Anonymous wrote:Electrolyte water, adequate salt in the diet. Use sea salt added to fresh foods rather than relying in processed foods.

The focus on sea salt is funny. Where I grew up, that was the only kind available because the sea was the only source of salt. We thought that mined salt was the fancy stuff. It turns out that we were just fashionable before our time.

Anonymous wrote:Salt

salt will make you retain water but it has other harmful effects. why do you think your doc always tell you to cut salt? no sea salt is no different. salt is salt

I threw a dvt and pe from dehydration, so drink a lot more now. I drink a pot of tea instead of a cup of tea at breakfast. I have recycled some screw-top wine bottles and fill them with filtered water and keep them in the fridge, so I can measure how much I have drunk. (I don't have a water dispenser on the fridge). Three glasses of water with meals not one. Lots of bathroom trips, yes, but it sure beats hospitalization.

I am because of a medicine I take (I feel crazy thirst and get dizzy if I don’t drink enough). I eat a low-salt diet, but do add a bit of CALM magnesium and pink salt to my morning water. Then I also find that weird as it sounds I only can drink enough if I’m drinking from a straw. Like a toddler. Other water bottles or cups, I just don’t do it.

Electrolyte water, adequate salt in the diet. Use sea salt added to fresh foods rather than relying in processed foods.

You can get electrolyte tablets or powder that you add to the water. Some brands are Nuun, Nectar, Liquid IV, Normalyte.

* you are not rehydrating

You are rehydrating. You have to get a rehydration drink that had salt and magnesium. Drink that and then drink water. The easiest way to explain - the water needs something to latch onto to remain in your body and hydrate you. Water after water after water can just run through you.

I freeze lemon, lime, and orange wedges. Drop them in my water. Sometimes I drop in some frozen cherries or blueberries. Helps keep it interesting.

If you're really concerned, you could do IV infusion therapy.

Who says you’re dehydrated? Nobody actually always needs to drink whatever amount they’re saying these days. 8 cups or 64 ounces or half your body weight in ounces or whatever. Sometimes you need more sometimes you need way less. Drink when you’re thirsty. Eat hydrating food like fruits and vegetables. You don’t need to force water, that’s why we have thirst.

Why do you think you're dehydrated? Maybe you're not. I drink water with every meal. Then sometimes a little more just for fun. Plus I eat fruit twice a day general, and same with veg. I almost exclusively drink water, so all the liquids I drink count - so no caffeine or alcohol.

Salt

I'd like to hear some responses to your post as well. I heard that sea salt can be added to water to help with hydration. I have not looked into that yet, but I throw that out to you as a something to check out.

Please share your tips on staying hydrated. I have a stainless steel water bottle and I keep up with it for about 3 days and fall off the wagon.