Hydrating effects of different types of drinking water?

[vladimir]

Indeed. I also think that your Singapore sensitivities are showing.

My wife will be glad to hear that I am developing Singapore sensitivities. My upbringing in Brooklyn and the Lower East Side of Manhattan seems to have cultivated insensitivities, mostly.

 

[Hickdive]

I had the same reaction to this post, but thought I must have missed something. I guess not.

The best advice I ever got - Indra Nooyi (7) - FORTUNE

Assume Positive Intent
Indra Nooyi

Chairman and CEO, Pepsico

My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different. When you assume negative intent, you're angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response. You don't get defensive. You don't scream. You are trying to understand and listen because at your basic core you are saying, "Maybe they are saying something to me that I'm not hearing." So "assume positive intent" has been a huge piece of advice for me.

Have you ever noticed how that kind of advice tends to come from people who don't need to worry about money?

I'm trying to decide whether this is a cause or effect.

In the meantime I'm drinking isotonic beer, just in case.

 

[chrpai]

Most of the bottled water I see in the store is merely purified tap water. Rarely is it spring water and never have I seen it as distilled water.

FWIW, you can kill yourself if you drink too much water. There was a radio station that did a stunt a few years ago and a contestant who drank boatloads of water died from a chemical inbalance.

 

[DocVikingo]

Indeed, neither coffee nor tea nor other caffeinated beveages appear to promote dehydration in anything remotely resembling reasonable intake:

- Kinderkrankenschwester. 2010 Jun;29(6):256.
[Coffee does not cause dehydration!].
[Article in German]
Flemmer A.

- Br J Nutr. 2011 Aug;106(4):588-95.Epub 2011 Mar 30.
Black tea is not significantly different from water in the maintenance of normal hydration in human subjects: results from a randomised controlled trial.
Ruxton CH, Hart VA.

Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2005 Jun;15(3):252-65.
Fluid, electrolyte, and renal indices of hydration during 11 days of controlled caffeine consumption.
Armstrong LE, Pumerantz AC, Roti MW, Judelson DA, Watson G, Dias JC, Sokmen B, Casa DJ, Maresh CM, Lieberman H, Kellogg M.

J Hum Nutr Diet. 2003 Dec;16(6):411-20.
Caffeine ingestion and fluid balance: a review.
Maughan RJ, Griffin J.

Cheers,

DocVikingo

 

[dfx]

So I did a little research with Google and I was quite surprised just how many opinions are out there, many by apparently qualified people who say they are writing from clinical experience.

One example:
THE WONDERS OF WATER

He talks about distilled water being "too yin". I'm not sure if you can have that and say "qualified" and "clinical experience" in the same sentence.

 

[button]

I can't believe that no one posted about this yet... Scientists suggest beer after a workout - Washington Times

Obviously this wouldn't work for diving. However, I've done my own experiments after a run. All in the name of science, of course. I've found beer to be much more satisfying than water.

And on a side note, Smart Water is awesome for hydration. It's water with electrolytes... tastes like you're drinking a cloud!

 

[dfx]

I can't believe that no one posted about this yet... Scientists suggest beer after a workout - Washington Times

Obviously this wouldn't work for diving.

Of course it does! Everyone knows that. Well, at least everyone in Austria (and I assume also in Germany) seems to know that. They call it "deco beer"

 

[Tigerman]

I can't believe that no one posted about this yet... Scientists suggest beer after a workout - Washington Times

Obviously this wouldn't work for diving. However, I've done my own experiments after a run. All in the name of science, of course. I've found beer to be much more satisfying than water.

And on a side note, Smart Water is awesome for hydration. It's water with electrolytes... tastes like you're drinking a cloud!

Just make sure you dont drink heavywater, then all that weight loss will be in vain

 

[mikeycanuk]

If we remember, we like to take some coconut water with us for between dives. yum yum

 

[mrokern]

I can't speak for anyone else, but I tend to trust my gut on whether I need an electrolyte drink or not. Usually if I've been really working and sweating (outdoor training, for example), my brain will scream for a Gatorade or similar. I also seem to get a different headache from electrolyte imbalance, so that may be the trigger.

I have had a dive where it happened...very hot day recently here in MN, jumping into what we thought would be quite cold water. We ended up dressed in 5.5-10mm of neoprene (I was the 5.5mm...one of the others was the 10mm nut job! ;-) ) on the deck of the boat, and even that took a toll. Once we found out that the area we jumped in was warmer than expected (we anticipated 63-65 degree water, ended up with 79!), we were sweating. Finished the dive, came up, SLAMMED a Gatorade. Felt much better.