How much water do you actually need a day?

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

TED

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Glowing skin, increased energy, higher mental function and weight loss: These are just a few of the benefits we have been promised for the low cost of 8 glasses of water a day. But can this magical elixir really do all that it claims? Dr. Jen Gunter takes us behind the fascinating (and scandalous) history of hydration pseudoscience, unpacks the investigative report that ROCKED the beverage industry, and sits down with a nephrologist who tells us what's fact and what's fiction about our kidneys. It will quench your thirst for the truth about hydration. You can read the text transcript for this episode at go.ted.com/BodyStuffTranscript1

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:07.0	Hey listener, a quick favor. We are conducting an audience survey and we'd be really grateful if you could take just a few minutes to respond.
0:14.0	Please visit survey.prx.org slash Ted to take the survey today. That's survey.prx.org slash Ted. Thanks.
0:25.0	I'm Dr. Jen Gunter. I love science and I hate when people twist it.
0:33.0	Your immune system needs a boost.
0:35.0	We're all supplements, milk.
0:37.0	Eight glasses of water.
0:38.0	What are we?
0:39.0	Seven days a week.
0:41.0	And there's a lot of twisted medical misinformation out there.
0:45.0	There are toxins.
0:47.0	Literally, you're a five-year-old.
0:50.0	That's four and one hundred ounces.
0:52.0	Yeah, that's ridiculous.
0:54.0	Sugar.
0:55.0	Sucking a gallon of water means you'll eat fewer calories.
0:58.0	Oh, it's so painful.
1:02.0	We're exposed to medical myths.
1:04.0	Whether we're looking for them or not.
1:07.0	There are news stories, Instagram and Facebook posts flying past 24-7.
1:12.0	TikTok, Twitter.
1:14.0	Who has valid information and who's just trying to sell you something?
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