uhhh, i didn’t reply to this post tf?

I've been drinkingg a gallon of water a day for several months, AMA

The "drink a gallon of water a day" has no basis is any science. It's a bit of an outdated myth and apparently popularized by the bottled watert companies which I suspect to be certainly true. I used to be a long distance runner & drank a lot of water & made my own electrolyte drinks too (a great thing to do). Drinking more water than yout body needs won't necessarily harm you but it is also redundant. This is from McGill University on the myth of 8 glasses a day: "There is no real advantage to drinking more water. Some people believe that drinking more water helps flush out toxins or helps your kidneys in some way, but that is actually not true. Your kidney filters about 180 liters of blood every day. Given that you have about 5 liters of blood inside you at any given moment, your kidney filters the equivalent of your blood volume 36 times per day. Any excess water you drink is a drop in the metaphorical bucket and shouldn’t make a difference."