John Berardi Nutrition Tip #21
Posted by admin on July 31st, 2009
John Berardi, author of Precision Nutrition is back with another nutrition tip.
Tip #21
Increasing Water Intake
by Dr. John Berardi
Sedentary individuals should drink at least 2L or about 8 cups of water per day, athletes should drink at least 3L or about 12 cups of water per day, and athletes in hot weather climates drink at least 4L or about 16 cups of water per day.
Since following these recommendations can prevent dehydration and can actually assist with fat loss, you’d have to be a desiccated fool to ignore them. However, try as they might, some individuals find it difficult to ingest up to a gallon of water per day. So try out these three proven strategies for increasing water ingestion:
- Drink cold water – cold water is more palatable, improving ‘mouth feel’ and ingestion
- Add lemon – lemon increases urge to drink and also kills bacteria
- Chuggables – always carry some sort of jug of water around to ensure you’re drinking. Rubbermaid makes a nice blue top container (Chuggables) that we recommend to our clients.
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