For the Last Time, You Don't Need to Drink 8 Glasses of Water a Day

Drink eight cups of water a day!

It’s like being sure to eat five servings of fruits and veggies a day, or get eight hours of sleep - it’s a statistic so central to leading a healthy life that we don’t question it any more. But here’s the thing: it’s not actually backed by science. And what’s more — forcing yourself to drink up, even when you’re not thirsty, could do more harm than good.

In a New York Times article published this week, Dr Aaron Carroll urges readers to forget about aiming for 1.9litres and instead listen to their bodies. He’s debunked the eight-cups-a-day myth over and over, to no avail. Others have spoken out against it as well — the recommendation is “thoroughly debunked nonsense,” one doctor wrote in the British Medical Journal in 2011.

For the Last Time, You Don't Need to Drink 8 Glasses of Water a Day

For the Last Time, You Don't Need to Drink 8 Glasses of Water a Day

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