I think it's 6-8 pints.

It's 6-8 glasses, or 2-3 litres

6-8 liters is way too much water. Maybe 2-3 at the most.

No that's far too much. Think it's wrong units About 2 litres of liquid is needed but there is liquid in food and all coffee and tea counts. I have about 6 cups of tea(a lot us decaf) a day and one glass of water and I'm fine.

Enough to quench your thirst.

Or maybe 6-8 glasses but that's pretty vague.

I drink at least 2 litres almost every day but sometimes as much as 4 litres

I try to have 3 litres of water plus copious amounts of tea/coffee.

Two litres is the usual suggestion, which (I think) includes tea and coffee, but not alcohol. I usually have about 6-8 cups of coffee (decaf after a certain time) plus maybe a litre of squash (sugar free).

2 litres a day.

Google is really good for these types of questions

@Jubaju

Google is really good for these types of questions

Maybe the OP doesn't want a 2 line answer, but is interested in a discussion without browsing through tens of studies online?

Google is really good though, it does bring you to that very forum when you ask a whole range of questions 😂

One litre per 25kg of body weight on an average day.

@Jubaju

Google is really good for these types of questions

It really fucks me off when people say stupid shit like this.

Can't speak for OP of course, but sometimes when I want to know something, I don't want to ask Google - I want to ask MN (for a variety of reasons not least common sense ) If you disagree with that approach, fair enough but don't you think it makes you look a bit of a dick basically using your time to answer someone's question posted on MN with the reply "don't ask questions on MN"

What was I saying about common sense

I drink at least 2 litres a day, not including lots of tea.

Depends on your weight as well as other factors. Whenever I see the "I make sure to drink 2 litres" said as if it's something of an achievement I am surprised because if I drink 2 litres, I will be dizzy. I always drunk between 3-4, not counting beer😁, even when I was slim.

I have a condition which makes me drink tons of water

But 2 litres a day is a good figure.

6 to 8 litres lol.

If all you want to do is drink water and piss all day then yeah, that kind of amount.

@VeganVeal

6-8 litres

Blimey!

I struggle on 2 litres plus.. how do you manage?

Tbf to Veal, in a summer I did easily 6 litres too because i sweat like a freaking barn door in anything above 22 degrees🙄

However, too much water isn't healthy too so I had to start watching that.

@VeganVeal that amount of water is actually unhealthy and can lead to toxic over hydration where salts and electrolytes become too diluted.
2-3 litres is optimum.

[quote WilsonMilson]@VeganVeal that amount of water is actually unhealthy and can lead to toxic over hydration where salts and electrolytes become too diluted.
2-3 litres is optimum.[/quote]
There is an illness called diabetes insipidus.

Some people with DI drink up to 10 litres a day.

I am one who has this condition. Some people need more water than the normal person.

@Happyheartlovelife interesting, I didn’t know that.
Sounds exhausting to have to drink that much, aren’t you forever in the loo?

@WilsonMilson

Yes. That’s another sign. Is too diluted urine.

The test for it is to not drink for I think 12 hours. Due to the illness. We get EXTREME thirst. By extreme I mean we’ve got to be locked in a room. Nurses have found patients having the test to drink toilet water. Fish tank water.

It’s a very interesting Illness. Although I didn’t go to that extreme. Before diagnosis I was drinking 5-6 litres a day easily. Probably up to 8 on a bad day. We get given vasopressin.

I drink 3-4 litres now. So much better than I was!

You should google it. It’s really interesting.