Drinking... Is It Just About Thirst?

I can still hear my mother declaring, when I was a child, ‘I don’t ever get thirsty,’ and almost being proud of the fact. She claimed drinking (far too many) cups of strong tea every day was enough. Today, lovely readers, as that sunshine starts to get warmer, we’re not going to talk about being parched in the Sahara, but about everyday hydration.

Our bodies are 60% water (I can remember that from O-level biology) and we lose it gradually through the day – not just by sweating, but through evaporation, breathing, weeing and in our stools. So it all needs to be topped up. All those nutrients in our blood are carried along much more efficiently if we are well hydrated.