Why do they recommend drinking 8 cups of water a day?!
Question: I have to use the restroom about 5 times a day when I do that, and maybe even more. I don't know because I'm usually in class or doing something that prevents me from going as soon as I need to, so maybe I would be going more often if not for that. By the way, holding it in isn't good for you, right? So by drinking that much, I make myself hold it in more often than if I drank about 2 cups of water, so in turn, am I causing harm?
Is that normal? Is it just me?
Answers: I have to use the restroom about 5 times a day when I do that, and maybe even more. I don't know because I'm usually in class or doing something that prevents me from going as soon as I need to, so maybe I would be going more often if not for that. By the way, holding it in isn't good for you, right? So by drinking that much, I make myself hold it in more often than if I drank about 2 cups of water, so in turn, am I causing harm?
Is that normal? Is it just me?
Water flushes the excess toxins out of your body. It gets the toxins out of your colin, liver, kidneys, and bladder. You need water to be healthy. Studies show that the more water people drink the healthier and less likely they are to get sick.
Your bladder will expand if you drink a lot of water all the time. After a while you wont need to go to the bathroom a lot. However, it is good to go that much because you are getting all the toxins out. Any good doctor will tell you your urine shouldn't be yellow.
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I don't think you are causing harm, but I think planning when you need to pee is better to do. Like I drink A lot of water. I pee before I go to bed, drink water in the morning pee then, after work I drink A LOT of water, then by night time I just pee normal. I drink more water than most people but it is planned. I actually drink a lot of tea as well inbetween. A lot of the whol bladder thing has to do with "muscles," and not so much as how much it is full.
Don't fret it. Urinating 5 times a day is normal... Seriously I pee maybe like 10.. I'm not exaggerating. However, I can hold it all day. I choose to pee A LOT when I am at home to get the toxins out. Work, well I don't have the time so I gotta only do it a couple times.
That's an urban myth that got started somehow years ago. Actually, it's 8 glasses of water a day, not cups. 'Course, who's to say how big a glass. Just a bunch of bs.
Drink when you're thirsty. You'll be fine. Might just be 2 glasses a day, or might be 8.
They recommend drinking 8 cups of water a day because our bodies are made up of 70% water. Water contains the oxygen that goes into the blood that travels to all the cells of your body. Without the oxygen we would have no energy & our heart would shut down. Also water flushes the body of toxins.
I don't think it's normal for you to need to urinate so often. You might get checked by a MD.
If you aren't holding it in for hours it won't harm you.
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