Eight glasses of water a day? This statement was first put forward by the American Academy of Sciences in the 1940s. Studies have shown that normal people should consume at least 2000 calories a day, and these calories need to consume about eight glasses of water. But this theory was misinterpreted when it was circulated later, because the food we usually eat contains a lot of water besides normal drinking water, such as fruits, vegetables, porridge, soup and so on. These are actually included. In addition, if a person's daily dietary calories are less than 2000 calories, it is obviously unnecessary? Eight glasses of water? To spend.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, we also need to consider physical factors in our dietary intake. For people with weak yang and excessive moisture, drinking too much water is easy to consume the yang in the body and aggravate the formation of phlegm-dampness. For people who are sleepy in the morning, have thick and shapeless stools, heavy limbs and thick and greasy tongue coating, eight glasses of water a day is obviously not suitable.
How much water is appropriate to drink?
Drinking water, of course, is not determined by time and quantity, nor does it stipulate how much water we must drink every day. The purpose of drinking water is to solve the thirst problem. Therefore, there are two criteria to judge whether a normal person should drink water, when to drink water and how much water to drink.
First, are you thirsty?
The purpose of drinking water is to quench thirst and replenish water. Therefore, the simplest criterion is our subjective feelings. When the body is short of water, it gives us a signal of dry mouth and thirst, reminding us that it is time to drink water.
Second, is the urine yellow?
Another criterion for judging whether to drink water is to observe the urine color under normal conditions. If the urine is yellow, dark and has a strong smell, it suggests that we should drink water. However, the urine is light in color and has no odor, so you don't need to drink too much water.
How to drink water?
We don't recommend drinking water in one breath, although it is very? Quench thirst? But it is not well absorbed by the body. Sipping is recommended here. The more thirsty you are, the slower you drink.
How much water to drink depends on the thirst and comfort of the mouth. Drinking water is not everything. Drinking too much water is actually bad for your health, and it is easy to put yang in your body. Douse? , leading to obstruction of spleen yang.