my dad said if you drink 8 glasses of water a day you will not get kidney failur!
Question: My dad said if you drink 8 glasses of water a day you will not get kidney failure. is that true?
my grandpa had kidney diesease and my dad always tells me to drink 8 glasses of water everyday cause that way i will not get kidney diesease. is that true? im 13 and he said if i do it when im yound then my free from it when im older
Answers:
That's a myth. Your grandpa could have any number of conditions or things that he did that caused renal failure.
You only need to drink enough water so that if you squeeze the skin on the back of your hand together, it immediately flattens out. That's a very quick simple test showing you are properly hydrated.
It won't HURT, but it won't definitely guarantee that you won't ever have renal (kidney) failure.
Cleaning your system is very important so drinking plenty of water helps.