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15th Aug 2017M0nica commented on:
Water benefitsNo, of course I am not suggesting that if you do all the 'right ' things you can ensure a healthy old age. I have seen too many die prematurely for that, but statistical analysis shows that those who do live a healthy lifestyle are more likely to live longer and in better health than those who don't, which is all I claim for myself. You were asking the advantages of drinking, what I would consider, excessive amounts of water as a means to improving your diet to ensure a longer life by avoiding heart disease, which is much the same thing. I merely suggest that the standard recommended healthy life style is more likely to achieve that that any dietary or other lifestyle excesses.ViewDate:
14th Aug 2017M0nica commented on:
Water benefitsWhich is why I fully supported the NHS recommendations, which are for fluid intake from all sources, including fluids contained within food, for example, fruit and vegetables, gravy etc. They are not recommending drinking 1.2 litres of water a day, over and above your normal fluid intake. There is a happy medium between getting dehydrated and overhydrated. I am very wary of any health recommendations that recommend dietary extremes, whether drinking large quantities of water, eating lots of protein, not eating carbohydrates, eliminating food groups or any other dietary fad. I think one of the reasons I am in good health is that I am one of those boring people who have always acted sensibly where my health is concerned. kept my weight down, not smoked, light drinker (of alcohol), kept fit and eaten my minimum 5 portions of fruit and veg a day for decades before it was officially recommended. That is the way to good health in old age, not dietary extremes, which includes drinking excessive quantities of water. You are looking for a diet to keep you in good health in old age. This is the very ordinary eating pattern that has worked for me.ViewDate:
14th Aug 2017M0nica commented on:
Water benefitsI am not aware of any advantages in drinking lots of water every day. NHS recommendations are that you should consume about 1.2 litres of fluids each day, more in hotter weather or if you are doing work that makes you perspire a lot. Note they say; fluids', not just water. No reason for not drinking coffee, tea or other drinks, although high sugar drinks are best avoided. Drinking lots of extra fluids will not make your body more hydrated, your kidneys and bladder automatically dispose of any excess fluid in the system, as you have probably found out. However, drinking water or other fluids to excess can be dangerous. because flushing out the excess fluid can cause the amount of salt and other electrolytes in your body to become too diluted. In extreme situations this can be fatal. People have died from extreme overhydration. My guide to healthy eating in old age can be summed up in the words of the American food writer, Michael Pollan; 'Eat well, not too much, most of it plants'. His other aphorism, to add to the first is: ' If it is made from a plant, eat it; If it is made in a plant(factory), don't'. It has worked for me. I am in my mid-70s, not overweight, physically fit, with no medical problems and on no medication.