Should we always drink 8 glasses of water everyday?

Drinking rather too much water is less likely to harm you than drinking too little. Too much water dilutes the electrolytes (salts) in the blood and can make you sweat more than you need to but you would have to drink two or three times the recommended amount of one and a half to two litres a day to really poison yourself. On the other hand, drinking too little can cause serious damage to your kidneys. The best guides to how much water to drink are 1) Your natural thirst. Drink a a little water whenever you feel thirsty 2) The colour of your urine. If it is pale straw colour, then you are probably drinking enough. If it is strong and orange, you should be drinking more water. Try to avoid drinking much, if any, for about 2 hours before you sleep. Too much water in the system disrupts the natural cycle and may make you wakeful as well as having to get up to relieve yourself during the night.

Water can come from fruits as well. I don' know about it. People say so. What I know different people should not drink the same amount of water. If you sweat a lot you need a lot of liquid, not necessarily from drinking water.

About glasses, don't know. I rather suggest to take 3-4 ltr of water per day. We should not take more than 6 ltr in a day else kidney can't process it's function.

I believe Yes we should drink 8 glasses of water a day. But in real life, I don't do that. I can't drink water that much specially when I am just at home doing nothing.

As far as I know, it's better to get your water either from food or from drinking water while you're eating food, because that way the body can take it on more easily rather than just letting it pass straight through

I find going to the loo every now and then troublesome. Especially at night.

It depends upon our body. It differs from person to person

why do you drink so much there.That is a lot of water.I drink six or seven plenty for me

To be honest, I can't drink much water anymore because I cannot pee anymore. I am required to have at least 8ml of water every day. So I think it's a no-no for more water to me.,

I don't even count how many glasses of water l drink daily.

Yes, we should drink at least 8 glasses of water daily. Water is very essential for our body. It purifies our body. During summer season we should have more water or we will become dehydrated ,which will later makes us sick. There are chances of getting kidney stones also. Drinking water will never do any harm,it will do only good.So its necessary for everyone to drink water..

I am a poor water drinker.Sometimes a day can pass without drinking water

I don't think it is. Drinking more water is encouraged especially when it is hot. I am a poor water drinker the only water i can drink comfortably is warm water.

Drinking too much in a hot situation won't cause any harm, but drinking too little in any situation is bound to create health problems

I really don't have any idea about this.... But the responses for this discussion are quite informative and useful... Thanks...