Mistakes when trying to drink 2 liters of water a day

Many experts have proven that the 2-liter figure is completely inaccurate and advise us to stop drinking 2 liters of water per day starting today.

According to the explanation of Dr. Robert A. Huggins, who is working at the University of Connecticut, each of us has different needs for daily water intake. In particular, factors such as gender; external environment (temperature, humidity, weather, pollution, etc.); frequency of vigorous activity, diet and lifestyle will significantly affect each body's water absorption needs.

Drink plenty of water but in moderation because too much of anything is not good. Therefore, you must listen to your thirst and consider that the best way to know when you need to drink more water.

Necessary notes to drink water properly

Tips for drinking water by observing urine color

As soon as your urine turns dark yellow, drink another 250 ml of water to rebalance it.

For people who exercise regularly

To estimate how much water to drink in a day, Dr. Huggins recommends that athletes do a small experiment with 4 simple steps:

+ Weigh yourself to see how much you weigh without clothes on.

+ Drink enough water before exercising (absolutely do not drink alcohol during exercise) and if you are thirsty during exercise, you can drink a little water to keep your throat from drying out.

+ After finishing your workout, measure your body weight again without clothes on.

+ Take the first measured body weight minus the second measured number and then convert the weight loss in kg to liters (remember to subtract the amount of water drunk during exercise, if any).

That's your "sweat rate" — the amount of water you lose during exercise and need to replenish during the day, says Dr. Huggins.

If measuring your weight before and after exercise is too much trouble, to save time, you can base it on Dr. Huggins' estimate that most of us will lose 1 to 2 liters of sweat for every hour of moderate exercise.

While dehydration is dangerous, being too dehydrated can also be harmful to your health, according to a report published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine and lead author Dr. Tamara Hew-Butler.

Dr. Tamara has noticed that many athletes have low blood sodium levels because they drink too much water during exercise, causing electrolyte imbalance, causing the body to fall into a situation of nausea, vomiting, headache, fatigue and even more seriously, can lead to deep coma and death.

In fact, these cases have happened to marathon runners, 10,000m runners, Ironmans triathletes, and even in yoga classes.

In general, the amount of water we need to drink a day cannot be 2 liters of water but depends on each person's body.

Drink plenty of water for good health but in different proportions for each person./.

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