How much water do you drink?

[Mike400]

As a follow up to the "I might have drank plastic" topic....

The OP on that thread says SIX LITRES a day....I thought I drank a lot with two litres a day

What do most people go through? Obviously it depends on your job and stuff (im mostly desk-bound)

[btdk5]

Enough so i'm not thirsty.

Not exactly rocket science is it....

[tonyvid]

1L plus about 6 mugs of hot stuff a day - can we discount glasses of wine though...?

[Georgiegirl]

That does sound an awful lot - I drink between 0.5 to 1 litre a day of actual water, the rest is tea, coffee, squash etc. I used to drink 3 litres and feel very smug but the doctor told me that was too much.

[sleep envy]

between 1.5 to 2.0 litres during the day and another 1.5 litres if I'm playing football

[staceyb]

About 6 or 7 pints. Either hot or cold.

[Mike400]

I drink about three / four cups of tea plus a glass or two of milk every day as well....

Dont know if wine counts!

[Risotto]

Like any other animal, I drink when I'm thirsty, but I seem to be in a minority these days. I regularly see people (mostly women) carting huge bottles of water around with them.

Certain people do need to drink so regularly that it's wise to carry some liquid around at all times - they're called babies.

The idea that an adult living in our climate needs to nurse a water bottle all day long is ridiculous.

Edited by Risotto on Thursday 2nd April 12:57

[Moose.]

Just over 2 litres on average. If I'm out and about mountain biking, considerably more

6 litres seems a lot though! I'd be on the loo every 1/2 hour if I drunk that much

[sleep envy]

staceyb said:

About 6 or 7 pints. Either hot or cold.

hot water? makes me gag

[elster]

Probably about 10 pints a day of juice.

[Simpo Two]

As water, almost none.

Risotto said:

The idea that an adult living in our climate needs to nurse a water bottle all day long is ridiculous.

Indeed - I suspect:

1) Desire to look fashionable/'keep-fit'
2) Frightened of drinking tap water (probably the equal safest in the world)
3) Sucker for marketing
4) Believe nonsense about 'flushing toxins'
5) More money than sense

[Matt_N]

Risotto said:

Like any other animal, I drink when I'm thirsty but I seem to be in a minority these days. I regularly see people (mostly women) carting huge bottles of water around with them.

Whilst I agree to an extent, thirst is not the best indication of dehydration, hence why in hot countries they tell you to drink a certain amount of water per hour / day to maintain your hydration levels.

[staceyb]

sleep envy said:

staceyb said:

About 6 or 7 pints. Either hot or cold.

hot water? makes me gag

I love it, especially with lime.

[Vipers]

Not a lot I s'pose, I like to dilute my whisky with whisky..... probably a dozen or so cups of tea during the day.

[Iain H]

I drink lots of beer flavoured water!! Does that count?

[thehawk]

Simpo Two said:

As water, almost none.

Risotto said:

The idea that an adult living in our climate needs to nurse a water bottle all day long is ridiculous.

Indeed - I suspect:

1) Desire to look fashionable/'keep-fit'
2) Frightened of drinking tap water (probably the equal safest in the world)
3) Sucker for marketing
4) Believe nonsense about 'flushing toxins'
5) More money than sense

As someone that has had kidney stones and woken up pissing blood I can assure you that there are genuine reasons some of us deliberately drink a lot of water.

[loafer123]

I read somewhere that the research which supposedly says "drink 8 glasses of water a day" actually says "you need 8 glasses of water a day of which you get 5 from the food you eat". It was done back in the 60's I think.

Did I dream that, or has anyone else heard of that too?

[ol]

The water where I live tastes better than any I've ever had before, hence I drink about 8-9 pints per day. Can't get enough!

[drivin_me_nuts]

anywhere between 6 and 20 cups of tea a day depending on whether with clients or not. Rarely water by itself - tastes weird.