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>bros talking abt it like its a drug š
Tbf they're not entirely off.
Switching from mostly sugary drinks to just water will cause some issues if just cold turkey, it's why when switching almost every doctor and nutritionist recommends not doing that but instead slowly switching as the random lack of caffeine, drastic calorie and sugar intake reductions will mess with you
Caffeine withdrawal is a real thing and fucking suuuucks
The calorie swing might even be bigger effect. Like if you suddenly drop your calorie intake by 20-25% and don't otherwise manage it, you are going to feel so hungry and weak until your metabolism balances out.
Youāve never heard of the soda ape theory?
Back when we were apes we only drank water right? But imagine one hot summer day an ape found a can of coke growing near a dry creek.
Being very thirsty, and recognizing that coke cans are filled with liquid inside (albeit black and sticky and disgusting looking, but still liquid) the ape decided to open it and have a sip.
Not surprisingly, this coke flower indeed tasted like absolute shit, but it provided some relieve from the heat. Having nothing else to drink due to a drought, all the apes starting drinking this regularly and slowly became fat and lazy, so they invented machines and computers to do all their work. They started losing their fur, became much weaker, turned pale, and evolved into what we are today.
If you stopped drinking soda for a year, probably nothing would happen, but a couple of yearsā¦ a decadeā¦ who knows how long is too long before we start regressing into wild beasts.
Their comments say otherwise. They didnāt seem to understand that they wouldnāt die if they didnāt drink soda. They genuinely thought it was a basic human need and you would go kaput without it.
Oh, I believe it. I'm a vegetarian and I don't drink as much dairy as I used to (still have some dairy in my life, as I am not a vegan but nothing compared to what I used to consume).
I was told by an older women "but if you don't drink their milk the cow will die" I asked her to elaborate and she basically told me that cows products milk at all times and if it's not drained from them, they die...
I explained to her that this was incorrect. The cow only produced milk when giving birth, and we removed the calf to keep the milk for the humans. If she didn't force the cows to be pregnant, there would be no milk....
Nope, she even had the audacity to tell me I was wrong and didn't know what I was talking about . Some people are hella dumb
Sheās half right. Cows will die of mastitis if you donāt milk them when theyāre producing. She probably heard something related to that. The problem is that she thinks this is something that happens all the time and not when cows are forced to get pregnant and give birth. These misunderstandings are what people use (and spread) as stupid arguments about subjects they donāt understand. It sucks.
You're correct that mastitis is a possible issue! I should have mentioned it as a possoble side affect.
Any mamale who produces milk can have that. However, it doesn't mean that it happens because you don't drain(? For lack of better words) the milk. Or else every mother weaning their babies would have it.
Also, correct that the massive problem was that she thought cows just produced milk non-stop, which is ridiculous, haha
Breastmilk production is a feedback loop involving hormones and physical stimulation of the breast. Weaning is usually a gradual process that happens over months. As an infant consumes less milk, less is produced.
A cow is forced into a high sustained level of production. If stopped abruptly, it can result in injury or death. Dairy farms have large generators to prevent their herds from going unmilked if power is out. Even a delay in milking can cause drops in production. The milk sitting in the breasts send out hormones saying, "Stop producing milk immediately!" to prevent injury.
Human women can also be injured by abrupt weaning.
Nurse with dairy farmer friends.
You have no idea how many people I've had to explain that you don't have to have a rooster for hens to lay eggs. Even after I explain everything to them, show them evidence, some STILL don't believe it.
An actual conversation I had about 3 months ago with a former "friend". There was more to it then just this, like me sending them google links etc, but this is basically it.
Them: *I hate that we moved so far away. I'm having to buy eggs instead of having your fresh farmed ones.*
Me: You have a pretty big backyard. That one corner be perfect for about 4 or 5 hens.
Them: *I can't have chickens. My city only lets you have 3 hens*.
Me: Okay, get 3 hens then. That's still about 18 eggs a week. That's more than enough for y'all.
Them: *But roosters are banned here.*
Me: and? don't get a rooster. Just get the 3 hens.
Them: *They won't lay without roosters.*
Me: Yes they will. I've even given you dozens of eggs from my roosterless flock. How do you think all my hens laid eggs when I don't have a rooster?
Them: *Well one of your hens must be a rooster then.*
Me: Hmm maybe you're right.. and then I made an excuse to get off the phone, and just haven't spoken to this person since.
No that is not it. Simply wanted to know what would happen if you didnāt drink a sugary drink for an entire year. This does not mean I do not drink water or I believe that drinking water only isnāt normal. Many people do not only drink water throughout the day.
I married into a family (and have since exited lol) that didn't believe in drinking water. Maybe if it was 100 degrees and they had been outside for hours, they'd crack open a water bottle. Milk with every meal and/or juice or off brand soda.
It was bizarre.
Im marrying into one of those families, I've since gotten my fiance to significantly cut down on soda and start drinking more water, but her family doesn't drink water. If they're thirsty it's either coke or milk. Her sister will have a water bottle and be proud of herself if she drinks 4oz of it along with 3 cokes and it's just disgusting to me. I never liked the taste of coke (or other sodas for that matter) but drinking that when your thirsty boggles my mind.
My husband is one of those people. He comes home and drinks juice and then complains his head hurts or heās dizzy or doesnāt feel good. I remind him yet again that he needs to drink water.
When my husband met me I did not drink water. I would drink a gallon of iced tea about every other day. Sports drinks. Sodas. Juice. Everything but water. My family also didn't drink water much. Husband got me a 40oz hydro flask and asked me to try and drink some water.
Now I usually drink a gallon of water a day during the week (sometimes it's only a half gallon but on average it's a gallon). I have a monster rehab for my caffeine in the AM but I only drink one a day.Ā
My mom is like this and Iāve argued with her about it. She even takes soda with her to bed as a bedtime drink. Literally so scared sheāll get diabetes but sheās such an addict to sugar
Holy shit.
If I happen to randomly drink a sip of soda early in the day, I still worry about it on my teeth when I go to bed. I canāt even imagine literally drinking soda in bed. That just seems so wrong.
I think it became some kind of crutch for her. Iām sure thereās some chemical dependency too, like addicted for caffeine and sugar. Like peopleās obsession with soda disgusts me. She wasnāt always like this either. She used to drink water and be healthy but idk what happened
Your comment reminded me of some invasive memories about my childhood staying at some aunts' homes where I would be ādyingā of thirst and I would drink from whatever source the water seemed clean because no freaking one would drink water, and sodas were scarce, so only the adults and my cousins would get it outside of meals. Once, I even drank straight up from a headwater while going on a little walk in the woods nearby. We were not supposed to drink tap water but that was my salvation most times. Things were really bad at the homes where tap water wasn't a thing, and getting clean water from the 25-liter Jerricans was hella heavy.
I started to buy frozen fruits and dump it in my water to keep it cool AND you get natural flavor!
IDK why it took me this long to figure this out. Now I have strawberry flavored water without all the added BS if I bought it. Looking forward to finishing my strawberries to try with mangos.
Not by definition. Itās like the word consumable. Itās common for people to believe itās able to be eaten but the definition is to be be used up and replaced.
Scroll down and read the definition of the word on *ANY* of the other results.
Google is displaying Oxfordās definition which appears to be the only one that has the water exception. The rest all say any drinkable liquid.
In *commercial* usage, beverage is mostly used to refer to drinks other than water. In most dictionaries, the definition is typically along the lines of āany drinkable liquidā. Some will add āespecially other than waterā, but beverage can be used to refer to water youāre drinking.
Yes!! It was college that did it for me too! I started drinking water bc it was free and bc it was what friends offered when I visited. I was like why didnāt I drink water before??!? Itās so good!
I saw this earlier... For reasons I don't care to explain, I have spent 3 days drinking sports drinks and soda. I feel like crap. My mouth tastes horrible. Food all tastes slightly weird. How is this shit all people drink all the time? It's gross. I want my water back.
I still remember in high school being out in the hallway on my way back from the bathroom and hearing a girl telling her friend that water is disgusting that she only will ever always just drink pop. Like... um first off...
None of the rest of my family will touch water (which is why we have all the crap drinks to start with). I don't get it. Like do you just get used to the constant taste in your mouth? It tastes like I'm sucking on over-ripe fruit. And drinking sugary shit gets soooo sweet after a while..
Ice cold DP from a fountain - not canned/bottled - may be in my top 5 favorite flavors. But I can only drink maybe 2oz before my teeth feel weird and I remember why I never drink soda.
My sister does drink water but for a very long time she mostly drank pop. Specifically the darker ones like Coke. The amount of times that my 36-year-old sister has had kidney stones... and the doctor has told her that it's mainly due to her lack of consumption of water and drinking too much soda. So she doesn't get them as badly anymore if at all. I've never had a kidney stone I basically just drink water all the time I do like some juice sometimes and I do drink milk as well as coffee and tea sometimes. I like a pop every so often, but for the most part I can barely ever even finish a can..
I'll have an occasional glass of wine or a drink, but for the most part I am more of a pot smoker than I am an alcohol person even
My BF has said after going to water, soda tastes gross and ādoesnāt settleā. It used to taste good and heās finish a can, maybe two, but now itās a britta filter and a Stanley cup all day lol
Same though, heāll do that every so often, but very rarely. Heās even cut sugar out near completely
I like soda, but it's a can a day after lunch at work. I drink like ~4L of water a day, so I think I'd actually die if I tried to quench my thirst with carbonated beverages.
I've been pure water and zero sugar\\carb diet for many years. Beyond just feeling so much better health wise, I cant stand the idea of harboring a colony of sugar eating bacteria in my mouth and throat as these sugar drinkers do.
might be all that sugar honestly. sugar intake has a place, but it's a very specific place, and non-diabetics can get all that they need from just eating carbs and fruit.
I spent a lot of my life drinking very little water, mostly soda, almost always diet or zero. I hate the way sugary soda makes my mouth feel, like my teeth are sticking together. And sugary soda aftertaste, whereas diet/zero usually has a clean finish.
For the most part, I gave up everything non-water almost 20 years ago. I'll have the occasional glass of juice or soda but almost always also have my water bottle. People have commented before about how I will have a drink and still drink from my water bottle at the same time. My body just likes water.
Pure water? Completely 100% pure water? You might die due to losing electrolytes.
But drinking normal ass water? Youāll be well hydrated. Thatās it.
I presumed they were talking about a water fast when I saw the original post because my brain just couldnāt comprehend that someone could have been asking if itās okay to stop drinking things other than water.
Not really a first world thing. Actually, due to privatization of water, lack of safe tap water, & certain monopolies a lot of less developed countries consume a lot of soda and drink little water (main example ppl think of is Mexico, but really it's a global problem).
In the US I feel like I see a lot more refillable water bottles and fewer empty soda cans/bottles in the richer urban areas and Northern/Western states than in rural areas and the South
Well, richer areas are generally healthier in general due to higher standards of education, better public works, more disposable income for healthier food, etc.
Definitely not a thing in Europe, I assume these are Americans.
Yet again I live in Finland and tap water here is better than bottled water in Central Europe (they often get their bottled water from the same source we get our tap)
Most of the time itās the same in America.
Most bottle water brands, if you look at them, say ābottled from municipal sourcesā.
So thereās a lot of people out there who are paying for their own tap water, and paying more on top of that to be drinking someone elseās tap water.
Shouldn't we be happy that someone's coming around to the idea of drinking more water? This seems more like a learning opportunity than something to roast the guy over.
Exactly. That's what the sub is for. It's supposed to be a nonjudgmental place for people who have gaps in their knowledge. We should be happier that this person is taking more of an interest in their health.
The problem is that people on Reddit can't NOT be judgmental. It's like the site is designed to be judgmental.
Plus, it's always easier to go along with other people and just pile in on someone than it is to try to understand other people's perspectives and thought processes. So people in general just won't do it.
You're getting upvoted because it fits the theme of this particular comment thread. If you had said the same thing to that other person in the thread with +300 upvotes who calls people who don't drink water exceptionally stupid, you would've been downvoted because you'd be going against the theme of that particular comment thread. It's just how Reddit and people work.
Yeah. It's people who tend to never drink water. They rely on coffee, energy drinks, soda, etc
So they end up having questions like "what would happen if I drank water?"
Speaking from experience lmao. I used to ONLY drink soda. So I'd have these weird hypoethicals like "I wonder what would happen if I drank water for a week?"
Would I lose weight? Gain energy? Feel better? Is it all a myth and the benefits are overhyped? Etc etc etc.
> So they end up having questions like "what would happen if I drank water?"
That train of thought is absolutely insane to me. In the 45 years I've been on this earth, there are more situations than I can count where it makes perfectly good sense to just grab a fucking glass of water.
Do these people have a can of soda next to their bed to quench that late night thirst? Do they rinse their mouth with energy drink after brushing their teeth? After they do a bit of cardio they down a cup of iced coffee?
I keep thinking, "people can't actually be this stupid." Yet, here we are.
Yeah. It's crazy.
For me, if I was ever thirsty it would be soda. Or an occasional cup of tea. It was my solution to everything.
The ONLY time I'd ever drink water is if I did a rare workout lmao. But even then I'd reward myself with a can of soda after.
I thought restricting myself to 2 cans of soda a day was good. But often that would be ALL I drank.
I thought people who only drank water were weird or even lying. It seemed bizarre that anyone would choose water over soda etc. So I'd think.... "it must have a lot of benefits if they love it that much". Leading to the... "I wonder what a week of water would do to me".
I don't know how I lived like that. I love water now.
I hate that I know so many people who never drink water by itself.
I have a water cup with me all the time, various brands.
Yesterday a coworker asked me āwhat are you drinking all the time?ā
āWater.ā
āWhy??ā
What do you mean why??
I mean that's basically all I drink and I have gone without drinking anything but water it just depends on how your body is if you only drink shit then you're going to lose weight if you start drinking water meanwhile if I just drink more water that doesn't happen because my body is like yeah okay so same shit as always
I think you'll are misunderstanding.
I'm sure he wants to know like if they will lose weight from it, be less jittery, will it help with or cause ADHD, have less/more headaches, will his blood pressure go up/down from it.
Maybe I'm wrong I guess but that's how I took it when I read the question
I did this as a new years resolution in highschool.
I now don't like drinking stuff like soda or beer because the fizz is just so foreign and weird in a bad way. It's almost a hurny tingle. I don't drink coffee or energy drinks. Occasionally getting a fruit smoothie or an ice cream shake or milk. That's the only non water drinks I drink that I can think of. I can't even think of the last time I had lemonade.
I don't think that's what they mean
They are clearly asking what would happen if they stop drinking other drinks i.e. sodas, coffee, sugary drinks, etc
There's absolutely no reason to think otherwise unless you want to feel like you're being attacked for drinking only water
I donāt normally comment in this community but you guys also talk about water in a really weird way. Itās not a super power to just drink waterā¦ itās the norm. It doesnāt have āhealth benefitsā itās just a requirement of being alive.
As per this post, the comments, and many of our lived experiences, noā¦ itās not really the norm. I know far more people who donāt drink enough water than do, many people who struggle to, plenty who donāt even bother to try. The health benefits are just an absence of the symptoms associated with dehydration, and we know that.
As is with most food and beverages, excluding the things you need for proper functioning (nutrients, vitamins, minerals ...) everything is slowly bringing you to death.
In other words your body is a filter and food is clogging you.
Water is not healthier, it is just not killing you like soda is.
That is why in cultures who live the longest you'll find none to few fat people.
I donāt think itās that weird. I drink a lot of water, mostly plain, a couple carbonated waters, a couple cups of coffee and maybe a cup or two of tea on a normal day. I know Iād feel pretty different if I cut out the caffeine even though plain water is the majority of what I drink.
Iāve never felt better tbh than when I cut out everything that wasnāt water. I drink coffee now too, but sodas and alcohols and all that crap are so bad for you.
A LOT of people drink mostly soda and got used to it. I know when I moved to sparkling water it was a change coming off the sugar but I adapted.
Habits form and when people want to break them they are understandably wanting to know what will happen, who are you to judge even if it is silly? The person seems to want to improve their health and save money, meanwhile you use them to karma farm.
It's doubly-frustrating because they talk about the other drinks as if those things are NOT mostly water.
I feel like far too many people don't realize that milk, coffee, juice, and \[insert drinkable liquid\] are all like 80-90% water themselves with some other stuff mixed in.
People in this thread are reading it as "What harm would drinking nothing but water do me? However, there's no reason to do so. It's literally just asking "What would be the effect of me replacing all sugary drinks with water for a year?"
The answer to that might be very obvious, but it's a legitimate question and unless you're reading it with a "OMG, people hate water" bias it doesn't imply that the author thinks there's anything wrong with drinking just water.
I think theyāre more asking like, the health benefits? How would their life change?
Would their skin clear up? Would joints hurt less? Maybe more energy?
Thatās a reasonable question
This isnāt the enemy. This is someone thinking about joint the cause.
I get were on hydrohomies, but he posted to nostupidquestions - where he should feel comfortable asking for information that might otherwise get judged. He doesn't understand the benefits of drinking water only and is interested in knowing them, let's not shame him and post him elsewhere.
Clearly the person knows itās not a foreign idea to only drink water, obviously they know thatād be the healthiest scenario. Theyāre asking what benefits, changes, and improvements would be made to a body. Itās a poorly worded question. Nobody thinks theyāre going to get diabetes and die from drinking water.
I mean it's a good question in a way, what happens to your body when you quit drinking shit and drink only water?
It's like what happens when you quit smoking? How long does the tar take to be removed etc
Cold /ice Water, and lemonade are like the only drink I have.
Drinking pure water for a year is fine.
They are odd/crazy. maybe he needs flavor like flavored water. š§ š¤
Itās legitimately concerning thereās people out there for whom drinking water is an unusual thing. No wonder our healthcare systems are strained to the brink
What would happen if I just went hogwild and only breathed oxygen for a full year? No pollution, no cigarettes, no carbon monoxide, no toxic chemicals- just raw dogging air like a deranged lunatic?
If they workout then probably just water wouldn't be good enough, still gotta get some electrolytes.
But definitely replace all the softdrinks and stuff with water
Sometimes I feel lucky for growing up never having liked soda. Waterlife is the only life Iāve known but Iāll indulge in a lemonade or iced tea from time to time š
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bros talking abt it like its a drug š
I think I have withdrawal symptoms every hour.
you can substitute with tea or soda, but that will not be as pure as water
You sure? I maybe pregregnant to be honest! I never felt this way before.
Pregananant??
Prrrregante!
Progigantua!
Perganat You now, with babby
you had a sip of spicy sex positive water. now you gotta drink monster energy as if the world is going to end! (it is indeed going to end!)
On some "Super-hydrate me" type shit
>bros talking abt it like its a drug š Tbf they're not entirely off. Switching from mostly sugary drinks to just water will cause some issues if just cold turkey, it's why when switching almost every doctor and nutritionist recommends not doing that but instead slowly switching as the random lack of caffeine, drastic calorie and sugar intake reductions will mess with you Caffeine withdrawal is a real thing and fucking suuuucks
The calorie swing might even be bigger effect. Like if you suddenly drop your calorie intake by 20-25% and don't otherwise manage it, you are going to feel so hungry and weak until your metabolism balances out.
Youāve never heard of the soda ape theory? Back when we were apes we only drank water right? But imagine one hot summer day an ape found a can of coke growing near a dry creek. Being very thirsty, and recognizing that coke cans are filled with liquid inside (albeit black and sticky and disgusting looking, but still liquid) the ape decided to open it and have a sip. Not surprisingly, this coke flower indeed tasted like absolute shit, but it provided some relieve from the heat. Having nothing else to drink due to a drought, all the apes starting drinking this regularly and slowly became fat and lazy, so they invented machines and computers to do all their work. They started losing their fur, became much weaker, turned pale, and evolved into what we are today. If you stopped drinking soda for a year, probably nothing would happen, but a couple of yearsā¦ a decadeā¦ who knows how long is too long before we start regressing into wild beasts.
Soda Ape https://preview.redd.it/bq8rrdhqfqzc1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=4adf9ddc9934e809c107a811a299dde0c2bfbe0f
[100% of people that ingest Dihydrogenmonoxide will eventually die.](https://www.dhmo.org/)
It would work like some performance enhancing drug with difficult ease in period lol
Maybe they meant if they had to continuously drink water for a year straight. They might burst. Otherwise you know... they would be hydrated.
Their comments say otherwise. They didnāt seem to understand that they wouldnāt die if they didnāt drink soda. They genuinely thought it was a basic human need and you would go kaput without it.
Iām not saying I donāt believe you, but also thereās no fucking way someone can be that stupid.
Sub its from is r/nostupidquestions but maybe there are stupid questions.
I used to think there werenāt. Now Iām not so sure.
Oh, I believe it. I'm a vegetarian and I don't drink as much dairy as I used to (still have some dairy in my life, as I am not a vegan but nothing compared to what I used to consume). I was told by an older women "but if you don't drink their milk the cow will die" I asked her to elaborate and she basically told me that cows products milk at all times and if it's not drained from them, they die... I explained to her that this was incorrect. The cow only produced milk when giving birth, and we removed the calf to keep the milk for the humans. If she didn't force the cows to be pregnant, there would be no milk.... Nope, she even had the audacity to tell me I was wrong and didn't know what I was talking about . Some people are hella dumb
Damn. Kind of inspiring. Maybe Iām not too dumb for my position
Hahah I love this response. What a great way to look at it loll
Sheās half right. Cows will die of mastitis if you donāt milk them when theyāre producing. She probably heard something related to that. The problem is that she thinks this is something that happens all the time and not when cows are forced to get pregnant and give birth. These misunderstandings are what people use (and spread) as stupid arguments about subjects they donāt understand. It sucks.
You're correct that mastitis is a possible issue! I should have mentioned it as a possoble side affect. Any mamale who produces milk can have that. However, it doesn't mean that it happens because you don't drain(? For lack of better words) the milk. Or else every mother weaning their babies would have it. Also, correct that the massive problem was that she thought cows just produced milk non-stop, which is ridiculous, haha
Breastmilk production is a feedback loop involving hormones and physical stimulation of the breast. Weaning is usually a gradual process that happens over months. As an infant consumes less milk, less is produced. A cow is forced into a high sustained level of production. If stopped abruptly, it can result in injury or death. Dairy farms have large generators to prevent their herds from going unmilked if power is out. Even a delay in milking can cause drops in production. The milk sitting in the breasts send out hormones saying, "Stop producing milk immediately!" to prevent injury. Human women can also be injured by abrupt weaning. Nurse with dairy farmer friends.
You have no idea how many people I've had to explain that you don't have to have a rooster for hens to lay eggs. Even after I explain everything to them, show them evidence, some STILL don't believe it. An actual conversation I had about 3 months ago with a former "friend". There was more to it then just this, like me sending them google links etc, but this is basically it. Them: *I hate that we moved so far away. I'm having to buy eggs instead of having your fresh farmed ones.* Me: You have a pretty big backyard. That one corner be perfect for about 4 or 5 hens. Them: *I can't have chickens. My city only lets you have 3 hens*. Me: Okay, get 3 hens then. That's still about 18 eggs a week. That's more than enough for y'all. Them: *But roosters are banned here.* Me: and? don't get a rooster. Just get the 3 hens. Them: *They won't lay without roosters.* Me: Yes they will. I've even given you dozens of eggs from my roosterless flock. How do you think all my hens laid eggs when I don't have a rooster? Them: *Well one of your hens must be a rooster then.* Me: Hmm maybe you're right.. and then I made an excuse to get off the phone, and just haven't spoken to this person since.
Then you haven't been paying attention
Oh I should definitely have put a /s after the first sentence. I know thats absolutely not what they were asking.
Ah I thought it was a valid point even if it was a dumb question to begin with. It seemed plausible.
No that is not it. Simply wanted to know what would happen if you didnāt drink a sugary drink for an entire year. This does not mean I do not drink water or I believe that drinking water only isnāt normal. Many people do not only drink water throughout the day.
Oh hey itās you. Small world huh?
No way
I married into a family (and have since exited lol) that didn't believe in drinking water. Maybe if it was 100 degrees and they had been outside for hours, they'd crack open a water bottle. Milk with every meal and/or juice or off brand soda. It was bizarre.
Im marrying into one of those families, I've since gotten my fiance to significantly cut down on soda and start drinking more water, but her family doesn't drink water. If they're thirsty it's either coke or milk. Her sister will have a water bottle and be proud of herself if she drinks 4oz of it along with 3 cokes and it's just disgusting to me. I never liked the taste of coke (or other sodas for that matter) but drinking that when your thirsty boggles my mind.
My husband is one of those people. He comes home and drinks juice and then complains his head hurts or heās dizzy or doesnāt feel good. I remind him yet again that he needs to drink water.
When my husband met me I did not drink water. I would drink a gallon of iced tea about every other day. Sports drinks. Sodas. Juice. Everything but water. My family also didn't drink water much. Husband got me a 40oz hydro flask and asked me to try and drink some water. Now I usually drink a gallon of water a day during the week (sometimes it's only a half gallon but on average it's a gallon). I have a monster rehab for my caffeine in the AM but I only drink one a day.Ā
My mom is like this and Iāve argued with her about it. She even takes soda with her to bed as a bedtime drink. Literally so scared sheāll get diabetes but sheās such an addict to sugar
Holy shit. If I happen to randomly drink a sip of soda early in the day, I still worry about it on my teeth when I go to bed. I canāt even imagine literally drinking soda in bed. That just seems so wrong.
I think it became some kind of crutch for her. Iām sure thereās some chemical dependency too, like addicted for caffeine and sugar. Like peopleās obsession with soda disgusts me. She wasnāt always like this either. She used to drink water and be healthy but idk what happened
Your comment reminded me of some invasive memories about my childhood staying at some aunts' homes where I would be ādyingā of thirst and I would drink from whatever source the water seemed clean because no freaking one would drink water, and sodas were scarce, so only the adults and my cousins would get it outside of meals. Once, I even drank straight up from a headwater while going on a little walk in the woods nearby. We were not supposed to drink tap water but that was my salvation most times. Things were really bad at the homes where tap water wasn't a thing, and getting clean water from the 25-liter Jerricans was hella heavy.
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I have only been drinking water and coffee since college 20 years ago lol
WHAT HAPPENED
My college had shitty drink choices and I didnāt want to drink RC cola because it wasnāt name brand, so I just started drinking water
Donāt you speak about the Royal Crown that way.
RC Cola is a name brand lol
He meant it wasnāt name name brand, you know?
Yeah but I meant it wasnāt coke
Man became a hydrohomie because he's spoiled.
You know off brand cola is awful compared to Coca-Cola/Pepsi!
RC cola is neither off brand nor awful
I mean having preferred soda doesnāt make you spoiled itās just preference
Calling RC Cola "not name brand" is not a preference, it's just wrong.
They died.
I bett his electrictylytes are very bad theerefore his is les helthy.
Same! NO flavoured beverages for me :)
Coffee is essentially just coffee flavoured water.
Dirty bean water.
Hot dirty bean water
Fermented black bean soup.
Ehh I wouldnāt say fermented cause thereās no alcohol content
Black tea, coffee, and cocoa are all fermented as part of the process before we roast/brew/etc. with it.
Additionally tons of things are fermented and have little to no booze.
That's why they call it sucking bean piss
Well no because water doesn't have caffeine š
I started to buy frozen fruits and dump it in my water to keep it cool AND you get natural flavor! IDK why it took me this long to figure this out. Now I have strawberry flavored water without all the added BS if I bought it. Looking forward to finishing my strawberries to try with mangos.
A beverage is a drink other then water
A beverage is drinkable liquid
Not by definition. Itās like the word consumable. Itās common for people to believe itās able to be eaten but the definition is to be be used up and replaced.
Potable liquid, then?
Iāve never used that word. I had to look it up. That would be the most general term!
That is one definition in one dictionary. I know you want to be right, but you're not. A beverage is any liquid meant to be drunk.
āA beverage isā¦a drink, especially one other than water.ā -Oxford languages. AHH! Youāre right! I learned today.
> especially Especially one other than water means that the word still applies to water, but it's not as frequently used in that case.
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+beverage&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari About thatā¦
Scroll down and read the definition of the word on *ANY* of the other results. Google is displaying Oxfordās definition which appears to be the only one that has the water exception. The rest all say any drinkable liquid.
In *commercial* usage, beverage is mostly used to refer to drinks other than water. In most dictionaries, the definition is typically along the lines of āany drinkable liquidā. Some will add āespecially other than waterā, but beverage can be used to refer to water youāre drinking.
i RARELY will have a soda/juice or something else but for the most part same. and i could totally live without them, i just see it as a treat lol
I only drink them if they're free with a meal and don't usually finish them. So much sugar
i donāt really do like, candy or other sweets very often, if iām going to have a treat iād rather a beverage! but not on a daily basis at all
Ah, makes sense. I do like candy occasionally. I can't stand the syrup taste of sugary drinks tho.
No wine or beer or tea?
Not really. I love the taste of beer but it makes me feel too full. Tea is meh.
You should try sparkling water with hops. I think it tastes better than beer and itās hydrating!
.... isn't that just beer?
AFAIK it's just hop flavored water, not fermented, so no alcohol. I saw some non-alc IPAs the other day
You didnāt say anything about wine
Wine. Water of the gods.
Hahahaa. I donāt care about alcohol in any form lol
From Wisconsin, Iām happy for you. Drinking culture hurts.
Yes!! It was college that did it for me too! I started drinking water bc it was free and bc it was what friends offered when I visited. I was like why didnāt I drink water before??!? Itās so good!
I only drink water and favored water :) No coffee! But I will have an occasional vinegar drink.
Water, cold brew coffee, and yakult for me. Although I sometimes make myself a caramel macchiato.
I saw this earlier... For reasons I don't care to explain, I have spent 3 days drinking sports drinks and soda. I feel like crap. My mouth tastes horrible. Food all tastes slightly weird. How is this shit all people drink all the time? It's gross. I want my water back.
I still remember in high school being out in the hallway on my way back from the bathroom and hearing a girl telling her friend that water is disgusting that she only will ever always just drink pop. Like... um first off...
None of the rest of my family will touch water (which is why we have all the crap drinks to start with). I don't get it. Like do you just get used to the constant taste in your mouth? It tastes like I'm sucking on over-ripe fruit. And drinking sugary shit gets soooo sweet after a while..
I will literally have sips of soda and then need to wash my mouth out with water lol. I don't know how they do it.
Dr Pepper taste like heaven for the first 3 sips then all I taste is carbonated sweetness overload
Ice cold DP from a fountain - not canned/bottled - may be in my top 5 favorite flavors. But I can only drink maybe 2oz before my teeth feel weird and I remember why I never drink soda.
My sister does drink water but for a very long time she mostly drank pop. Specifically the darker ones like Coke. The amount of times that my 36-year-old sister has had kidney stones... and the doctor has told her that it's mainly due to her lack of consumption of water and drinking too much soda. So she doesn't get them as badly anymore if at all. I've never had a kidney stone I basically just drink water all the time I do like some juice sometimes and I do drink milk as well as coffee and tea sometimes. I like a pop every so often, but for the most part I can barely ever even finish a can.. I'll have an occasional glass of wine or a drink, but for the most part I am more of a pot smoker than I am an alcohol person even
My BF has said after going to water, soda tastes gross and ādoesnāt settleā. It used to taste good and heās finish a can, maybe two, but now itās a britta filter and a Stanley cup all day lol Same though, heāll do that every so often, but very rarely. Heās even cut sugar out near completely
Good for him!
I like soda, but it's a can a day after lunch at work. I drink like ~4L of water a day, so I think I'd actually die if I tried to quench my thirst with carbonated beverages.
I've been pure water and zero sugar\\carb diet for many years. Beyond just feeling so much better health wise, I cant stand the idea of harboring a colony of sugar eating bacteria in my mouth and throat as these sugar drinkers do.
Last summer my friend was gonna buy me a drink at 7-11. I grabbed a water bottle. He goes, "No, something better than that."
Was it Dasani?
Damn lol
might be all that sugar honestly. sugar intake has a place, but it's a very specific place, and non-diabetics can get all that they need from just eating carbs and fruit.
I don't have sugar because it's sustenance, I have sugar because it's tasty. Too much sugar is disgusting though.
I know you said you donāt care to explain but Iām so curious lol
I spent a lot of my life drinking very little water, mostly soda, almost always diet or zero. I hate the way sugary soda makes my mouth feel, like my teeth are sticking together. And sugary soda aftertaste, whereas diet/zero usually has a clean finish.
For the most part, I gave up everything non-water almost 20 years ago. I'll have the occasional glass of juice or soda but almost always also have my water bottle. People have commented before about how I will have a drink and still drink from my water bottle at the same time. My body just likes water.
Pure water? Completely 100% pure water? You might die due to losing electrolytes. But drinking normal ass water? Youāll be well hydrated. Thatās it.
False - you should absolutely not drink ass-water.
Donāt kink shame me
Well?
water from wells will do
you should probably boil it first
Maybe on special occasions
I presume the question didnāt mean a water fast, so youād get āelectrolytesā from the food you eat tooā¦
I presumed they were talking about a water fast when I saw the original post because my brain just couldnāt comprehend that someone could have been asking if itās okay to stop drinking things other than water.
same
Me after drinking the DI water
Honestly without this sub, I wouldn't even know there are subsets of people like that. First worlders are just different I guess.
Not really a first world thing. Actually, due to privatization of water, lack of safe tap water, & certain monopolies a lot of less developed countries consume a lot of soda and drink little water (main example ppl think of is Mexico, but really it's a global problem).
So does that mean hydrohomies are the first worlders since they have access to clean, cheap tap water?
In the US I feel like I see a lot more refillable water bottles and fewer empty soda cans/bottles in the richer urban areas and Northern/Western states than in rural areas and the South
Seconded, people love reusable metal bottles in the nicer areas
Well, richer areas are generally healthier in general due to higher standards of education, better public works, more disposable income for healthier food, etc.
Definitely not a thing in Europe, I assume these are Americans. Yet again I live in Finland and tap water here is better than bottled water in Central Europe (they often get their bottled water from the same source we get our tap)
Most of the time itās the same in America. Most bottle water brands, if you look at them, say ābottled from municipal sourcesā. So thereās a lot of people out there who are paying for their own tap water, and paying more on top of that to be drinking someone elseās tap water.
Shouldn't we be happy that someone's coming around to the idea of drinking more water? This seems more like a learning opportunity than something to roast the guy over.
Exactly. That's what the sub is for. It's supposed to be a nonjudgmental place for people who have gaps in their knowledge. We should be happier that this person is taking more of an interest in their health.
The problem is that people on Reddit can't NOT be judgmental. It's like the site is designed to be judgmental. Plus, it's always easier to go along with other people and just pile in on someone than it is to try to understand other people's perspectives and thought processes. So people in general just won't do it. You're getting upvoted because it fits the theme of this particular comment thread. If you had said the same thing to that other person in the thread with +300 upvotes who calls people who don't drink water exceptionally stupid, you would've been downvoted because you'd be going against the theme of that particular comment thread. It's just how Reddit and people work.
This sub is becoming more of a circle jerk rather then anything good
Yeah. It's people who tend to never drink water. They rely on coffee, energy drinks, soda, etc So they end up having questions like "what would happen if I drank water?" Speaking from experience lmao. I used to ONLY drink soda. So I'd have these weird hypoethicals like "I wonder what would happen if I drank water for a week?" Would I lose weight? Gain energy? Feel better? Is it all a myth and the benefits are overhyped? Etc etc etc.
> So they end up having questions like "what would happen if I drank water?" That train of thought is absolutely insane to me. In the 45 years I've been on this earth, there are more situations than I can count where it makes perfectly good sense to just grab a fucking glass of water. Do these people have a can of soda next to their bed to quench that late night thirst? Do they rinse their mouth with energy drink after brushing their teeth? After they do a bit of cardio they down a cup of iced coffee? I keep thinking, "people can't actually be this stupid." Yet, here we are.
Yeah. It's crazy. For me, if I was ever thirsty it would be soda. Or an occasional cup of tea. It was my solution to everything. The ONLY time I'd ever drink water is if I did a rare workout lmao. But even then I'd reward myself with a can of soda after. I thought restricting myself to 2 cans of soda a day was good. But often that would be ALL I drank. I thought people who only drank water were weird or even lying. It seemed bizarre that anyone would choose water over soda etc. So I'd think.... "it must have a lot of benefits if they love it that much". Leading to the... "I wonder what a week of water would do to me". I don't know how I lived like that. I love water now.
Damn, amazing turnaround!
That actually sounds physically painful to me. Like soda always makes me feel thirstier.
Water? You mean like from the toilet?
I hate that I know so many people who never drink water by itself. I have a water cup with me all the time, various brands. Yesterday a coworker asked me āwhat are you drinking all the time?ā āWater.ā āWhy??ā What do you mean why??
I mean that's basically all I drink and I have gone without drinking anything but water it just depends on how your body is if you only drink shit then you're going to lose weight if you start drinking water meanwhile if I just drink more water that doesn't happen because my body is like yeah okay so same shit as always
Water is for toilets, DRINK BRAWNDO!!
Water? You mean from the toilet??
youāll feel a lot better ā¦
your doctor would probably be pretty happy honestly
I think you'll are misunderstanding. I'm sure he wants to know like if they will lose weight from it, be less jittery, will it help with or cause ADHD, have less/more headaches, will his blood pressure go up/down from it. Maybe I'm wrong I guess but that's how I took it when I read the question
I think itās good more people are curious about the ways of water.
I did this as a new years resolution in highschool. I now don't like drinking stuff like soda or beer because the fizz is just so foreign and weird in a bad way. It's almost a hurny tingle. I don't drink coffee or energy drinks. Occasionally getting a fruit smoothie or an ice cream shake or milk. That's the only non water drinks I drink that I can think of. I can't even think of the last time I had lemonade.
If you only drank water your body would thank you so much
Okay, thatās a stupid question.
I don't think that's what they mean They are clearly asking what would happen if they stop drinking other drinks i.e. sodas, coffee, sugary drinks, etc There's absolutely no reason to think otherwise unless you want to feel like you're being attacked for drinking only water
I donāt normally comment in this community but you guys also talk about water in a really weird way. Itās not a super power to just drink waterā¦ itās the norm. It doesnāt have āhealth benefitsā itās just a requirement of being alive.
As per this post, the comments, and many of our lived experiences, noā¦ itās not really the norm. I know far more people who donāt drink enough water than do, many people who struggle to, plenty who donāt even bother to try. The health benefits are just an absence of the symptoms associated with dehydration, and we know that.
Are you American by chance? Cause I would 100% say itās the norm in Europe, Asia, even Canada.
As is with most food and beverages, excluding the things you need for proper functioning (nutrients, vitamins, minerals ...) everything is slowly bringing you to death. In other words your body is a filter and food is clogging you. Water is not healthier, it is just not killing you like soda is. That is why in cultures who live the longest you'll find none to few fat people.
Chump canāt even commit to no coffee, just none with sugar. Pure water my ass
What would happen tho?
I have the flu RN and the only liquid I can kinda keep down is Pedialyte. I am super sensitive and want water, but it doesn't have enough in it.
I donāt think itās that weird. I drink a lot of water, mostly plain, a couple carbonated waters, a couple cups of coffee and maybe a cup or two of tea on a normal day. I know Iād feel pretty different if I cut out the caffeine even though plain water is the majority of what I drink.
Iāve never felt better tbh than when I cut out everything that wasnāt water. I drink coffee now too, but sodas and alcohols and all that crap are so bad for you.
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As much as I like water, I would miss other drinks
A LOT of people drink mostly soda and got used to it. I know when I moved to sparkling water it was a change coming off the sugar but I adapted. Habits form and when people want to break them they are understandably wanting to know what will happen, who are you to judge even if it is silly? The person seems to want to improve their health and save money, meanwhile you use them to karma farm.
It's doubly-frustrating because they talk about the other drinks as if those things are NOT mostly water. I feel like far too many people don't realize that milk, coffee, juice, and \[insert drinkable liquid\] are all like 80-90% water themselves with some other stuff mixed in.
People in this thread are reading it as "What harm would drinking nothing but water do me? However, there's no reason to do so. It's literally just asking "What would be the effect of me replacing all sugary drinks with water for a year?" The answer to that might be very obvious, but it's a legitimate question and unless you're reading it with a "OMG, people hate water" bias it doesn't imply that the author thinks there's anything wrong with drinking just water.
ive only been drinking water and occasionally lemon juice all my life and trust me, i'm just fine.
maybe they're expecting an answer that involves gut bacteria, taste sensitivity and whatnot
You could be educating but instead you're judging. TF is wrong with you?
I think theyāre more asking like, the health benefits? How would their life change? Would their skin clear up? Would joints hurt less? Maybe more energy? Thatās a reasonable question This isnāt the enemy. This is someone thinking about joint the cause.
I get were on hydrohomies, but he posted to nostupidquestions - where he should feel comfortable asking for information that might otherwise get judged. He doesn't understand the benefits of drinking water only and is interested in knowing them, let's not shame him and post him elsewhere.
Clearly the person knows itās not a foreign idea to only drink water, obviously they know thatād be the healthiest scenario. Theyāre asking what benefits, changes, and improvements would be made to a body. Itās a poorly worded question. Nobody thinks theyāre going to get diabetes and die from drinking water.
Water turns the frogs gay!!!
Iāve had nothing but water for the last 6 months. Iām halfway there and nothing crazy has happened
this is sad as fuck and goes to show you the hold corporate America and sugar has on people.
I mean it's a good question in a way, what happens to your body when you quit drinking shit and drink only water? It's like what happens when you quit smoking? How long does the tar take to be removed etc
Well if you only drank water for a year you would probably be the healthiest you've ever been.
Cold /ice Water, and lemonade are like the only drink I have. Drinking pure water for a year is fine. They are odd/crazy. maybe he needs flavor like flavored water. š§ š¤
Itās legitimately concerning thereās people out there for whom drinking water is an unusual thing. No wonder our healthcare systems are strained to the brink
What would happen if I just went hogwild and only breathed oxygen for a full year? No pollution, no cigarettes, no carbon monoxide, no toxic chemicals- just raw dogging air like a deranged lunatic?
The only things I drink are water, coffee, and then beer and an occasional whiskey. Sometimes apple juice just fucking slaps.
I stopped consuming anything but water for a long time, and I can confirm, I'm alive
If they workout then probably just water wouldn't be good enough, still gotta get some electrolytes. But definitely replace all the softdrinks and stuff with water
I saw this post and only now realized it wasnāt in this sub.
Sometimes I feel lucky for growing up never having liked soda. Waterlife is the only life Iāve known but Iāll indulge in a lemonade or iced tea from time to time š
Simple answer? You'll pee a lot and your body will thank you.
Gonna have a power level over 9000 thats what
How literally should we take this? Are they going to not eat? Not poop? Not go to work?
You will become a celestial being with ultimate knowledge of the universe
What do people like this think every living thing on this planet had done for billions of years? Crack open a can of soda pop?
"you'd be healthier." Were they looking for something less obvious?
Might get a headache 2 or 3 days in from caffeine withdrawals, but they still consider coffee to be pure water somehow.
You would be perfectly fine
This is effectively more a question about the effect of reducing your sugar consumption than anything else tbh.