Did you watch 'Embarrassing Bodies' last night? They had a feature on drinking water. Thhey showed that (a) you need to drink about 2 litres of fluid per day, and that (b) it doesn't have to be water - it can be in any liquid form:
Experiment 1: They showed two people - one who drank 2 litres of water and one who drank 4 litres of water in a day. The colour of their urine, and hence their hydration levels, were identical. So, in other words - 2 litres is enough.
Experiment 2: They also showed two people who drank 2 litres of fluids in a day. One drank water only, the other drank a mixture of tea, cofee, soft drinks etc. Result? Exactly the same hydration levels in their body!
So, if you are like me, and find drinking water a bit of a bore, my advice to you is to find a range of low calorie (or zero calorie) drinks that you can have instead. I use low sugar Ribena (20 cals per half a litre), fruit tea, black tea and coffee and the occasional Diet Coke.
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