How Much Water Should We Drink?
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A play on words from the old saying: Water, water everywhere, but how much should we drink?
As a personal trainer, I know the benefits of water and frankly, most people don’t drink enough. That’s why we are constantly hearing about why water is so vital to a healthy lifestyle. Although the old adage of drinking eight glasses a day is sometimes discredited, water is still essential for a healthy body.
According to two University of Pennsylvania researchers (Stanley Goldfarb and Dan Negoianu), water is not quite the life-giving liquid as once thought. Goldfarb and Negoianu explain that they could not definitively prove through existing scientific literature that water can help clear toxins from the body, reduce the frequency of migraine headaches, prevent weight gain, or promote skin health.
Check the next few blogs for an introductory discussion of each of these points.
Erin
References
Taylor, Paul. (2008). The Globe and Mail. The Science of Water is all Wet. Retrieved
from Section L, April 4, 2008.
Sauers, Joan & McMillan-Price, Joanna. (2005). Get to Know your Gut. New York: Marlowe & Company.
