To really swear by drinking water ?

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I’m currently on a diet /exercise plan and trying to aim for drinking 2 litres of water a day.

I don’t mix my water with anything else - it’s just straight tap water but omg it makes such a difference to everything. It improves my

Skin
Digestion

Can speed up weight loss but ONLY as part of a calorie controlled diet and exercise plan - won’t make you lose weight on its own !

So yes - something this simple really makes a huge difference to wellbeing and 2 litres of tap water a day costs next to nothing

I was thinking yesterday as well that clean drinking water is something we take for granted in a rich, developed nation like the UK. Was thinking that if I lived in one of the world’s Least Developed Countries I might be walking 10 miles a day for this privelege!

So yes - water I think is an excellent ‘superfood’ as they say - or ‘superdrink’

And I say this as someone who isn’t really a ‘natural’ water drinker - I don’t really like drinking it - much prefer drinking Diet Coke/Pepsi Max if given a choice ! But this is why I space my water drinking out throughout the day - so 500 ml every 3 hours or something ! Makes it easier !

So in short - highly recommended!

Try matcha, or caffeine free matcha. It is so gentle on the stomach.

Loving the thought of skin as dry as a dessert! Baked Alaska, perhaps, or trifle?

I think this poster has a hidden agenda.

Read these:

https://www.water.org.uk/water-supply/drinking-water

https://www.brita.co.uk/news-stories/dispenser/is-tap-water-safe-to-drink-uk

And a m ore balanced article here:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/17/should-i-worry-about-drinking-tap-water

I agree with this. I feel massively better when hydrated - I've noticed as well it makes me feel calmer. I don't think I have anxiety but I have noticed on the run up to my period I have anxious days and being dehydrated makes it worse.
Can't give up the coffee or Coke Zero yet but I reckon I get a good 1.5 litres of water in most days

It really does! But frequently needing to go to the loo always puts me off! I deffo need to drink more water

I need to improve on this!
I suffer with constant tiredness and wondering lf this is the reason why

Maybe, or maybe something else changed. I certainly know that I use better skincare now than what I could afford in my younger years, for example. When we drink water, it gets absorbed into our blood. There is really no physiological mechanism by which it would go directly to your skin.
If you eat a lot of fiber but don't drink enough liquids (and I am deliberately not using the term "water" here), then it can create digestive issues.
There are many many factors we don't usually consider because we are conditioned to drink water so seeing the "benefits" confirms our natural biases. But correlation does not always mean causation.

Just to add!
I do find it nicer/easier to drink water when it’s really cold.
At work we have a fancy walker dispenser.

So at home I fill up bottles with tap (yes that deadly stuff 😂) water and put in the fridge so I always have it cold. And when am going out I can grab one to take with me. Then just refill when empty so there is a supply.

@MerrilyOnhigh baked potato more like. goodness me I can't spell to save my life. 😂

ChristmasGrinch24 · Today 07:45

Makes a huge difference.
I don't like tap water (tastes chemically where I am) but I drink bottled water and aim for 3-4 a day.

Agree: so we bought a water filter jug. Tastes so much better.

Yep. I take a bottle everywhere. Dehydration contributes to arthritis as well.

I have this problem too! Now I drink 500ml when I wake up, 500ml before bed and fill a 1L water bottle to drink during the day.

I try to get ahead of myself by drinking the bottle before lunch and the next 500ml with evening meal so that I don't need the 500ml before bed and then I don't need to get up in the night!

I've always drunk water. Luckily I just don't like sugary drinks. I can feel it when I haven't had enough water.
We are so lucky to have easy access to good clean water, and where I live it's lovely and soft as well.

Are you sure drinking water instead of Diet Coke wouldn’t make a difference in terms of your health and weight? Genuine question as I might be wrong and happy to have it pointed out if I am.

Cut out tea and coffee about 5-6 months ago, drinking 3ltrs of diluted juice, don't like plain water. I was dehydrated before and I couldn't lose weight - noticed a massive difference and less migraines.

I think water helps your digestive system so can speed up weight loss but Diet Coke can help weight loss if on a calorie controlled diet as 0 cals

My Dm had dementia. Hardly any of the residents (all dementia) would drink plain water, so as well as tea/coffee they gave them several small glasses of weak squash throughout the day. Plus quite a lot of ‘wet’ food, e.g. soup, stewed fruit and custard, etc.

Sorry, I wasn’t implying your mum has dementia. I just know of the jelly drops because my mum did have dementia and thought they are a good way of sneaking in liquid to stubborn old people! 😁

I thought I drank a lot of water but turned out it was hardly anything. The first day I drank 2 litres I felt like I had taken something because the mental clarity I had was amazing. I joke it was like Scarlett Johansson in that film where she ingested those drugs and can do things with her mind. It was insane.

Diet coke is 2 calories per can. Added caffeine helps to suppress appetite. Switching to water will not do anything of substance, I'm afraid.
Health... it depends on how we define "health" doesn't it? Diet Coke won't damage your organs, won't cause cancer or anything like that (despite the whole aspartame hype, there is little evidence of it being harmful in the doses that a human typically consume. From memory, you will need to drink 56 cans of pop a day to elevate the risks of adverse effects of aspartame). So, unless, there is a different definition of "health" you have in mind, I am not aware of any substantial data that would point to damaging it.

Your comment about mental clarity is lovely - 2 litres just makes SUCH a difference doesn’t it ?

I prefer bottled or filtered water even in hot drinks
I’m not a huge tea drinker so often at work have hot water with a splash of lemon
my top tip is to always have water bottle in car and by side of bed, on desk etc - if it’s there I will drink it

It does make a difference, my husband and I go hiking every year to places thar are quite remote with no facilities, have to carry everything on our backs for a week or more, and we just drink water of course, usually from streams if its safe. Our skin is always amazing when we finish 😅 and we feel so good inside and out, the nature and exercise helps of course alongside.

My mum never drank water and nearly died from horrendous kidney stones a few years ago

@Catza, some people don’t have much of a thirst thing - my (otherwise entirely normal!) dh doesn’t - I’m sure his brain interprets thirst as hunger. I so often used to tell him that he didn’t drink enough. Of course he took no notice, until he ended up once in A&E, and later actually in hospital, directly because of it.
Once the medics told him very firmly that he must drink more, he now makes a point of it.