Evening Dee,
>> At 10:10 AM 5/8/2008, you wrote:
Well, I read that over eight glasses is too much (I think) I seem to
remember this because this is the amount most seem to recommend. Trouble
is, I read so many things, that unless I am looking into that particular
thing at the time, I just remember snippets.
Even if you remember all of it, confusion still exists. Many reasons
exist for the confusion.
The mainstream, and these doctors say one thing and alternative people say
another.
Many different numbers exist for the MDR or RDA.
Some sources use Salt and others use Sodium. More Confusion and different
numbers.
Body weight, activity, temperature, humidity, radiant heat, all enter into
the picture, including the color and type clothes.
My grandson drinks 3 gallons per day of water at times. He carries a 3
gallon pack plus another pack that weighs 65 pounds. 25 miles per day for
4 days, a 100 mile march carrying all that weight requires that much water,
and adequate electrolytes.
I do not think he worries about all the technical data, and all the
articles in the world about
too much salt and too much water.
Too much is better than not enough, for people like him ,and even old, sick
people.
Another reason for confusion is the ignorance or the masses, including
professional people like doctors, nurses, and pharmacists.
Remember I asked 3 different pharmacists how much potassium was in a 10 MEQ
tablet.
Two would not answer and the third one was dead wrong.
So, don't ask any of those fools how much salt or how much water you need
in a day.
One final though, the statements like too high, too low, too much and too
little, ever 8 glasses are
all Fuzzy Logic and cannot be defined.
Questions like this, "Really? How much is too much? " cannot be
answered. Period !
My grandson knows just how much he needs, ........... all he can carry.
Wayne
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