We all know we should drink eight glasses of water a day for optimum health, right? Wrong. Apparently the whole premise is a complete myth.
A team of researchers in America have reviewed every study into water consumption they can lay their hands on and discovered that not a single one recommends drinking eight glasses of water a day
Dr Dan Negoianu and Dr Stanley Goldfarb, of the University of Pennsylvania, also couldn't find any evidence that drinking more water improves skin tone or the productivity of any of the body's organs. Nor is it likely to help fight weight gain, as the claim that drinking more water makes you feel full remains 'inconclusive', according to their research
In fact, the only health benefit they found was that drinking more water may help those who suffer from headaches, although again only one small study appeared to substantiate this claim and the results of it were not overwhelmingly conclusive.
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