Fat shaming goes viral. Fat-Shaming Week receives national attention.

[leemajors]

Whoa that's a lot of water! I can't do that. My doctor told me that a generally healthy person is fine with 16 oz per day and letting their thirst guide them for any extra; that's assuming of course they are maintaining a decent diet that should provide 25% of their water requirements anyway. While taking large quan ies of water is good for your metabolism, people need to be careful with water depending on what kind of exercise they do. All you weightlifting guys should be fine but the runners (especially) need to be aware of the possibility of hyponatremia/hypokalemia; it is probably a good idea to drink at least one sports drink per day to replace the sodium and potassium lost during a long run. Also, do you drink green tea? If you replace 24oz of your 80oz of water with green tea, you can increase your metabolism by 4% over 24 hrs. Any little bit helps

Sea salt is a great additive for water. I also drink a half teaspoon of food grade Diatomaceous Earth with water daily. I drink 2-3L of water per day, but I am also riding my bike around 145 miles/week at this point and I need it

[Spur-Addict]

Repulsive fat tub of

Why bother with the fork and knife?

[benefactor]

Whoa that's a lot of water! I can't do that. My doctor told me that a generally healthy person is fine with 16 oz per day and letting their thirst guide them for any extra; that's assuming of course they are maintaining a decent diet that should provide 25% of their water requirements anyway. While taking large quan ies of water is good for your metabolism, people need to be careful with water depending on what kind of exercise they do. All you weightlifting guys should be fine but the runners (especially) need to be aware of the possibility of hyponatremia/hypokalemia; it is probably a good idea to drink at least one sports drink per day to replace the sodium and potassium lost during a long run. Also, do you drink green tea? If you replace 24oz of your 80oz of water with green tea, you can increase your metabolism by 4% over 24 hrs. Any little bit helps

Actually, what I recommended was on the low end of what many professionals recommend. Fitness guru Chris Powell recommends that you drink half of your body weight...which is what most trainers will recommend...and the Ins ute of Medicine recommends 91oz for women and 125oz for men. If you divide it up right between meals and drinking throughout the day 80oz is manageable and I think most healthy people wouldn't have a problem with electrolyte loss consuming that amount. If you add in the 25% for food intake it gets you right at 100oz, which splits the difference nicely between the mens/womens amount recommended by the IOM. I agree about running though...especially long distance. A sports drink or electrolyte water additive is a good idea if you are tackling over 5k per day.

Green tea...ugh. I just can't get into it. I know it's great for you but it's just nasty to me. It's solid advice though and I think xmas1997 should definitely give it a shot.

[leemajors]

seriously, skip the sports drinks and powders. Sea salt's chemical composition is remarkably similar to that of blood. 1/8 tablespoon per 8oz.

[benefactor]

seriously, skip the sports drinks and powders. Sea salt's chemical composition is remarkably similar to that of blood. 1/8 tablespoon per 8oz.

Would you do just one a day or a few?

[leemajors]

Would you do just one a day or a few?

I usually just put some in my Osprey bag before I go riding, and then one glass immediately after as well.

[boutons_deux]

Look at her face...like it's the last bottle of Coke on earth or something

nah, checking the dead bugs in the light fixture

[FkLA]

benefactor can you help me out on how to lose weight and gain noticeable muscle simultaneously? You sound like you know your tbh.

[mrsmaalox]

seriously, skip the sports drinks and powders. Sea salt's chemical composition is remarkably similar to that of blood. 1/8 tablespoon per 8oz.

Well the sports drinks also replace potassium---which I suppose most people replace with bananas but I can't touch those. Sea salt contains a trace of potassium and a few other elements, but those amts are pretty insignificant---at least that's what I remember from comparing sea salt vs table salt for cooking. Are those trace elements the reason it is similar to blood?

And the DE---do you use it for GI or musculoskeletal? I've heard it benefits both.

[leemajors]

Well the sports drinks also replace potassium---which I suppose most people replace with bananas but I can't touch those. Sea salt contains a trace of potassium and a few other elements, but those amts are pretty insignificant---at least that's what I remember from comparing sea salt vs table salt for cooking. Are those trace elements the reason it is similar to blood?

And the DE---do you use it for GI or musculoskeletal? I've heard it benefits both.

I got it for my dog initially for home deworming, and just started taking some myself because my sister recommended it.