Do 8 Glasses A Day Keep The Doctor Away?

This article is total BS. The author takes the tone that water does not have health benifits, when the study clearly states that simply no evidence to support that. The study doesn't disprove that water has health benifits. It is pretty much a study that recomends the subject be properly studied. Then the final comment regaurding drugs in water is rediculous. If you have read abouth that subject, you would know that very small trace amounts of dugs have made it into tapwater, which is too small to have any effect. Get your facts write and start reporting, not creating interesting headlines that are misleading because they are meant to get attention.

Interesting comment, Joe. I agree with the first part of your comment regarding the tone of the article. As an athlete, personal trainer, and one who is intelligent enough to do his own research, the denial of the health benefits of water is absurd. In addition, required water intake varies depending on the level of activity, climate, and diet of each individual. Also, drinking when you are thirsty can be difficult proposition for many as the physical manifestations of thirst and hunger are very similar (i.e. one may think they are hungry when they are actually thirsty). With regards to the drugs found in the water, this statement is well-founded and has severe implications to the health of the American public. I see that you have done some reading on the subject and I suggest that you now do more.

Actually Joe, I was kind. The researchers were saying far worse things about the natural health community than I care to add in any reports. Just because they can't measure it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I've never understood the "Medicine hasn't been able to confirm that, therefore it doesn't exist" POV. I still drink water and a good deal of it. Finding the cleanest water possible will continue to be a monumental challenge worldwide, IMHO. Thanks
JA

My wife told me about this article and I had to write in because this doctor is a farce. Dr. Stanley Goldfarb of the University of Pennsylvania says, "If you want to throw away your water bottle, feel free to do so." There is a lot of scientific evidence.

I wouldn’t believe anything he says. Please go to More ... and read about this. Every disease that is known to man has been help by water. Our bodies are 80% water and when our body does not have enough water the first signs of dehydration are acid reflux and constipation. Over time dehydration, acidosis and free radicals cause disease.

Sounds like he gave up being a doctor that truly helped people to get well and stay well.