How important is it for me to drink water? Can I get enough hydration if I only drink juice & soda?
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Your body needs water, and you cant get enough of it through juice and soda.. if you dont like water, if it doesnt taste good to you then it means your dehydrated..you really do need to drink water..so you can start of with like one or two glasses a day if you want..i mean you need to replase the water that your body uses through the day hun..
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No.  In fact, it is a good thing.\nYou will be charging your body with glucose (sugar), and likely potassium, sodium, and other essential electrolytes.  So long as you actually workout (not just prance about the gym trying to attract attention), you will be fine.\n\nThe danger is in drinking too much of these drinks...and not working out.  You will overload your body with these electrolytes and actually dehydrate yourself...and potentially cause organ damage.\n\nGood luck, and stay active!
21155
Good for you!  The more water the better your body flushes out.  But do try some cranberry and also apple juice.
974036
no.  juice contains ALOT of sugar which will just add to your problem.  Just try diet and exercise!  Its the best and easiest way!
803658
Maybe you aren't drinking enough water. You need at least 8, 8 oz. cups of water a day. When you don't drink enough you are smothering your blood cells. There is a lack of oxygen. I was doing really well drinking my 8 glasses a day and I was full of energy. I have stopped drinking the water though against my better judgment. I have never really been a fan and I love Pepsi. I end up drinking too much soda and not enough water. I need to get my act together too. It's funny, I know for a fact that more water means more energy but for some reason I choose to ignore this fact. Not very smart huh...
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Food usually accounts for 20 percent of your fluid intake, so you if you consume 2 liters of water or other beverages a day (a little more than 8 cups), along with your normal diet, you can replace the lost fluids. \nEight 8-ounce glasses of water a day. Another approach to water intake is the "8 x 8 rule" — drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day (about 1.9 liters). The rule could also be stated, "drink eight 8-ounce glasses of fluid a day," as all fluids count toward the daily total. Though this approach isn't supported by scientific evidence, many people use this basic rule as a guideline for how much water and other fluids to drink. \nDietary recommendations. The Institute of Medicine recommends that men consume 3 liters (about 13 cups) of total beverages a day and women consume 2.2 liters (about 9 cups) of total beverages a day. These guidelines are based on national food surveys that assessed people's average fluid intakes. \nYou can choose any of these fluid intake approaches to gauge your fluid needs. But your current total fluid intake is probably OK if you drink enough water to quench your thirst, produce a colorless or slightly yellow normal amount of urine, and feel well.
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I'm no doctor, but I have read that drinking plain ol' water (not sodas which have sodium or other popular drinks) helps the body to not retain fluid. Sorry, don't know the mechanics or where I read it. Like the other person said that hope there is a doc involved in this as decreasing fluid intake could be hard on body and kidneys unless under medical supervision.
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How much water do you need?\n\nEvery day you lose water through your breath, perspiration, urine and bowel movements. For your body to function properly, you must replenish its water supply by consuming beverages and foods that contain water.\n\nA couple of approaches attempt to approximate water needs for the average, healthy adult living in a temperate climate.\n\nReplacement approach. The average urine output for adults is 1.5 liters a day. You lose close to an additional liter of water a day through breathing, sweating and bowel movements. Food usually accounts for 20 percent of your total fluid intake, so you if you consume 2 liters of water or other beverages a day (a little more than 8 cups) along with your normal diet, you will typically replace the lost fluids. \n\n\nDietary recommendations. The Institute of Medicine advises that men consume roughly 3.0 liters (about 13 cups) of total beverages a day and women consume 2.2 liters (about 9 cups) of total beverages a day. \n\nEven apart from the above approaches, it is generally the case that if you drink enough fluid so that you rarely feel thirsty and produce between one and two liters of colorless or slightly yellow urine a day, your fluid intake is probably adequate.
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Drinking lots of water that is pureified or spring water is important, also exercise because healthy skin comes from good circulation. For vitamins, Vitamin A & E is great as well as selenium. The amino acids can also be bought as supplments and lysine is particularly good.
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I'm glad you pointed this out.  I think its very bad advise to say that people need 8 glasses of water to lose weight.  This is wrong.  The body may need 8 glasses of fluid, but that can be any type of fluid, like milk, juices, coffee, tea, whatever.  I lost 80 pounds and have kept it off for over 5 years and drank water just when I was thirsty.  If I would drink 8 glasses of water on top of my other liquids, I would be totally bloated.\n\nI did drink more water when I worked in a steel foundry, but I would alternate it with a bottle of gatorade.  Gatorade has some electrolytes in it.  How did you restore your electrolytes?
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what motivates me to drink water is the thought of the benefits. \n\nwhen drinking it , think of all the toxins in your body that it is flushing out. also think of how it will hydrate not only your skin, but internal organs which keeps them healthy and functioning properly.\n\nyour body needs more water than it tells you. you don't have to even be thirsty but still need more water.  when drinking soda, tea, coffee, and etc, your body has to break it down to get the water content. with straight water, your body can process it right away.
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it's good but try to vary your juices.\n\norange, grapefruit, cranberry, lemon, mixes... make sure they're not from concentrate.\n\n:D\n\npotassium, vitamin c...  most juices are enablers of not only hydration and essential minerals but some are very good laxatives.\n\nsome help break up lipids and juice is also good help the body remove toxins.
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Because you're body is still dehydrated.  The only fluid that truly hydrates the body is water.  All other beverages are digested through the digestive system as though they were a food - just learned this after being in the hospital with dehydration from seizures and stroke occuring at the same time - I now have to drink 120 ozs of water a day or my body feels sluggish and undernourished - if I drink another beverage - I have found it is usually unsatisfying as far as quinching thirst.  If your water is from your tap it may have a chemical in it you're reacting to - so I would suggest bottled water.
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The body is 90% water.  By drinking water, you are filling your stomach up thus telling your brain that you are not hungry which cuts down on the amount of calories you eat.  Also, water has 0 calories.  If you stop drinking soda and only drink water, the weight will fly off.  It also flushes out the impurities in your body and keeps your other organs strong.  I did this and lost 10lbs in 2 weeks and it didnt come back.  Hope that helps.
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Yes, you should count coffee and black tea - as a minus!!\n\nReason: They are dehydrating.\n\nAs a doctor told me, our body is actually not built to get calories/energy with liquid, except as a child, so better drink as little beer or fruit juice as possible. Both contain more energy than milk and can make you fat as well...\n\nSo the best is to stick to water to get your liquid intake recommended.
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As far as I know, water is the only thing which works for what you want to do. The question becomes one of how to do the intake. Juices, soups, anything liquid which contains water will work, but you will have to drink more juices and such than pure water to achieve the same result. So, drink water, or juices as you prefer, keeping in mind more juice than simple pure water will be required to get to the same point.
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Water does provide some nourishment for the skin and prevents dryness and flakiness.  It moves to the top layer of skin through transepidermal water loss.  \nHowever, I don't believe that you should actually drink eight to ten gallons or glasses of water each day.  Drink when you're thristy.