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....So you think people don't get hydrated by water.. .....
Nothing I wrote came close to this gibberish. Of course hydration refers to water. The discussion is about carrying water bottles everywhere and frequently sipping. There seems to be no data to support the need for frequent drinking. Nor does there seem to be any data to support the benefits of drinking amounts well beyond basic needs to prevent dehydration.
Public water fountains? Do they even have them anymore?
Anyway, I carry a bottle of tap water, in my case well water, in the car just in case I get thirsty because I am pretty sure I am not going to run across a water fountain anywhere. I rarely carry the bottle with me because I am usually not away from the car more than a couple of hours at a time.
I see public drinking fountains where I live in various places including parks, malls, groceries stores and others. They are usually located by the public bathrooms. Perhaps it's just here, but they are not rare.
I see public drinking fountains where I live in various places including parks, malls, groceries stores and others. They are usually located by the public bathrooms. Perhaps it's just here, but they are not rare.
There has been countless testing done on bottled water and the vast majority is no better than water from your own kitchen regardless of the brand name of the water you are buying. Many big name bottled water companies get their water from public water, the same water that comes out of your tap, not somewhere in Fiji nor Alaska glaciers, LOL.
That's what a lot of people don't get. I worked on a project that packages the water bottles for a major distributor. After a little snooping around and a few questions it was easy to find out that the water came directly from the city's water system. I was also reminded of the plant's policy that "what is seen or done here, stays here".
These days, it seems like most younger folks are toting around water bottles and drinking water *all* the time. Is it really improving our health? I have my doubts.
In the early 1990s, I had a family member who carried a bottle of water everywhere and was always sipping on that water. He was also in the bathroom every 30 minutes (for obvious reasons). We thought it was pretty weird that this healthy 30-something guy was constantly drinking water.
Now it seems like the norm.
When did Americans decide that we must have bottled water with us at all times? Is it really improving our health and/or our longevity? It seems like a very curious habit to me (but then again, I'm old).
Silly.
Not sure if it is improving our health or not but access to water is easier. I used to have to find a water fountain somewhere, like back in the seventies and eighties. Or boil water because you know the city water is generally suspect, unless you live somewhere close to Canada with a good supply, like New York.
You might get clean water in West Virginia and Pennsylvania or you might not, you know, fracking.
People just drink more water now than they did then. If it helps people actually drink water, what is the harm?
Unless you're complaining about landfills or recycling I don't understand the issue.
Unless you're complaining about landfills or recycling I don't understand the issue.
This thread took a long run around the barn!
There was not a complaint voiced in my original post. A subsequent poster really summed it up nicely when she said something like, WHY are we overloading our bodies with all this extra water? Why not just ingest water (or liquid) based on thirst?
That's a better way of expressing one of my original questions. Are we healthier for drinking all this water all the time? Seems like studies show that American's longevity is going down, not up.
And someone else said, "It almost seems like these people who are constantly sipping on their water have an oral fixation!" and I thought that raised an excellent point, too. I see folks who seem almost tethered to their bottle of Evian (which is naive spelled backwards!)
For a long time, humans have ingested water based on bodily needs. When did that go all wonky? And please note, I am not complaining - just observing!
Public Water Fountains are difficult to find. In my last place of work, I had one near my room. I used to fill a water bottle from it so that I dont need to walk upto the fountain everytime I feel thirsty. I carry a small water bottle in my back-pack during shopping mall or car drive or Walmart just because I dont need to purchase expensive water bottle. I will purchase cheap water bottles in bulk from walmart / Sam's Choice or Lidl / Aldi depending on the place of visit. Whenever I stay in any hotel, i will bring bottled water from a supermarket and keep it in the room. I dont walk sipping water but I will always have it somewhere close by.
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