We’re told we need to drink often to stay hydrated. But is that really true?
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0:00 Introduction: Is drinking a lot of water healthy?
0:45 Understanding thirst
1:52 Oxytocin explained
2:53 Intermittent drinking
4:10 What happens when you drink too much water?
7:18 Microplastics in water
7:58 Get unfiltered health information by signing up for my newsletter
Is it healthy to drink water all day long? Let’s talk about it.
Yes, we need water—I’m not against drinking water. But I think we need to rethink the concept of sipping on something constantly.
An interesting research paper suggests that thirst triggers oxytocin, the trust and love hormone. This is also a powerful stress-reducing hormone.
If you drink something all day long, you may not trigger oxytocin as much as if you waited until your body gave you signals of thirst.
We know the importance of eating intermittently, but what about drinking intermittently? We don’t want to reduce the quantity of water we drink, but what if we decrease the frequency we drink?
Drinking too much water can dilute your stomach acid and affect your digestion. It can also flush out electrolytes and lead to low sodium levels.
A sodium deficiency may cause fatigue, weakness, an increase in adrenaline, and many other health concerns. You need a combination of water and sodium in your diet to really hydrate your body.
I think we need to ask ourselves more often whether we’re actually thirsty or not. You may even find your stress goes down a bit if you don’t over-hydrate.
Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 58, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis and intermittent fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals®. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.
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Thanks for watching! Try drinking when you’re thirsty—not all day long. I’ll see you in the next video.
62 responses to “Intermittent Water Drinking: DON’T Drink Until Thirsty”
I remember when a little cup of water would give me acid reflux 🤐 your earlier videos on this helped me so much!
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I’ve been drinking so often I’m almost never thirsty. Gonna try this
New studies have also shown how over hydrating dilutes and disturbs the gut flora and cause issues in stomach as well. And also adversely affect the kidneys cause it works overtime.
That’s not new, that’s common knowledge. You can die from drinking too much water. In fact a fella died in London Marathon coupe years ago because he had drunk too much water on the way round and the paramedics thought he was dehydrated when he was ill after getting to the end and was ill, so they gave him water and he died as his kidneys packed up and lungs flooded. Need to add salt to things if drinking a lot when exercising, it’s good to add a pinch of salt to the water 🏴🇬🇧
You need your stomach acid to digest food .. be careful when you drink also
Funny, I am getting just as much health information from Dr. Berg’s channel as I am getting from Dr .Ekberg’s channel. Thank you!
Me too, there’s no hasard! 😄
Those two doctors are the doctors I listen to too. I hardly follow the state doctors with good reasons.
Never heard of Dr. Ekberg?! Hmm!
I like Dr. Eckberg too, but he can be very long-winded.
….why is this _funny_ lol….I have found Dr Berg very informative – Ekberg on the other hand seems to over elaborate the message – eg who tests Vit D levels in the blood^^…
Don’t leave plastic water bottles in your car where the temperature may change to very hot in the summer or freezing in the winter since that increases the amount of microplastics that are released to the water
Is that proof of Truth, or is that the gossip Mill speaking?😅
@@tamitatangoto5134truth. Even Dr Berg gave a “like”.
Studies were done in AZ. That’s why businesses there are not supposed to keep cases of water outside in sunshine.
I’ve heard this before too and that the chemicals released into the plastic from extreme heat can lead to breast cancer.
@@tamitatangoto5134 There is a chemical taste in water from plastic bottles that get hot.
You shouldn’t drink out of plastic at all in the hotter months those water bottles are on the 18 wheelers and they get up to 160 degrees inside them, so the plastic is definitely melting into the water
My urinologist pushes me to drink lots of water to clean out my kidneys so I don’t get kidney stones again. My practitioner also tells me to push water. Thank you Dr Berg alot of your videos help.
I would also add magnesium to your diet
@DrEricBergDC I take a multivitamin that has 42 MG of Magnesium.
This doesn’t work. Most people forget to drink water just being busy all day.
That’s not enough magnesium we need 300-400 mg a day
I was told 20 years ago by a friend and practicing kinesiologist that I did not need to drink much water. The fact that I had had my gallbladder and spleen removed may have something to do with why she told me this.😮😊
I drink water when I’m thirsty 🎉❤ and it makes it so much more pleasant.😅
It certainly makes me understand why Dr Berg says that it increases a very good for us hormone.🎉❤🎉❤ Because I really do get so much more pleasure out of the experience if I am truly thirsty 😅
If ever I feel ‘not good’ or have a bit of a headache, I drink a full glass of water. I feel immediate relief.
Yes, headache is a sign of dehydration.
By the time you have the headache, it’s too late to treat it with water (with immediate effect).
You do need to anticipate your fluid needs to prevent dehydration.
@@peterpan408So the thing that OP is literally attesting to is “impossible”?
@@peterpan408 No you dont the body already has a functioning system for it.
Electrolytes are better add small sea salt , Do not add IF Hypertensive or Diabetic.
This is a great topic! ❤ Sometimes for specific reasons drinking excess water will help get different things working. Like reducing water retention for the morbidly obese in my case. If I drank more water, I had less swelling in my legs (edema). It’s an oxymoron thing and now you have my cogs turning in my head to think if the extra water was diluting the extra inflammatory garbage I was consuming at that time. OMG another rabbit hole. 🤦😳
Yes, there is NO one size fits all advice on how much water to drink. Each body is a combination of health conditions, age, climate, profession, diet, lifestyle, and genetics. This video does not take into account any diseases, conditions, or any of the factors I listed. It’s actually very dangerous “advice” to tell people to only drink water when thirsty, becauae dehydration causes a decrease in thirst, and prolonged lack of thirst is a hallmark sign of dehydration. And even people with bloating and fluid retention can end up dehydrated if the fluid is being managed improperly- aka, not being absorbed where it’s needed, but rather being stored in places it is not needed. Sigh, proper water intake and electrolyte balance is different for everyone. ❤ Glad you’re feeling better these days.
I usually bring in some ACV as a habit throughout the work day, since my stomach acid was low, so I’ve been at this while on keto for the last few years. To stretch out the ACV I’d bring an additional bottle of water which I use for my supplements. But this is good advice, I tend to not be thirsty though and I don’t find myself drinking so much fluid over the weekend. I’ll see how I can slip this into my daily routine. Thank you, always!
Thank you for the heart!
I love laughing first thing in the morning, “Did our ancestors can around these water bottles sipping them all day long?” Thank you, Dr. Berg!
Sometimes I actually can’t tell if I’m thirsty. I confuse it with hunger, or frustration. So, when i feel hungry or frustrated I will drink some water and usually feel better.
Yeah my body doesn’t always send me signals that I’m dehydrated. I could be peeing apple juice yellow pee, borderline orange, and still not “feel” thirsty.
The hallmark sign of dehydration is prolonged lack of thirst. Dehydration causes a decrease in thirst, and even avoidance of drinking water- it can make it feel unpleasant or like a burden. Chronic dehydration long-term will do a lot of damage to every organ system in the body.
try Carbonated Mineral water , unless Kidney stones.
Hi Dr Berg. Love your videos and supplements. Just like you once said.. “someone,” said we need to drink this much water.. but we don’t know who that is. You shared that you aren’t thirsty in the morning and that you drink when you’re thirsty. I’m the same. I thought that was strange, but no, it’s just me. We never heard about this water drinking in the past. My parents lived long lives, and they had water with a meal for a pill, and they did just fine. 😊
There is ONE point I forgot to mention. One reason you may not be very thirsty during the day could be that you simply don’t consume enough sea salt. Try adding more on your food and see what happens.
I get preached to a lot about water, I wait until I’m thirsty, though mostly I satisfy it with seltzer water, I can’t stand plain water.
if mainstream media advice emphasizes frequent water consumption, they have probably concluded it is bad for us, thus it might be worthwhile to consider listening to the body’s signals and drinking only when thirsty, and as suggested in your video, increasing salt intake.
Sea salt tastes like fish. Nauseating.
@@thecollierreport You also don’t like fullstops (periods) 😁
Around my freshman year in high school (1990) is when I first noticed bottled water for sale in stores, and this coincided with the “drink tons of water” message. Even then it struck me as odd, but now I realize that it was just a sales pitch to huck more water (which cycles infinitely, and thus, infinite sales).
Hey duzzo,
Why to buy a bottled water from a store.
This is phenomenon only seen in western countries.
Instead, carry a steel water bottle.
Drink from mugs that are pure copper
We were stationed in Germany around that time and came back to this new trend.
TAP water is FREE, and most TAP water is from Snow Melt , unless Inland , then you may have Recycled Tap water , if the latter AVOID at all costs.
@markplott4820 why? Please explain..
Bruh, literally just had this conversation with a co worker last week. And also about when did 16 ounce bottle waters become popular at stores? We remember gallons of water, but now you can get cases of water.
Sometimes I feel like Dr Berg has a tap on my phone to know what’s going on in my life.
The majority of us are on the same time line ❤
My uncle rarely drank anything because he wasn’t thirsty, even when he ate. His doctor attributed his kidney stones to his lack of drinking water with meals.
Dehydration reduces thirst signals. Prolonged lack of thirst is a hallmark sign of dehydration.
If you eat plants, nuts etc that have oxalates thats primarily where your stones come from. Calcium oxalate is the material that kidney stones are made of
@Cenot4ph yes that is true, but also insufficient water intake over time will hinder the body’s ability to flush out oxylates. Under normal, healthy circumstances, foods containing oxylates are perfectly fine to consume.
@@imm0rtalitypassi0n within limits, it can build up in other areas around the body such as joints where they will cause inflammation over time.
@@Cenot4ph agreed. Particularly with the consumption of lots of high oxylate foods.
So glad you put this out there, Dr. Berg. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve made the exact same argument to friends and family that you made in your opening monolog.
Nobody is going to keel over dead for lack of perpetual access to water in the middle of a church service, while walking around the mall, picking up groceries at the market, or sitting in the stands at their kid’s 48 minute basketball game.
Hey doctor Berg, I just wanted to say thank you for your videos ! I started my IF journey about 9 months ago along with carnivore diet and lost over 150 pounds in that time. Your videos really helped me out on this journey!
It seems that as I age (I’m nearly 75), my sense of thirst is diminished compared to when I was younger. That makes me think I should be drinking more water. However, I’m very concerned of being caught somewhere having to urinate but not being where that’s possible. It’s tough getting old.