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For years, scientists suggested we should all be swilling down a vast amount of water a day – eight glasses, every day, each.
But do you really need to have a glass of water at your elbow all day long?
Probably not, according to a 2016 study, which found that ‘listening to your body’ is a good rule. And what’s more, drinking too much can actually be dangerous.
Water actually becomes difficult to swallow when you no longer need to drink, the scientists say – and going past that limit can kill, in extreme cases.
‘If we just do what our body demands us to we’ll probably get it right – just drink according to thirst rather than an elaborate schedule,’ said researcher Michael Farrell from Monash University in Australia.
‘Here for the first time we found effort-full swallowing after drinking excess water which meant they were having to overcome some sort of resistance.
More at https://sg.yahoo.com/style/heres-many-glasses-water-really-need-drink-every-day-110651846.html
But do you really need to have a glass of water at your elbow all day long?
Probably not, according to a 2016 study, which found that ‘listening to your body’ is a good rule. And what’s more, drinking too much can actually be dangerous.
Water actually becomes difficult to swallow when you no longer need to drink, the scientists say – and going past that limit can kill, in extreme cases.
‘If we just do what our body demands us to we’ll probably get it right – just drink according to thirst rather than an elaborate schedule,’ said researcher Michael Farrell from Monash University in Australia.
‘Here for the first time we found effort-full swallowing after drinking excess water which meant they were having to overcome some sort of resistance.
More at https://sg.yahoo.com/style/heres-many-glasses-water-really-need-drink-every-day-110651846.html