At 21:03 1998-11-08 -1000, Kirt wrote:
>Binnie:
>>Regarding the question about how much water do we actually need, the
>>following is taken from Sally Fallon's book "Nourishing Traditions":
>>
>>How much water should we drink?
>
>Who knows, but I suspect our ancesters drank when they were thirsty.
>
I am often thirsty at the very moments when I should not drink
according
to "Nourishing Traditions".

>An interesting aside. Some instinctos claim there is a mechanical satiation
>to drinking which happens much sooner than the taste satiation. The trick

I have noticed that it is far more easy to drink much water when it is
at room temperature than if it is cold.

Something that separates us from most other animals is our ability to
sweat. Mustn't we need a lot water for that (if we are in a hot place
and/or are physically active, which our ancestors probably were), more
than those animals who instead cannot be active (running) for other
than a very short time?
(Man is the only animal which can first run 20 km, then swim across
an 1 km river, and then climb a tree.)

- Hans