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ALL beverages count, as does broth, milk, and juice. In terms of how much or how little: urine is supposed to be very light-colored, or clear. That seems a more reliable, and more sensible indicator to me than counting ounces which will vary based on individual, activity, and temperature.
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Right, I look for straw colored urine.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24464774
Do you really need to drink eight cups of water a day?
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If you drink too much you pee it out. If you drink too little you get thirsty and pee less. It's all exquisitely well-controlled in the same way that your intake of oxygen is well-controlled.
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Saying that you should drink more water than your body asks for is like saying that you should consciously breathe more often than you feel like because if a little oxygen is good for you then more must be better.
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Also, we have absolutely no scientific study on the 8 glasses rule. (zero, not a one, nothing)
Someone made it up and lots of folks are repeating it.
I cannot find anything to link to about organic milk but I believe that they do not give those cows artificial hormones.
Consider though that cows do have hormones because they are lactating.
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