Drink even when you're not thirsty

[micky]

It's been 97 today and expected to be 100 or 101 tomorrow and Sunday.

And of course they are saying to drink water.

And not this time but other places say to drink even when you're not thirsty.

Can you do that?

I've tried to stock up for the future, for an extra few hours, by drinking extra water and, even though my stomach is not full, if I'm not at all thirsty, I can't manage to drink .

OTOH, when I am thirsty I don't have to be told to drink. Who are they telling?

(Actually I've noticed that if I eat and drink water at say 10PM, I may not eat or drink anything more until 2PM the next day. Seems strange but I'm not thirsty. It's almost 8PM and I don't think I've had a drink since noon.

[Rod Speed]

Yep, do it all the time. Drink a glass of water before going out for a walk for exercise.

Never get that effect.

Those who don't feel thirsty. Plenty don't.

I don't drink anything all day most days, and don't have anything to drink first thing in the day either. I have it all at the end of the day instead.

[Cindy Hamilton]

People like me. I rarely get thirsty. I've been known to set a timer to go off every couple of hours so I remember to drink a glass of water.

Cindy Hamilton

[Thomas]

If your urine is not clear or close you need more water.

[trader_4]

On the other hand I remember a journalist trying to track down the basis for the various recommendations of how much water you're supposed to drink, like 8 eight ounce glasses a day. After a lot of searching, he could find nothing, no studies, etc to back it up. And he observed that he also could not find any cases where people who had access to water had died from a lack of water. He did find cases where people had died from drinking way too much water, typically as a bet or challenge.

[Ed Pawlowski]

The key is "access to water" Every summer you hear of some athlete passing out either from self imposed regimen or an over zealous coach. Not just water, you need electrolytes too.

From Google: How many football players have died from heat stroke? Since 1995, three football players a year on average have died of heat stroke, most of them high schoolers, according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research, which tracks football injuries and deaths.

[trader_4]

I'd also say heatstroke and not having enough water are not the same thing. You could have lots of water and still have heatstroke, especially from strenuous exertion in high temps.

[Rod Speed]

But there is some evidence that you can get less than fatal downsides like kidney stones more frequently if you don’t drink enough water.

[rbowman]

There is the scheme where you put a number of rubber bands on your wrist to remind you.

[rbowman]

I can't remember the book but I do remember the kids were instructed by their leader to sound off 'Copious and clear, sir' whenever they took a leak.