Women can see the colour of their pee just fine thanks!

I drink at least 80 oz of water a day. After working out. I need it. Your body is made of
Mostly water, so I think it's essential. Water helps speed up your metabolism and make you feel full. If I do t drink enough water I get headaches and don't feel well. So even if you can't see any science behind it, I recommend you drink your water! :)

My doc told me a long time ago that as long as my pee isn't dark, I'm probably hydrated. The only warning he gave was that the toilet can really dilute the pee color and make it look a lot lighter than it really is, so be careful with using that.

I do it because I want to and it makes me feel amazing. When I do not drink enough water: I don't lose weight, I have digestive problems, I am always hungry, and I feel terrible. At the least I drink 8 cups, at the most I drink 12 (and that's plain old water).

We can all look things up online ( I'm not hating on google), but I asked my doctor. He said to drink 8-10 glasses per day, sometimes more in the summer. Maybe you should ask your doctor why it is vital.

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I aim for 100 oz of water per day. If I get at least 80, I'm OK with it. I do go by the color of my urine, as my doctor told me when I was pregnant. She said a well hydrated person's urine should look like homemade lemonade (slightly tinted). If it's darker than that, then you need to drink until it clears up. Of course, when I take my B complex supplements it turns my urine a darker yellow momentarily, so I don't use those times to judge hydration.

I get up once per night when I'm drinking 100 oz per day. Doesn't bother me. And because I have a desk job, drinking lots of water and refilling my 14 oz cup is a way to ensure that I'm not sedentary all day as well.

I drink at least 10-16 oz of water before any workout that will be 30 mins or more. I drink a cup or more during any 1 hr or more workout. And I drink about 20-28 oz after my workout to rehydrate.

I love water. Other than the occasional juice and green tea, it's the only beverage I drink.

I can only talk for myself, but I can tell a difference. In my skin, my stomach - everything.

Depends on the person. I need at LEAST two liters of water a day.

I live in the desert so I need way more than 8 cups a day or I can totally feel the effects of it.

I believe that the whole 8 glasses of water thing was a sort of mistaken quote or a report but into terms that could be understood then it spiralled out of control, unfortunately I can't find a source for this. I believe they worked out that the body needs roughly 8 glasses of liquid a day to function but this can be liquid from anywhere including food so not actual glasses of water. Saying that I usually drink a lot of water anyway.

My tattoo artist told me that he wont work on people that drink too much water because their skin in mushy. He says it's impossible to tattoo those people. It's like tattooing on a wet sponge. LOL. He said the water just seeps out of the skin. Very weird. He said he tells them to go dry up a bit and come back. LOL. Random, but funny too.

Actually, you would be surprised just how much you do drink in one day.

Personally, I do not log my water at all, but if I were to add up all my juice and other drinks during the day it would far exceed the 8 cups business.

I find it hard to drink 8 cups of anything in a day! I just don't drink that much so then I'm forcing myself to drink just to get to that 8 cup goal!!

I know I feel so much better when I am hydrated. I drink @ least 8 cups a day & tend to drink more. I love water. I quit drinking diet soda, and limit my crystal light intake to a few times a month.

not as it's coming out!! LOL!!! We gotta wait, stand, turn, look and see!

look up "she wee". Problem solved.

I have had kidney stones 3 times in 11 years. My urologist chewed me out big time after my first 48 hour urine test. I thought i was doing a great job hydrating (clear urine and all) and he said that my volume was only HALF of what it should have been. That explained the 14mm kidney stone that I had to have 3 surgeries in 3 weeks to resolve. He told me that for my body, I need to drink a minimum of 3L a day, and 4L + would be better.

I just watched Bob Green on "The Revoluton" and he asked the question of how many glasses of water we should have daily. I'm not sure where he got his information from but he said it is more like 6 8oz. glasses a day unless you are exercising and then increase it to 8 glasses. I personally don't like to pee all day but I do believe it has helped with my weight loss so I consume at least 9 glasses a day. I am my own scientific proof to myself

That's because many doctors don't understand body physiology at all. Most of us go through medical school memorizing, than you learn "algorithms" to practice. Seriously, this is the truth. Find a doctor that believes and knows his physiology and you'll get the best care based on scientific backing. This is how I practice. Physiology pretty much dictates how you should treat this and that without having to turn it into a guessing game. The above reader quoting the benefits on water is also correct.

Sarah is also correct, there is no "set standard" on what you should drink. Some people 5 glasses might be sufficient, while others that number must be much, much higher. What a lot of people don't understand that in medicine we are aiming for the 90% or greatest number that applies. Not all drugs work for all people, no do all people get side effects. That is because everybody's body physiology is just a bit different.

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I drink 5 lites a day...so 20 glasses of water. I feel my best when I am thoroughly hydrated. on a bad day I may get in only 13-16. through trial and error I found this works for me. some people might require less.

I don't believe it is necessary and that their is no reliable evidence to support the cliam. My experience is that drinking that amount of fluid on top of food and other drinks just causes me to urinate excessively . However if it 'works' for other people, and it appears to do so from the posts then they should continue. Anything that works as long as its not harmful, is a good thing. I know really excessive water intake is harmful but that is much more than 8 glasses a day.

The only 3 people in my in-laws that aren't in the medical field have said on multiple occasions that u should drink a minimum of 64oz of water...but to be sufficiently hydrated, drink ur body weight in ounces. I def need to drop weight. Weighing 195 pounds, I should drink 195 oz of water...

also heard the pound to ounce rule of thumb by others as well.