[nukkad] water drinking

["Mahesh chandra gupta" <>]

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Harish wrote:

The forwarded matter is contradictory to the mail which I received 
that had recommended to drink 8 glasses of water
a day for optimal heath. Any comments ?????
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1. One glass of water means 200 ml. Thus, 1600 ml a day is not a 
big deal.

2. Amount of water to be drunk would depend upon ambient 
temperature. It would be more in a tropical country.

3. In general, we can safely leave it to the natural sense of 
thirst to act as a determinant of how much water to drink. We do 
not have to be bothered about it. Just drink when you are 
thirsty.

4. Excess drinking of water voluntarily might be harmful in 
certain cardiac and renal diseases.

5. On the authority of erstwhile professor and head, Deptt of 
Urology, AIIMS, during personal discussion with him, it is 
advisable to drink plenty of water. It would certainly be so in 
Delhi, where weather is hot and renal stones are fairly common.

MC Gupta, MD


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