Stay hydrated! & other modern BS
Discussion
When I was growing up we didn’t need to be told to stay hydrated and no one carried water bottles with them to constantly top up. Yet I see it everywhere. At my tennis club playing doubles, on a cold day when I am not even sweating, many of the people I’m playing with are taking swigs of water at every change of end as if they were running a marathon in the summer.
My best friend is Muslim. He doesn’t fast every year but has done and I know that he manages to go the entire day, even going to the gym at lunch, without drinking and he is perfectly healthy. So I suspect that topping up with fluids every ten minutes is not generally necessary in the UK.
My daughter has grown up under the keep drinking propaganda and I can’t seem to persuade her it is unnecessary and she should perhaps listen to her body and drink when she is actually thirsty.
I suppose we had our own propaganda during the 70s and 80s. Apparently strangers only want to kidnap you and do bad things (“Charlie said…”) and farms, power lines, ponds and other things are deadly traps for children (strangely they didn’t warn us about TV presenters!)
Thoughts?
My best friend is Muslim. He doesn’t fast every year but has done and I know that he manages to go the entire day, even going to the gym at lunch, without drinking and he is perfectly healthy. So I suspect that topping up with fluids every ten minutes is not generally necessary in the UK.
My daughter has grown up under the keep drinking propaganda and I can’t seem to persuade her it is unnecessary and she should perhaps listen to her body and drink when she is actually thirsty.
I suppose we had our own propaganda during the 70s and 80s. Apparently strangers only want to kidnap you and do bad things (“Charlie said…”) and farms, power lines, ponds and other things are deadly traps for children (strangely they didn’t warn us about TV presenters!)
Thoughts?
It's a social fad that will come and go. Maybe people need an app to tell them that they're thirsty or cold or that their washing is done.
Usually associated with a lifestyle product. They will come and go as trends change. Happens with all sorts of people, products and walks of life.
Chimneas, patio heaters, pizza ovens, boiling water taps are typical home lifestyle products that I would put in the same category.
Usually associated with a lifestyle product. They will come and go as trends change. Happens with all sorts of people, products and walks of life.
Chimneas, patio heaters, pizza ovens, boiling water taps are typical home lifestyle products that I would put in the same category.
A few years ago, I decided to jump on the "tonnes of water" bandwagon. Just to see. I drank lots of ice cold water thru the day, for about a year. Result.....I lost a lot of weight, without trying. I was less hungry and i guess taking in ice cold water and letting out warm water means heating up water, which we all know uses a lot of energy. My skin improved. I just felt great. I kind of drifted in to not doing it as much and then went back to normal. I should really start again. But the constant toilet trips were a downside, especially as i travel a lot.
Drinking the correct amount of water in a day is obviously a good thing but some people definitely go beyond that and it becomes an affectation. I’m always amazed at the power of marketing and a brand; my 13 year old niece desperately wanted a Stanley water bottle for her birthday and now she carries it everywhere. It looks ridiculous as it’s massive, and it would be the last thing she would do normally but for the hype.
It's profit driven. Companies trying to sell you bottled drinks, and more recently the non-disposable "Green" bottles.
Because for a hundred thousand years humans were permanently dehydrated and no-one ever thought to drink when they were thirsty.
Snacking and "grazing" are the same phenomenon. Certainly unnecessary and often bad for your health, but it drives profits.
I'm not sure there is an answer that is better for our health, or who would push for it.
Because for a hundred thousand years humans were permanently dehydrated and no-one ever thought to drink when they were thirsty.
Snacking and "grazing" are the same phenomenon. Certainly unnecessary and often bad for your health, but it drives profits.
I'm not sure there is an answer that is better for our health, or who would push for it.
It is modern BS. Vikingette1 asked if I wanted any water bottles (used) as her friend was giving them away. I said yes so I could use them to store water at key points in our mine. What I ended up with was a box of 25 or so water bottles, all nearly new, including those airup types, because she had moved on to her next bottle. At RRP, I probably had £150 of bottles.
vikingaero said:
It is modern BS. Vikingette1 asked if I wanted any water bottles (used) as her friend was giving them away. I said yes so I could use them to store water at key points in our mine. What I ended up with was a box of 25 or so water bottles, all nearly new, including those airup types, because she had moved on to her next bottle. At RRP, I probably had £150 of bottles.
You have your own mine? At least you're keeping your miners hydrated which is nice.Whenever you call somewhere now they always say is "it ok to call you Bob (or whatever) for the call".
They then go out of their way to use your first name. Now, Bob, lets take a look at your direct debit request... ok Bob, I just need to speak to another department....
FFS, you are not selling me a Rolls Royce. I just want to cancel a direct debit.
I mean, what's the point?
Gets right on my nerves.
/rant
They then go out of their way to use your first name. Now, Bob, lets take a look at your direct debit request... ok Bob, I just need to speak to another department....
FFS, you are not selling me a Rolls Royce. I just want to cancel a direct debit.
I mean, what's the point?
Gets right on my nerves.
/rant
vikingaero said:
It is modern BS. Vikingette1 asked if I wanted any water bottles (used) as her friend was giving them away. I said yes so I could use them to store water at key points in our mine. What I ended up with was a box of 25 or so water bottles, all nearly new, including those airup types, because she had moved on to her next bottle. At RRP, I probably had £150 of bottles.
Did you really mean “in our mine”? I can’t think of an autocorrect mistype. A mine seems an unusual and interesting thing to possess.This modern push for drinking volumes of water is certainly a thing. I don’t doubt an uplift in hydration from the norms of my youth would be a healthier approach but you can’t deny there is clear social pressure for water consumption to be massively higher than was typical back in the day and I do wonder if some of that is misguided.
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hstewie said:
hstewie said: I wonder if they're trying to get people to drink water rather than Prime or Coca Cola or that Monster filth people seem addicted to?
It seems a strange thing to get wound up about.
My post was an attack on people mindlessly following fads and trends (and nonsense in Insta and TikTok) without applying critical thought, not on people drinking water. I didn’t think I needed to spell that out. Clearly I was wrong.It seems a strange thing to get wound up about.
Water itself is cheap. It's the 2 litre per day thing which is the mantra everybody hears.
Normal situation is if you fancy a drink or are thirsty, fill a glass from the tap and drink.
Now with the 2 litres per day you have water bottles of a given size so that you can measure your water consumption over the day. Drink your 2 litres and you're ok. Fail to do so and you've sown the seeds of your own destruction.
So it's marketing. Create a problem and then offer a product to solve it.
Normal situation is if you fancy a drink or are thirsty, fill a glass from the tap and drink.
Now with the 2 litres per day you have water bottles of a given size so that you can measure your water consumption over the day. Drink your 2 litres and you're ok. Fail to do so and you've sown the seeds of your own destruction.
So it's marketing. Create a problem and then offer a product to solve it.
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