87220347The other day a bunch of us were having a discussion on how much water the human body really needs,  I rarely drink the recommended allowance except during the summer months or when doing physical activities,  You always see people who are running or jogging carrying along their bottle of water, but that’s not something I have ever needed to do.  Maybe others do become dehydrated quicker and need that bottle of water to sip on throughout the day.

What I found out about drinking water

The concentration of liquid or water in the human body is anywhere from 52% to 80%,  this all depends on the body size, for the human body to function properly we need to consume  anywhere from 1 to 7 liters of water per day.

No one can really say how much water intake is needed but many advocates say that six or seven glasses a day others say that 2 glasses a day is   is the minimum to stay properly hydrated. Although medical figures claim you need less, usually one liter per day.  However  common sense says that if you are doing heavy work outside , exercising in  extreme heat  water consumption should naturally be more.

You can overdue water intake as there have been cases of people becoming intoxicated by ingesting excess amounts of water, in fact there was just a recent case last year in the U.K of a person who died from excess water consumption.

To keep our body hydrated we do not necessarily need to consume water itself as we can obtain hydration from eating fruits and vegetables, teas and other sources of liquid.

As you can see hydration is important but not to the point of guzzling the seven to eight liters that is recommended daily, in any case I will just continue to keep my self hydrated as usual, which is usually when  I’m thirsty.