Best Of: In Good Health: The Nation's Hydration Fixation

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🗓️ 12 June 2024

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Everything's bigger in America. The portions, the cars, and now, our water bottles.

Does it seem like everyone is carrying around a 30-ounce tumbler? The reusable water bottle industry is a multi-billion dollar business. But don't forget about plastics. The sales of single-use bottled water also continue to rise.

We discuss how much of the hype around water is marketing versus science for the latest installment of In Good Health.

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0:00.0	In this country, some truths aren't self-evident.
0:05.0	And NPR's Black Stories Black Truths, a collection of stories as wide-ranging and real
0:10.0	is the people who tell them, we celebrate the black experience for all its soul and richness.
0:16.4	Search NPR Black Stories, Black Truths, wherever you get podcasts. I think I should drink 8 glasses of water and I drink 4 cups.
0:40.0	I think I should drink about 160 ounces per day but I actually drink around 120.
0:46.7	I think I should drink about 64 ounces of water each day and I probably drink half of that.
0:53.0	We know water is essential for life,
0:56.0	but are we better people when we're hydrated?
0:58.0	It seems advertisers and social media want us to think so.
1:02.0	We're supposed to drink water now.
1:04.0	When did that start?
1:06.0	I have the five most popular water bottles.
1:08.0	Okay, so I have four emotional support cups,
1:11.0	and you want to know what's in them.
1:12.0	I'm obsessed with the green one?
1:14.0	I have never seen this one.
1:15.0	We have to get it.
1:16.0	D'Likin!
1:18.0	America appears to be in its hydration era.
1:21.0	The reusable water bottle industry is worth 9 billion dollars and expected to grow.
1:26.1	The Tik-Toc hashtag Emotional Support Water Bottle has more than 300 million views.
1:31.4	But do we really need to tote around a 64-ounce tumbler to drink enough water?
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