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Originally Posted by IronKitten
Based on the 'average person' needing 2-3L. Someone active, and particularly someone who eats more protein (higher than the RDA's stupid value of something like 40g) should be drinking even more.
Not exactly. Any beverage with caffeine will pretty much negate the water in it due to dehydration factor. Same goes for a lot of 'energy drinks' that contain some sort of stim.
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My question is how do you come up with the 2-3L? Is it based on any tangible evidence or is it just a rule of thumb? That's my main issue, everyone says you should drink x amount but nobody says why or why we know this is the magic number. How does my consumption change if I drink x amount of coffee or x amount of beer? How many litres do I need after a hard night of studying and drinking my face off (coffee and beer)
I'm not going to lose any sleep over it at all LOL. I'm just throwing my opinion into the mix because I'd like to see some hard evidence ;)