Saturday, May 14, 2011

True or False: Humans Need Eight Glasses (of 8 oz.) of Water per Day

False.  First of all 8 oz. is only 1 measuring cup and I don’t think 1-cup size glasses are made any more.  Your most conservative kitchen glass will hold about 2 cups so now “8 glasses” has become “4 glasses”. 

Fluid needs are dependent on a range of factors including age, gender, climate, activity level and disease state, and vary from about 2 glasses (16 oz.) to 17 glasses (136 oz.).  The suggested eight “glasses” a day, while widely quoted by health professionals and the public alike, is no more of a guide than six, or 10, or 12 glasses.
Submitted by
Dorothy Palmer
Sr. Research Scientist
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