glurge retort needed

got this in the inbox…I’m not “anti water”…but some of the “facts” seem flaky…any retort (did not find a cite at snopes)

Do You Drink Enough Water

  • 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. - In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.

  • Even MILD dehydration will slow down your metabolism as much as 3%

  • One glass of water shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study.

  • Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

  • Preliminary research indicates 8-10 glasses a day could significantly ease= back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers. - A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory and trouble with basic math, as well as focusing on computer screen or printed page.

  • Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus can slash breast cancer risk by 79%, and makes you 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

“- One glass of water shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study.”

I can’t vouch for the rest of them, but I’ve found that since I’ve upped my water intake, I haven’t been waking up in the middle of the night hungry. I used to almost every night. Given, it’s very possible that something else is responsible for this, but it does seem that water has an affect.

Is it possible that the message is not glurge and mostly on the mark? Glurge usually is used to manipulate emotions or provide a hokey moral and this doesn’t seen to be the case. You may not always get the glurge dead giveaway like the closing line, “so now you know the rest of the story.”

My own empericical evidence says it could be true. Unless I’m exerting and sweating a lot which will give me a healthy thirst I often fail to drink enough water. I’ve gone to the doc thinking I had a kidney infection or the flu only to learn I just need to drink more water.


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Question! What do they consider a “glass” of water? It seems odd that the report should be so precise on the percentages of lowering risk of disease, and so imprecise on this detail.

Most medical and dietary sources I’ve read define a glass as 8 ounces. Rule of thumb - drink a half gallon a day. Keeps you fit because you spend so much time running to the toilet, you don’t have time to eat junk food… They didn’t think it was funny at Weight Watchers either <sigh>

Actually, FairyChatMom, you need to drink a certain amount of water depending on how much you weigh. For me, my water intake should supposedly be something like 118 ounces. There’s a calculator for figuring out how much you should drink on this site: http://www.water.com/learn_about_water/swg1340_hydcal.asp

I put my weight into the water calculator (fortunately I know it in US units–don’t ask why) and exercise time and it told me I needed to drink eight 12-oz glasses! :eek:

The page mentioned looks like it might be from a medical association, but did anyone notice the “buy water” section, and the water coolers on the home page? After looking at the about page, I see that water.com is a campany that sells spring water across the net, and is in fact a subsidiary of Suntory Water Group.

I presume that they’re interested in getting people to drink as much water as possible. Most people I know don’t drink 8 glasses of water a day. I thought that that overall daily requirement of water included the water present in other foods and drinks.

BTW, is it true that cola causes you to excrete too much water, thus making you thirstier?

Fek’! Now I’m thirsty…


Rigardu, kaj vi ekvidos.

IME: If you wait till you’re thirsty, you’re already dehydrated.
I don’t know about the longterm medical claims, but dehydration can cause some weird symptoms and make you feel cruddy in general. I know several people whose back pain ended up being dehydration (their kidneys were causing the back pain IIRC). I don’t know about joint pain, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

Again IIRC, caffeine acts as a diuretic, so colas could make you thirstier due to dehydration.
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I think you should respond by warning the recipients of the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide.

What, are they trying to kill you or something?

All of those statistics sounded a little watered down to me!

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