Do animals even drink or need as much water as we do in order to be healthy?? Why do we need so much?
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You say we need so much, but how much do you think that is?
You can get water from many sources, for example, from any drink and from fruit and vegetables. You don’t need to drink it as plain water.
In total, for your water from *all* sources, you only have to have enough to keep your pee light straw coloured. That’s around just over a litre for most people. Usually, that just means having a drink when you are thirsty.
However, there are lots of myths around drinking plain water:
* That you need to drink 6-8 glasses of it per day
* That the more you drink the better
* That it will somehow ‘flush out your kidneys’
* That you can’t harm yourself by drinking too much (very rarely, drinking too much can be fatal)
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