Americans everywhere are encouraged to drink half their body weight in fluid ounces in water each day or the proverbial eight eight-ounce glasses of water per day. Is it too much? Is it not enough? For answers, we turn to some basic aspects of human physiology. While water may seem perfectly pure and natural, you can “clearly” have too much of a good thing, and the side effects can be surprisingly nasty, and include numerous signs to look out for.
We often hear that our bodies are made up mostly of water. While this is true, it is only a half truth, and it certainly isn’t justification for blindly chugging as much water as you can stomach each day. In reality, the “water” in our bodies is not much like the water coming out of our faucets, found in bottles of Fiji, or coming out of home filters or distillers. The “water” in our bodies is more like soup, or seawater, or milk. Read more
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