Irish times article on myths about our need for water

eilo1

I read this in the Irishtimes today and personally I think its a breath of fresh air. I'v always felt people are obsessing about the amount of water needed to function.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0718/1224300883730.html

SO, ANOTHER modern health myth has bitten the dust. You don’t have to drink eight glasses of water per day, if you don’t damn well feel like it. Last week Glasgow GP Margaret McCartney examined the claim that drinking eight glasses of water per day was beneficial, and concluded that it was “thoroughly debunked nonsense”. On the contrary, Dr McCartney wrote in the British Medical Journal , drinking too much water can actually be harmful. Here was a shot that went round the world. There hasn’t been this much excitement since it was established that the American recommendation to “Strive for five” servings of fruit and vegetables every day had been arrived at pretty much at random.

cc87

The headline has absolutely nothing to do with the study they are talking about though. Taking what was said completely out of context. Just because too much isnt good doesnt mean less is better

g'em

It was also reported last week in the Telegraph - thread about it on N&D.