We’ve always heard that we should drink 8 glasses of 8 ounces of water daily to maintain optimal health. But is this a proven fact? A recent study challenges this notion and Chet at Chetday.com posted on it. Check it out…

The June 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) published an inquiry into what is known about drinking lots of water and health benefits.

The study revealed no solid evidence for the most popularly claimed benefits and the researchers found no need for most people to drink the commonly recommended eight glasses of eight ounces (8×8) of water each day.

While it is true that most human beings will die if they go without water for more than several days, little research has looked at how the health of average men and women health is impacted by drinking extra fluids.

Experts, from typical medical doctors to natural health gurus have long claimed that guzzling water all day long clears the body of toxins while keeping organs healthy, holding back weight gain and improving the tone and luster of skin.

So medical doctors Dan Negoianu and Stanley Goldfarb of the Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division at the University of Pennsylvania decided to investigate the true benefits of drinking water by reviewing published clinical studies on the topic.

The two researchers discovered solid evidence that people living in dry, hot climates, as well as athletes, do require increased intakes of water.

Additionally, Negoianu and Goldfarb learned that individuals with certain diseases benefited from increased fluid intake.

But no similar data was found for healthy, average people.

Interestingly enough, there was no evidence at all suggesting that individuals should drink the commonly recommended eight glasses of eight ounces of water each day.

According to Negoianu and Goldfarb, it’s unclear where the “8×8″ recommendation came from.

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