How many glasses of water do you consume per day?

Philippines
July 6, 2007 3:53am CST
There is a rising incidence of urinary and kidney problems nowadays due to the food we eat and lack of fluid intake in our bodies. I only take 5 glasses a day, but take coffee or chocolate as additional fluid intake. How about you?
1 person likes this
6 responses
@TawnyJo (131)
• United States
6 Jul 07
When I was working, I would easily drink 5-8 glasses of water a day plus green tea and Diet Coke! Now that I've been off work, I only drink about 2 glasses per day (if that!). I have still been drinking my green tea and Diet Coke though! I really do need to increase my water intake. I felt better when I was drinking more water.
1 person likes this
• United States
6 Jul 07
You would feel even better if you stopped drinking any kind of soda, even diet coke.
1 person likes this
• Philippines
7 Jul 07
Green tea is good to detoxify our body....but water is the best.
• India
7 Jul 07
hmm...really nice discussion created..... i drink around 2 and a half or 3 litres of water everyday....as i am in Chennai...the temperature is always very very very hot...around 40 degree celcius....so u need a minimum of 2litres per day at that temperature... nowadays its around 30 degrees....but i have the habit of drinking that much... at temperatures of 40...drinking even 1 litre of water will lead to dehydration....i got dehydrated once....!
1 person likes this
• Philippines
8 Jul 07
40 degrees? Wow thats very hot...what kind of clothes do you wear with that kind of temperature? I know some people would nose-bleed when its very hot. Water really helps. Thanks for appreciating this discussion.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
8 Jul 07
I wish I could drink 5 glasses a fay, It is hard to do that because I don't like water. I will buy water, bottle Spring water.
• Philippines
6 Jul 07
I try to drink as much as I can during the day (about 7 to 8 glasses) but when I am not home it's quite difficult to do. Doctors say beverages, coffee or tea should not count in our daily water intake. Thanks for your discussion, I got reminded to have my drink.
1 person likes this
• Philippines
6 Jul 07
Your welcome Emilie. Wow you can drink that much water? I wish I could do that.
@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
6 Jul 07
Hi there. I drink over 2 litres of water everyday, and its refreshing to do so, especially after a workout, which i do 45 minutes of every morning... Water is great for the body, it also flushes the toxins out...
1 person likes this
• Philippines
7 Jul 07
Hi Nardz...great for you, you can drink that much water.
• India
6 Jul 07
I know it is necessary to have 10-15 glasses of water daily but iam unable to do this. Beacuse when ever i tried to do this i have to sit with a bottle and have water.But i avoid junk food and oily food.But i want to built a routine of having water but i can't.
1 person likes this
• Philippines
6 Jul 07
I think you need determination to drink more if you want to achieve it. Goodluck...