Comment by aredox
8 hours ago
It is still weird to see the health fad/moral panic/potomania in the US, about "drinking enough water". This is a borderline mania, that doesn't exist in other countries- including ones with hot climates.
https://www.menshealth.com/health/a60249105/how-much-water-t...
https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/do-americans-drink-mo...
https://www.delicious.com.au/drinks/article/why-we-so-obsess...
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/waterlogged-america-d...
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/08/drinking-...
No, you are not "chronically dehydrated". The rest of the world isn't, and you wouldn't be either if you drank "only" two liters a day instead of a full gallon.
This is one more symptom of that "freethinking" country that falls for every con.
My theory is that the water obsession, protein obsession, "micro-exercise" fads like weighted vests and a lot of other similar trends are primarily just all about appetite control and "hacking" weight loss.
We had an office worker who became obsessed about dehydrating, undoubtedly after watching too much social media. She carried the bottle everywhere.
She arrived at work one day in a state of panic because her water bottle spilt in the car and she was terrified of becoming dehydrated during her 15 minute commute.
And no, there wasn't anything medically wrong with her.
> And no, there wasn't anything medically wrong with her.
Do you mean physically? The behavior surely sounds compulsive...