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June 25, 2003
A mythology that people must drink water to hydrate themselves has
existed without evidence for years.  A new study shows that plain
water is not needed as long as enough fluid is obtained from food and
drinks.

Twenty-seven healthy men consumed one of two diets for three-day
periods in which they were studied in a lab setting.  The first
included plain water while the second omitted it, relying on only
foods, orange juice, diet soda, and coffee for fluid.  None of the
nine measures of hydration were affected.  The study appeared in the
April 2003 edition of the Journal of the American College of
Nutrition.
< http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/2/165 >

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Despite the conclusion that
"everyone knows" water is essential and advertising by the bottled
water industry, this study shows that plain drinking water is not
needed as long as adequate fluids are consumed either as drinks or in
food.  The people in this study were sedentary and indoors; those
active outdoors need more fluids and water is still an excellent
choice.  Children and elderly have a less acute sense of thirst than
others, but the lie that you are damaging yourself or near death if
you become thirsty is simply based on no facts.