Is there a difference between being thirsty and dehydrated? Like scientifically, biologically – by the time you notice that you are thirsty, are you already dehydrated?
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Aiight so I don’t understand something here.
If the healthy thing for your body is to drink a lot of water (a gallon a day, which just seems absurd), but folks here are saying “don’t drink water just to drink water, only drink if you are thirsty”, those two things do not seem to work together.
I try to drink a lot of water. I can normally get close to drinking 3L of water per day, but often I am just finishing off a liter of water before a meal (to try to avoid overeating). I can say, though, I am definitely not “thirsty” every time I drink, and if I only drank while thirsty, there is no way I’d be able to drink a gallon (or not even) a day.
So … what is the proper move? Drink a lot of water each day OR only drink when thirsty?
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