2.5 litres of water daily

[MargoSilch]

I’ve just started building up my water intake to 2.5 litres per day. Having previously suffered with illness after illness after illness and tying that into running etc.

Just wanted to ask what does 2.5 litres of water daily actually do to your body and what results will I start to see and feel?

People’s own experiences on this are extremely welcome...

[V8covin]

The more you drink the more often you'll go to the toilet 😀

[NovaPower]

Not quite sure what the issue is here...2.5 litres per day is the recommended intake for a male.

[ReallyReallyGood]

There’s no scientific basis for the advice, it does nothing.

[thatjagbloke]

As far as I understand it, it is 2.5 litres of fluid that is recommended, and part of that comes from the food you eat as well. Obviously if you are training hard and sweat a lot you will need to drink more to rehydrate and water is best for this.

[The_Doc]

You should either drink to quench your thirst, which these days is often the best advice, even with the science behind it. The trouble comes when you are too busy/pre-occupied to notice you're thristy.

Or drink water until your pee is no yellower than weak lemon juice

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If your pump (heart) is weak, then simply ingesting more water will accumulate in you, and this is bad. People depend on diuretic drugs to clear this.

If you're really going for it, Ibiza-Style, then you can get https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

So, as you can see, just drink when you're thirsty. It's funny how the body has evolved some sort of check mechanism to guide you eh? Almost as if the body is a result of tens of thousands of years of work......

[Brainpox]

Mild dehydration can affect your energy levels and your ability to concentrate. You don't need to drink loads, but I have found drinking a glass of water first thing in the morning helps me get going when I get into work (this is purely anecdotal of course).

[millen]

I thought Prof Tim Noakes had debunked the 'conventional wisdom' that athletes need to excessively hydrate http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products...
That said, my friend in Thailand needs at least 4 ltr a day when the sun is really turned up!

[soad]

V8covin said:

The more you drink the more often you'll go to the toilet ??

But pee won't look yellow?

[xjay1337]

I would generally go on trying to drink approx 1-2 glassees of water per 1-2 hours for normal activities.

You'll start weeing more initially but you'll soon get used you it and not need to.

[Mothersruin]

I find the key to being properly hydrated is keeping a squidgy litre bottle on the table at all times and just having a regular sup. I fill it up at any point when it's less than half full and I'm going anywhere near a tap.

I'm a coiled spring with one eye on my phone and the need to react at a moments notice, so being fully bevved up is not a choice, it's a necessity.

[Jakarta]

xjay1337 said:

I would generally go on trying to drink approx 1-2 glassees of water per 1-2 hours for normal activities.

You'll start weeing more initially but you'll soon get used you it and not need to.

By this metric you're giving a 400% spread?

1 glass every 2 hours or 2 glasses every hour.

Most confusing advice. One litre stein or shot glass?
When I submit my medical data I state 15 glasses of beer a week, never tell them what size glass