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Casual reminder that there's no actual scientific evidence..at all..at all..at all..that you need to drink 8 glasses of water today.
It's another diet culture myth. Wanna know why? Keep reading ->
It's another diet culture myth. Wanna know why? Keep reading ->
So, long story short, they made it up. Health institutions just made it up and it wasn't based on anything.
If you're new to the fact that fat is pathologized and doctors and health professionals are influenced to hate it under Capitalism, here - https://twitter.com/HappyShiiba/status/1290389498988130304
If you're new to the fact that fat is pathologized and doctors and health professionals are influenced to hate it under Capitalism, here - https://twitter.com/HappyShiiba/status/1290389498988130304
I don't usually quote doctors on this topic but some of their input can be useful. For example, here -
https://bit.ly/3oWVbIi
You're overhydrating yourself. In fact, it can kill you - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-drinking-too-much-water-can-kill/
https://bit.ly/3oWVbIi
You're overhydrating yourself. In fact, it can kill you - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-drinking-too-much-water-can-kill/
I tried to research it though. Basically, people tried to do the same thing and came up with nothing. They surmised that it was based on people..weirdly not knowing that water is in everything we consume, 'sugary' or not, solid or liquid.
Here's one study here - https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpregu.00365.2002
And another one, which highlights my point about people literally thinking fat is the devil and thinking it has to be 'flushed out' is here -
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00866.x
And another one, which highlights my point about people literally thinking fat is the devil and thinking it has to be 'flushed out' is here -
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00866.x
I meant '8 glasses a day' not 'today' but welp. Some people WILL think they have to drink 8 glasses of water today.
You don't have to, darling. Just drink enough until you feel like you're good to go <3
You don't have to, darling. Just drink enough until you feel like you're good to go <3
