To not have a drink with your food!?

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Do you know what blows my mind… people who have their dinner with no drink. Like no drink at all. No juice no tea no water. How do you people do it?

what do you think?

YABU - a drink with food is not necessary
YANBU - not having a drink with your food makes you a psycho!!

Yes it is. People follow their bites with water instead of properly chewing food, and for good digestion you need to chew your food well. Then they also fill their stomach with food and water which has an impact on stomach acid’s concentration and is also bad for digestion. Here in this thread people are saying they can’t swallow food without water which means they are not chewing it well

Drinking lots of liquid with food dilutes stomach acid making digestion less effective.

At least 10 people have already said that on this thread, and at least the same amount have pointed out that scientifically this is untrue 😊

I grew up ALWAYS having a drink with every single meal. And still do, whenever I visit my mum.
But otherwise... No... I just got out of the habit of it.
I usually have a drink with breakfast, because I often wake up feeling parched, but lunch and dinner. Rarely.

I was brought up by a family of camels and consequently tend to drink large amounts but very infrequently, although as the the diet was mainly dry grass, leaves and salt-tolerant shrubs, a drink with food is always greatly appreciated.

Adding a neutral liquid to acid, dilutes it. That’s basic chemistry. The stomach would then have to produce a lot more acid to try and compensate. Some young healthy people may be able to do that but not so much for older people.

Humans tend to lose stomach acid as they age so may struggle if they’re washing their meals down with liquids. But many people have low stomach acid to begin with due to such things as chronic use of antacids, H. pylori, nutrient deficiencies and junk food.

Gut and GI problems are so abundant these days and low stomach acid only makes it worse.

My mum would have a cup of tea with everything, including curries 🤣🤦‍♀️

Yep weirdo here, never occurred to me and I have to say I don't know anyone else who does either.

I have to drink a lot alongside food so always get a fresh litre of water before I start to eat

Because a meal should be a pleasure, not a recreation of a medieval witchcraft trial!

Bless you, that sounds absolutely awful 😔

I eat when I'm hungry and I drink when I'm thirsty – they don't always overlap? At breakfast time is the only time that they usually do.

I never have a drink with my meal at home, it is entirely unnecessary. I have a drink with my meal when I’m out, mainly to stave off hunger whilst waiting.

I have to drink while I eat to wash it down, I drink after every few mouthfuls of food otherwise I carnt eat. I only drink with meals unless it's a really hot day then I have an extra drink in the afternoon. Everyone's different

I always have a drink with food. My parents, siblings, DH and kids do too. ILs on the other hand never do ( I must have converted DH). They will eat and then have a cup of tea afterwards.

I realise I do have liquids during a meal only with things that are too sweet or salty to lessen the taste in my mouth..

I dont drink while i eat.
As i am currently treating an ulcer and acid reflux along with a hiatal hernia.
One of the methods to manage this is to not drink while eating and it has made a huge difference to me.
It always baffles me that people can be so ignorant as to assume someone is wierd because they do something different to them.

My husband is like this. He rarely has water with a meal. He drinks a lot of tea throughout the day and the odd pint of squash. Hardly ever drinks water. He is also really slim naturally and never gains weight or anything despite eating a lot.

Im living proof its true.
Plus when my endocrinologist specialist doctor advised it, and he is the best in the country, i tend to believe him.
Plus it works.
HTH.

I did, all of the time for many years, but don't seem to now.

Always a drink and often more than one at a time. Juice, tea and water for example. One drink is never enough! (i’m a thirsty person and I’m breastfeeding).

Even with wet foods?
Does your food get stuck? If this happens then, I don't want to worry you, but you really need to see your GP.

Huh?

How is eating without a drink like a medieval witchcraft trial?

I understand for please ie enjoyment of a nice wine etc….. but that’s not “need” is it?

My question was why some posters say they “need” a drink or “cannot eat without one”

Yes, or chew food more and slow down?!

We have water with every meal at home. I don’t need it to eat, but tend to down a glass as habit after the meal to help fill me up.