How Many Glasses of Water Should We Drink a Day?

[@nqkoi159]

I continue to be amazed how most nutritional recommendations are based on almost nothing.

[@arthurbostic1963]

Follow the money. Meaning who profit$ from following their advi$e?

[@viveviveka2651]

Industry funded propaganda based on industry funded "studies," including "peer-reviewed scientific studies." Follow the money trail. Sometimes they succeed in hiding it, sometimes they don't.

[@izaacblack3410]

Anyone else immediately go and get a glass of water after this?

[@melinda7729]

I used to try drinking 8 cups per day and felt like I was drowning myself. I am a 107 pound, 5'2" woman. This is what happens when male biased studies are applied as advice for everyone. I do not need as much water as a 200 pound, 6'3" man. Now I only drink when I'm thirsty, which comes to about 5 cups of water per day, not including fruits, vegetables, etc. Thanks Dr. Greger for clearing this up.

[@mer7cer7]

Here is the trick, keep a pitcher of water next to your desk. This way you make sure you get enough water... ...and a treadmill. Right, Dr. Greger?

[@diegonayalazo]

Thanks Doc for sharing your knowledge

[@zukodude487987]

Got water?

[@mei1217ka]

+zukodude487987 hahahaha i love it

[@amyleesuits]

I was always upset that I could never seem to drink enough water everyday... well now I know my 5 cups a day is adequate! thank you :D

[@gloristef]

Ikr! I was just talking about it w my bf the other day.. I cannot seem to be able to drink more than that.. lil ago my goal was "drink more water" glad I found this vid! :)

[@john4385]

...How much does coffee count towards our water goals...???...😋😋😋

[@lovepeacehappy8565]

Should be drinking water befor we eat or with the meals? Dr. Greger say drink before you eat. But I have read when you drinl water before you eat the gastric acid thinned and then food not good digested. So is bettet to 30 minutes before you eat!? What is true now?

[@SayuriYaki]

So for women it’s 0,96L to 1,68L and for men 1,44L to 2,64L. (Also ugh, why are cups so inaccurate and complicated? ^^ It‘s probably not if you have grown up with it but come on the metric system makes so much more sense than the imperial system. I don‘t care how you bake your cake at home but scientific research should really be using metrics.)

[@viveviveka2651]

Unless one thinks in imperial, as most Americans do. Dr. Greger's audience is predominantly American, and it makes sense that he speak their language, and communicate in ways they understand. As far as "making sense" goes, imperial makes a lot more sense to me. Metric is like a foreign language; imperial is very natural.

[@DiveMaiden1]

I hope those are minimal amounts. As a female I drink a minimum of 64 oz of water. Depending if I'm running around all day or staying put, as well as the temperature, I'll drink as much as 128 oz of water. This amount doesn't include coffee, tea, or coconut water (which I would drink to replenish my electrolytes on a hot day).

[@80slimshadys]

Holy crap that must be a bitch to calculate, i hate seeing the imperial system. 28oz x 128 is fucked compared to say 250mL x 10

[@viveviveka2651]

@@80slimshadys I find imperial much easier because I have used it all my life. 128oz = one gallon. This I know immediately, just as one cup = 8oz, one pint = 16oz, one quart = 32oz. Very familiar territory.

[@80slimshadys]

@@viveviveka2651 thats not the point I was making. Yea you know the usual units things are measured in but if someone asked you what a random number times a random number is you would struggle but with metric everything is in even and round numbers and much easier for your brain to calculate. Like if someone asked you what 32.7% of a pound is I'd assume you'd need a calculator but if someone asked me what 32.7% of a kilo is I can easily say 327 grams

[@孤独の観測者-o7e]

I drink 2-3 gallons a day, I hope it's not washing all the minerals out of me.

[@viveviveka2651]

There are so many variables (body size, activity types and levels, humidity and climate, perspiration levels, genetics, diet, water levels in foods eaten, etc.) that it seems exceedingly crude to make general recommendations. A better approach, it seems to me, is to monitor the color of one's liquid elimination. A light straw color is ideal. If it is darker (brown or very yellow), then it is best to drink more water (certain foods and vitamins can result in strong yellow color, though, even if water intake is high). If the color is clear or only very faintly yellowish, it indicates too much water. Frequency and quantity of urination are also indicators.

[@SameerSameer-ir9cv]

നന്ദി 😁

[@john4385]

Urologists recommend you PEE over 2.5 quarts daily to prevent kidney stones. Especially true for those over 70 years of age

[@mjanavel]

Fortunately I live in NYC, which has good tap water, so don't need to go the bottled route. Thanks for the info, Doc.

[@uros4925]

Michael Janavel Well think again concerning tap water in general. If you want the best water, get a water distiller.

[@80slimshadys]

@@uros4925 Distilled water is the worst possible way to drink water, filtered is the only way, distilled water is dead water.

[@turbonbc]

Drink when thirsty and eat when hungry. Its not rocket science. TIP: When hungry, drink a glass of water and see if the hunger subsides because in most cases we are thirsty and confuse with hunger. I drink anywhere from 2 - 4 liters a day. Follow your body is the wisest way to live.

[@80slimshadys]

I always drink water before a meal for that reason

[@Emile-philia]

If I drank water and ate food only when hungry and thirsty, I would be both starved and dehydrated.

[@turbonbc]

@@Emile-philia No only because your brain has been "trained" to believe that you will, but naturally you can fast for many days without food and water and you will be fine.

[@Emile-philia]

@@turbonbc Not at all I'm afraid. Hunger and thirst cues are different for people.

[@JamesSmithTexas]

Tell that to obese people.

[@lisagortemiller4307]

Have you done a study on ionized hydrogen water? And do we need to be drinking it?

[@juanesteche503]

Una dieta basada en frutas y vegetales crudos no requiere de beber agua. Experiencia propia que cualquiera puede llevar a cabo en su casa. Antes de opinar, hagan la prueba. El único agua que bebí fue un vaso chico diario que se necesita para poder realizar algún licuado que quedará de consistencia cremosa. Saludos!!!

[@MrAdamantine]

Hello doctor I would like to ask about bottled water, how beneficial is it ? with the alteration of sodium levels and inclusion of fluoride, do you recommend drinking bottled water ? Would like to know your thoughts about it Thank you Adam Ayesh

[@username-yn5yo]

there are like a million different brands of bottled water nobody in the world can answer your question

[@Dan.50]

So, the 8 cups a day that the guy came up with a hundred years ago was right on the money.

[@philddlesticks]

That's not what this video says

[@mugs4439]

Phil Griffiths yes it is lmao

[@A.I.-]

@@philddlesticks Video says: Women >>> 4-7 cup of water a day Men >>> 6-11 cup of water a day So 8 cups, I would say right on the money from the first dude 100yrs ago.

[@philddlesticks]

no, it's talking about relative amounts including from foods.

[@mugs4439]

@@philddlesticks yeah but its still 8 cups of water.

[@dogfight156]

another awesome vid!

[@Tinchki]

quite less I guess, women 5-6ltr & men 7-8ltr.. conciously by keeping a 1-2ltr Copper water bottle with them.

[@joelyazell7380]

Compared to water drank without glasses. You gotta look at the water and the people drinking it.

[@Apodeipnon]

People who drink "two of less glasses of water per day" scare me. Like why do you torture your body like that!

[@chrislotano]

6 to 11 cups of beer it is dr!

[@gloristef]

Lmaol.. seriously...

[@ChuckFreeburg]

This whole water thing has something missing to it. I drink water if my mouth is dry or whatever. It doesn't instantly feel like boom my water is met. I would gamble to say the same goes if I drank a lot. My theory is maybe the water need is meant to be met as the "water" in vegetables. Maybe it's because I drink a lot of water I notice. At least listening to my body water alone isn't doing it for me.

[@80slimshadys]

I really struggle to drink over 1.5-1.8 litres a day any more and i'm forcing myself which doesn't feel right. My piss is crystal clear with that much, so drinking over 2L for me is bullshit

[@ChuckFreeburg]

80 Slim Shady's yesterday I had a large drink from Starbucks and one of those 500mL water bottles. Ate a thing of oatmeal that was loaded with fiber (about 23grams). Each time I drank the water I had to pee. It was near fully white. I probably went to the bathroom 4 times with the one 500mL. I took a b vitamin out of curiosity. I didn’t pee bright yellow either. Actually it wasn’t until about 12 hours later that my pee turned brighter from that b vitamin.

[@80slimshadys]

@@ChuckFreeburg What was the B vitamin supposed to accomplish?

[@ChuckFreeburg]

80 Slim Shady's some say vitamins don’t work. Some say they do. Maybe it’s the type of serving size idk. But B vitamin complex (assuming it works) is suppose to do multiple thing.. too many to list. P.s. usually if you take a b vitamin you pee dark yellow. So they say you pee your money away. So I guess if you don’t pee dark it means it was taken up?

[@evelynbaron2004]

Just this morning I saw a news release stating that on long flights water could be deleterious to your health since in the absence of electrolytes it rushes through you and does no good. Their answer; 2% milk. I get the part of absence of electrolytes and there is indeed such a thing as over consumption of water but this news item was …………….. insane.

[@mei1217ka]

I drink 3.7 to 4 Ls of water. Is this unhealthy? Btw I am raw vegan.

[@EmahRoseVogue]

+Meika Ahn this is late as crap but i'm also a raw vegan and i drink about 3.5L a day too. This is definitely healthy! Your body may not absolutely need all that water, and could definitely function on less, but the more water you drink, the better your toxin elimination is. So I say go for it and drink all the water you think you need :)

[@mei1217ka]

Emmaisliterate Thanks for the reply!

[@EmahRoseVogue]

It's definitely difficult working out how much water you actually need/feel best drinking, I'm struggling a lot lately to determine this too! :x i think it's just something you have to gauge day-by-day and try your best at, without putting a restriction or a minimum on it! Same as eating I guess ha :)

[@raulcirasino6000]

Meika Ahn if you exercise or run... You will need more water but just DRINK WHEN YOU FEEL IT.

[@blue_cameron]

Meika Ahn Obviously not kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5aXqI1tbqytfbc

[@richardlinares6314]

👍

[@marylouirick7316]

Sit down went u drink ur water,plus always Carry water with u. Take water with u in ur car. No soda.

[@jan-hendrikmasuch7196]

Can you get (realisticly) to much though??

[@80slimshadys]

Now i know Sv3rige is a clinical lunatic and a lot of his theories are bullshit, but his water theory sounds a bit plausible, not completely, I know the stupid like to try and say a lot of words stringed together to make them sound like they know what they are talking about but it does sound logical. He thinks we don't need to drink water and that water actually dehydrates your cells, but dehydrating your cells does sound plausible, there is a whole science behind it on his video that i can't remember but it is the only thing that makes any kind of sense that he says. He says the whole water thing is corruption from the bottled water industry and since being vegan I am aware of how much corruption their is in these kinds of things, I am well aware of all the shams the industries have made just to gain wealth, so this theory of his has some merit in that regard, and Greger said himself there is no real study in this field so i don't know what to think, I'm still sceptical though. This is his video kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXusfnmNhNqUb8U

[@darrin81128112]

Water ??? What the hell is water is that the brown stuff that comes out of my faucet no wait I know its the stuff that falls from the sky that eats the paint off of my car no hold on its the stuff that makes mountain dew liquidly and coffee thinner I got it now.

[@MrUFClaw]

In liters!?????

[@tottifan6979]

4 cups is 1 litre.

[@username-yn5yo]

how about we drink when thirsty? that seemed to work for the past bazillion years

[@MrAxileas]

We are here to find whats optimal. Just because people survived doing things in the past, doesnt mean that those things are optimal.

[@TheLambdaPrincess]

Shame on me for reading any comments and expecting enlightenment. To everyone who is sure their opinion is correct, I would suggest medical school. 🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓

[@AsadFTWD]

I don't drink any water 😂

[@80slimshadys]

Nah me neither, i just drink liquid gold or beer as some like to call it

[@AsadFTWD]

Rich Pipia um im not sure but I'll notify you ok?

[@potrebitel3]

The work of Fereydoon Batmanghelidj wasn't funded by the water bottle industry. For sure not when he started it in the Iranian prisons :-)

[@evan7852]

Cups are smaller then glasses.

[@80slimshadys]

Tables are smaller than benches

[@meraribenlevi6245]

@@80slimshadys lmao

[@triciaskiles]

If I drink 6 glasses and pee out 5, do I really need 6 glasses?

[@mugs4439]

Can I ask where you think that water goes if it’s not supposed to come out of you?

[@triciaskiles]

@@mugs4439 into the cells for use

[@mugs4439]

Tricia Skiles then by your logic, if you pee out 5 then just drink 1 glass of water a day?

[@triciaskiles]

@@mugs4439 yes this is my question, do you have an answer backed by science?

[@mugs4439]

@@triciaskiles just look up waters effect on your body. You don't drink water just to hold it in your cells lol. Just like food just bc you poop out food doesn't mean your eating too much

[@MaximC]

Soon we will have recommendations on how many breaths a day we should have... 😄

This video should have been three seconds long.

[@risafey]

He likes to cover the studies on a topic over a few minutes, so his audience knows he isn't pulling his information out of nowhere.