Jason,
Hmm.. that’s interesting. Personally, I think that as long as we don’t obsess over water intake and simply drink a reasonable amount, we should be fine.

-Keith

Haha, nice. Just checked out your site, great post and content!

Pro athletes like Kobe Bryant definitely need more water than the average man. Glad you like the article.

Casey,
Water intake definitely depends on activity. The more you exercise, the more you usually drink. I just don’t want people to go overboard with this. As for caffine, I personally have never felt any more hydrated from drinking a diet soda as opposed to a cup of water, but everyone’s different.

Great article

Cheers,
Jordan

Also on the caffeine note. Caffeinated drinks may be made of water, but their caffeine properties are what dehydrate you, not the water property. Caffeine is a natural diarrhetic – which flushes out fluids. When you bring a diarrhetic into play when talking about water, your body will just flush out any water that it brings in. Also since caffeine is aAgreed on all accounts about the 6-8 cups of water myth. But the amount of water you take in also depends on your amount of activity. The problem with waiting until you are thirsty to drink water is that by that point your body is craving it, thus your brains knows you don’t have enough of it. You don’t become thirsty unless you are deprived of the amount of water you need.

Also on the caffeine note. Caffeinated drinks may be made of water, but their caffeine properties are what dehydrate you, not the water property. Caffeine is a natural diarrhetic – which flushes out fluids. When you bring a diarrhetic into play when talking about water, your body will just flush out any water that it brings in. Also since caffeine is a diarrhetic it confuses your brain where to put water, so water doesn’t go to the necessary places your body needs (like muscles after a hard work out – so you become sore and stiff instead because of lactic acid build up).