Were we all constantly dehydrated?

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Anonymous wrote:I am a gen x kid and I remember always having bad headaches as a teen. I’m convinced it’s because I was not drinking enough water. But no one figured it out. I was given an aspirin and told to lie down. Even went to the doctor and he never asked me questions about diet or lifestyle. It was probably a simple solution.

I remember this, and feeling parched while slurping water down at the water fountain. Our school didn't have air conditioning in the south in the 80s!

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We had a water fountain at school plus milk at lunch and that was about it. I’m sure I’d have some water at home but we never talked about hydration. On a hot day we’d look for the nearest hose.

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I am trying to get in the habit of drinking more water. My body doesn’t seem to need much - outside of my morning coffee (which admittedly is 2-3 cups at least), I can easily go all day without drinking anything else, if I’m not working out or at the beach or something.

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I remember drinking lots of Hi-C and Hawaiian Punch.

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Anonymous wrote:Food is saltier today maybe?

I 100% believe this. In Europe, I often forget to drink water because I'm not excessively thirsty!

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Water bottles are on trend now.

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Anonymous wrote:All of this water hype was originally driven by the bottled water giants, like Coca Cola, trying to get us to buy more.

This

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a gen x kid and I remember always having bad headaches as a teen. I’m convinced it’s because I was not drinking enough water. But no one figured it out. I was given an aspirin and told to lie down. Even went to the doctor and he never asked me questions about diet or lifestyle. It was probably a simple solution.

I remember this, and feeling parched while slurping water down at the water fountain. Our school didn't have air conditioning in the south in the 80s!

This made me chuckle, totally remember this too

[Anonymous]

I was born in the 70s and I remember being thirsty at school.

We got a juice box at lunch and a couple trips to the water fountain and that was it.

Remember the kids who would slurp of water from the fountain for a long time and the teacher would yell and tell them to give someone else a turn?

I think a lot of us were thirsty.

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I was an athlete and i don’t ever remember being water bottles to practices- we would take one or two water breaks and line up at the fountain.
I remember one basketball practice where we weren’t allowed to get water until we all made a free throw, which took forever and we were all exhausted. Can’t imagine a coach doing that now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born in the 70s and I remember being thirsty at school.

We got a juice box at lunch and a couple trips to the water fountain and that was it.

Remember the kids who would slurp of water from the fountain for a long time and the teacher would yell and tell them to give someone else a turn?

I think a lot of us were thirsty.

Born in the 80's and I remember that. Definitely was a thing at my school too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I drank a lot of water growing up. I don’t know what the OP is talking about. I drank from the water fountain and a glass and even back in the 90s I remember having a refillable bottle for sports. My classmates drank a lot of bottled soda so they were also getting hydration all day long.

In the 90s? You are too young for this conversation. Your experience was different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born in the 70s and I remember being thirsty at school.

We got a juice box at lunch and a couple trips to the water fountain and that was it.

Remember the kids who would slurp of water from the fountain for a long time and the teacher would yell and tell them to give someone else a turn?

I think a lot of us were thirsty.

I think people in the line would yell "Save some for the fish!" or something. You were given only a few seconds before your turn was up.

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Anonymous wrote:Our kids carry them around but do they actually drink it? My toddler will drink a lot at the end of meals but otherwise he's not that interested. Yet we still carry the dang bottle everywhere and try to convince him to drink it. I think we are all just projecting our own water needs onto our kids.

I have to agree. I don't do it anymore. But I'm also not an adult that carries a water bottle everywhere, all the time like some do. So I guess that's why I can feel more comfortable with it. I will probably carry some more this summer but I do feel like the obsession with access.at.all.times to water is a little overkill. Neither my 3 year old or my 6 year old drinks THAT much from their bottles when we send them to school for example.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was born in the 70s and I remember being thirsty at school.

We got a juice box at lunch and a couple trips to the water fountain and that was it.

Remember the kids who would slurp of water from the fountain for a long time and the teacher would yell and tell them to give someone else a turn?

I think a lot of us were thirsty.

I think people in the line would yell "Save some for the fish!" or something. You were given only a few seconds before your turn was up.

Yup! 70s kid here. Water fountains were ubiquitous, and they always worked.

“One two three, that’s enough for me!”

First time through the line.


“One two that’s enough for you. “

Second time through.