Sunday Pick: How much water do you actually need a day?

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🗓️ 21 July 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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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.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	Hey Ted Talks daily listeners, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:12.0	Today we have a special treat an episode of another
0:14.8	podcast from the TED Audio Collective handpicked by us for you. It's hot out there, which means
0:20.5	we should all be reaching for water.
0:23.0	But how much do we really need to drink?
0:26.0	You're about to hear an episode of body stuff
0:28.0	that goes beyond the eight glasses of water a day phrase
0:31.0	and explains the science behind healthy hydration.
0:34.8	You won't want to miss it.
0:36.4	And you can check out body stuff wherever you get your podcasts and learn more about the Ted
0:40.5	Audio collective at audio collective dot Ted.com. We'll get to the episode right after a quick break.
0:47.0	I'm Dr. Jen Gunter. I love science and I hate when people twist it.
0:57.0	Your immune system needs a boost.
1:00.0	Surble supplements milk.
1:02.0	Eight glasses of water,
1:02.8	water, seven days a week.
1:05.9	And there's a lot of twisted medical misinformation out there.
1:10.2	There are toxins, literally, purify your own.
1:13.4	That's three four ounce.
1:16.4	100 ounces.
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