Hydration during the day

[Grahame]

[quote="huw williams"]Yes - but you can get those from sources which don't compromise your Vitamin C uptake

there are other good reasons to drink coffee of course - stimulates the metabolism and heightens brain activity - but too much is not a good idea

It's also an interesting training device - in respect of if you don't drink it during the normal course of your training - then you DO drink it before a race, you should see a clear benefit.

[huw williams]

No limits these days - caffeine was removed from the list

[Andrew G]

Not me Huw, I can't stand Lattes or Starbucks.

[Will]

following my recent BUPA healthcheck, and slightly high cholesterol results, i bought a juicer and am still using it, so i drink some exotic stuff, and the day tends to be as follows...

- breakfast juice of apples, carrot, celery, lemon, ginger & beetroot (makes wee go a bit pink)
- 2 cups of tea
- 6 cups of water
- occasional evening juice of carrots, apple, spinach, ginger, etc.

i tried throwing a garlic clove in there once... never again

i reckon i'll get bored of the juicer eventually (and certainly tired of all the ingredients shopping), but am enjoying it for now, and do feel better for it...

[kieran]

oh, my wife went through the juicer phase as well, now it sits neglected in a cupboard. Too much hassle to clean and too expensive as well, most of the fruit seemd to end up as pulp. I reckon a blender is what you need, just chop up the fruit smlallish, add some apple juice or youghurt and push the button to belnd into a smoothie, you gets the flesh and all. Me, I save all that and just eat it.

[Will]

[quote]'Medical myths' exposed as untrue

Some say we should drink at least eight glasses of water a day

Some claim drinking eight glasses of water a day leads to good health, while reading in dim light damages eyesight.

Others believe we only use 10% of our brains or that shaving legs causes hair to grow back thicker.

But a review of evidence by US researchers surrounding seven commonly-hold beliefs suggests they are actually "medical myths".

Some are utterly untrue, while others have no evidential proof, the British Medical Journal reports.

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis hunted medical literature for evidence on each claim.

They found no evidence supporting the need to drink eight glasses of water a day.

In fact, studies suggest that adequate fluid intake is often met by drinking juice, milk, and even caffeine-rich tea and coffee.

Data also suggests drinking excessive amounts of water can be dangerous.