Is drinking flavored waters such as propel fitness water a good substitute for regular water?
I am trying to drink more water daily and cut back on sodas and coffee. But plain old water is boring. I still make myself drink it. But I really like the propel waters or the flavored waters like, Aquafina’s lemon. Or what about no sodium carbonated water like LaCroix? Its totally fine. It’s a myth that even coffee dehydrates us. In reality, we get more liquid from the coffee than we loose by taking in the caffiene. Even alcohol can go towards out daily intake of liquid. It is liquid that is important, it doesn’t just have to be water. The popular guidline of drinking 2 litres of water a day was created around the mid 1960s and the scientists who developed this guidline also included the moisture found in food, which with an average diet, means you only need to drink and extra half litre in drinks, this information was passed onto the general public with mistakes, leading the public to believe (and still believe) that we need to drink 2 litres a day. Studies in identical twins have sh
