shake water before drinking... why?

Dear Shylade! I am Vet practicing for Race horses and my age is 50+ ! This I am writing here just to let you know that I am having a background of science and I am a matured enough to discuss with you about this matter seriously! In fact simply by agitating or shaking a bottle of water we can never separate the molecules of water. There is a strong force which makes these molecules to bind together and that is why we get the water in liquid form. Even when we are boiling the water we are not in a position ti separate the water molecules, still they remain as water molecules only in the gaseous form! This in my opinion you have been misinformed by some one who doesn't have sound knowledge about the molecules and the binding force which keep these molecules intact! Now coming to the other part of your discussion , It is not the gall bladder which gets filled up with pee after we drink water but it is the Urinary bladder! Gall bladder has got a very vital role to play in digestion as it stores bile secreted out by liver! So kindly do some research work before blindly believing others and forming a firm opinion about anything! Some times things may be dangerous too! My idea is not to offend your feelings, but just to let you know the facts! Thanks for the thought provoking discussion ! I liked participating in it! God bless!

Where did you get this information? I didn't know about this. Maybe I should try this today. Thank you for sharing this.

While it does no harm to shake water, the 'scientific' explanation for doing so which you have been given is complete poppycock! What happens when you shake water is that it aerates it and small bubbles of air become suspended for a time in the water. Flowing water from, for example, a mountain stream is aerated like this naturally and, as a result, tends to taste better than water which has been left standing (thus allowing the suspended air to disperse). Water molecules are composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom and they cannot be 'broken' by shaking.

That's really informative, this is the first time I've heard about the importance of shaking. I think most of us while drinking water we prefer it not to be disturbed, what I mean is once we poured water to a glass we wait for the bubbles to settle first before we drink it. So we need to break the molecules in the water so that it can easily be absorb and retain by our cells longer. I think I will try it, thanks for initiating this topic.

hi there can you give me a link of where you have read this? i just know that it is a standard precaution that we should be able to pee not less that 30cc per hour and so if we can drink that much water, we should also be able to pass out just about the same amount. maybe i should try that too

Hi, I've never heard that before, that shaking water is good. Well, it's a new information to me, and it does sound logic. Thank you for sharing this and I will surely try to shake my water before drinking and see the result myself, about 20 times each, got it .

Wow! Is it? I think I gonna try it today and see how my urination going in 1-2 hours because usually I go to toilet every hour, I think I can go now every 4 hours, isn't that great! Thanks for the information, shylade.

Really? Is this really true? If so, then I wanna try it. I usually shake only juices or sodas or other liquids except water and only if it's in the bottle.

Thank you for sharing this information.er Well I do not really shake my bottled water before I drink it but I think this does makes sense. I think I will do this from now on to get the most out of my drink. Thank you and have a great day!

yeah! and not also that,it also helps to lossen your fats