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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 147 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It wouldn't be surprising if a person who was drinking too little water was also getting too little sleep and too little exercise, so they could have multiple sources for the same symptoms.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 86 points 2 weeks ago

Hey, you didn't have to make it personal...

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[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 113 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I've been preaching this for quite a while now. If I have to post it again, so be it:

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a crochet toast holding a sign saying "cook the toast, butter the toast, eat the toast, shit the toast. God, life is relentless."

Same energy lol

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 83 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I’ve found that once I increased my salt intake (along with my water intake) my brain fog, dizziness, exhaustion, and pee went away.

[–] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 84 points 2 weeks ago

Electrolytes, it’s what plants crave!

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 60 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 40 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow seeing that gif was a forcible mental teleportation back into the early 90s.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Okay, slightly exaggerated. More like I stopped peeing as frequently.

Salt causes water retention.

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How can you not be getting enough salt?? We don’t need that much and it’s in basically everything

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

🤷‍♂️

Maybe? Maybe not. It’s expensive to test for, and cheaper to treat the symptoms. And I can monitor my vitals myself.

~Finest healthcare in the world!~

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Obviously I don’t know anything about you but I have cystic fibrosis so I lose a TON of salt and do need a high salt diet, some people who carry the cystic fibrosis gene express it fairly strongly and need more salt… could be something unusual like that I guess

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But if you drink more water, you also need more salt.

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[–] SirHamlin@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Intake water? Like from the toilet?

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 weeks ago

Brawndo. It's got what we crave!

[–] xep@discuss.online 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Consider also reducing your sugar intake!

[–] Anchorxiety@reddthat.com 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I really struggle with this one. I love sugary treats. Chocolate, fizzy drinks, etc.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

With fizzy drinks I found it very easy to shift towards flavored seltzers instead of it's the fizz specifically. And if it's sodas... Zero sugar soda tastes 99% the same as regular due to the mix of multiple sweeteners. Totally different from diet sodas which usually just use one or two, usually aspartame which also has a strong aftertaste.

If possible for chocolate, higher quality products often will hit that craving better than the cheap candy bar type stuff with 5x the amount of sugar.

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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It gets easier if you go 100% cold turkey for a few months; I stopped any kind of refined sugar in like 2016 and now more subtle sweetnesses stand out, and the occasion I eat things like ice cream with chocolate or a glazed jelly donut makes me physically ill.

I was recently given a monster and holy shit people drink that, by choice? Why is there so much??

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had this too. After a month without sugar, I lost the taste for it. I can do a few spoons of icecream or a tiny bit of cake, but that's it. I can eat a shit ton of sweet fruit though. I ate 4 mangoes in a day. (Don't do that.)

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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you and you will resent its absence.

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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Me before drinking lots of water: depressed

Me after drinking lots of water: depressed, but hydrated

[–] Monte_Crisco@thelemmy.club 14 points 2 weeks ago

Also, feeling more alert and, therefore, more aware of my depression.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
  • At best, if it as as good as it's said, it helps your liver, kidneys and bladder by getting rid of noxious substances faster and at lower concentration levels.
  • As worst, if it has no benefits at all, you piss more often.

Unlike most "health" trends out there "drink more water" will be very good in the mid and long term if it works and only mildy inconvenient if it doesn't, so logically it seems worth trying unless you're in the kind of situation where taking a piss is somehow dangerous.

IMHO, people going for "convenience today" above all else is behind most of the shitty trends in most present day societies, and I don't just mean it in health terms.

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 11 points 2 weeks ago

I am one of the OG hydro homies and it legit changed my life drinking more water. Skin cleared up (acne wasn't terrible, but there was almost always some blemish), lost weight (less soda, less hunger in general), reduced stomach issues (helped with getting regular and not binging, just better general gut feeling), no more UTI's.

I also get to pee like 4 times throughout the day at work which just helps break up the day.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Unless you are dehydrated drinking more water is of minimal benefit. Unless you're replacing other unhealthy drinks with water, but that's got little to do with the water.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago

Drinking more water is the most effective way to prevent and manage kidney stones by diluting urine and stopping mineral crystals from clumping together

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It does seem like the "drink more water" propaganda which has gripped the US for many years now, has been an extremely succesful campaign for getting more Americans to lessen their sugary drink intake in favour of water. That is objectively a good thing.

The downside is all the Americans preaching to everyone else in the world on the internet about it, even though most of us already didn't drink excessive amounts of sugary drinks.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Look up how cells handle oxydation, radicals. More liquid helps.

Btw, the average adult drinks less than recommended.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You are not drinking more water, the average adult drinks too little, you're drinking enough.

edit: less -> little

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Zu wenig auf Englisch ist too little. Less wäre der Komparativ (weniger)

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think with a lot of these health trends, it doesn't take account for the fact that humans are animals.

Animals can't always guarantee they'll get enough water, or enough food, or the right kinds of food. Bodies aren't like a machine that requires specifically calibrated amounts of inputs. Instead if you drink too much you'll pee out more. If you drink too little your pee will be more concentrated so your body retains more liquid. If you get more nutrients than you need, the extra will be eliminated.

It's probably true that with many things (except calories) it's better to get a bit too much rather than too little. Maybe it's true that for water it's better to get nearly the maximum rather than slightly more than the midpoint amount. But, it seems unlikely to me.

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

my dude, i agree, but you've been doing that for what, three years? that doesn't really seem healthy.

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[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

You post so many comments like that, sounds like you miss your ex and can't get over 🥀

[–] zerobot@lemmy.wtf 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

if you dont drink the pee, that's your problem, like that you just waste the water, you have to put it back

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[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 17 points 2 weeks ago

Pissing is its own reward

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I like peeing. Feels good man.

[–] wraekscadu@vargar.org 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can I see please 🥺👉👈

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And just like that you have created an orgy pit. Stop sending all the horny people to the same place!

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 10 points 2 weeks ago

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it's over hyped.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

....... Do you guys not enjoy a good piss?

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A good piss, sure.

The 4th good piss this morning so, far? No as much. I'm trying to rot my brain here and it's getting hard to do that when I have to get up and pee every 34 minutes and 23 seconds.

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[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] megopie@beehaw.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

See the trick is you gotta combine that with eating more fiber!

Then your will piss more and you will poop better.

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