The more the water we drink the more the need we have to pee. So how does it actually help your body when it only consumes the amount of water it requires for its functioning and releases the extra one. Basically i am confused why Doctors recommend drinking 8 or more glasses of water when our body doesn’t retain much of it
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Practically speaking, drinking lots of water only helps when something stressful is going on, and you need to replace water thats been. Your kidneys at peak efficiency, and your breath, lose less than a liter of water a day. That’s what needs to get replaced normally. That’s not a lot of water… Most people aren’t that efficient, so you need more water to make up the balance. The average American is honestly over hydrated, but our diet has enough salt and minerals it doesn’t matter.
Keeping intestinal flow, and such in the GI tract is something to consider as well.
The whole job of the kidney is to regulate the amount of water in the body, it’s good at it unless something bad is happening.
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