Increasing your daily water intake can have numerous health benefits like improved mood, focus and digestion health. It may even help shed unwanted pounds. But what if we didn't need to consume as much water as we thought?
The typical recommendation for daily water intake is eight glasses that are 8 ounces or about two liters daily. However, a new study published in Science suggests we may not need as much as we think.
According to John Speakman of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Aberdeen, while water intake is vital, it isn't easy to objectively measure how much each person should consume daily.
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For this study, researchers analyzed water turnover in 5,604 male and female-bodied people from 23 different countries, with ages ranging from eight days to 96 years. According to a press release, water turnover ...
