Fluids

Garrin I hope you are feeling better, and welcome Kristin to a healthier better life!

I do know that you need to drink just over a gallon of water (4L) a day. Which is a ton of water, when you think you generally only drink between 2-3 cups of water a day, not even a quart! Also think of the salt intake you have each day. Salt sucks the water away from your vital organs very quickly especially your brain. Perhaps you should start by drinking a quart of water a day, and every other day add a pint to that quart until you are up to the optimal 4L daily.

Where we are working out (especially if followed with a moisture sucking suana sit) it is extremely important to get as much water as possible. Remember that juices, gatorade, and other drinks (my new personal favorite CHOCOLATE MILK) all contain water in them so add that to your 4L of liquid a day, NOT SODA! Soda is good tasting but won't do anything to help you, in small quantities it won't hurt, but won't do any good. Just make sure that more than half of your liquid intake is water, as it will flush toxins and other not so good things quicker. Hope this helps, I got the 4L factoid from a survival book I have by Les Stroud! Yeah he pretty much kicks butt!