Gear88 said:
From what I read the modern medical community is moving away from the whole 7-to-8 glasses of water a day for a healthy person. Remember just because you drink water doesn't make you healthy. There is a number of people whom medically qualify for hospitalization for dehydration even if considered normal, healthy people.
I believe the newer era medical community is mentioning half-your weight in ounces for water. For example a person weighing 200lbs especially more so if healthy exercising/body built person. 100 ounces of water or for example you weigh 155lbs so you'd drink 77.5 ounces of water. Food also hydrates about 25% of your fluid intake is food based more so with vegetables and fruits or other water-laden foods.
From some studies and flexibility teachers I read in the past, they recommend a specific amount based on your body mass too.
Using pounds, they suggest to multiply your mass by 30. The result is the amount of water you need to drink daily, in millilitres. For people in Britain, just convert. 1 stone = 14 pounds. For example, someone weighing 13 stones (=182 lbs) would need to drink 5.460 litres of water every day.
Using kilograms, you can multiply by 66. For example, someone weight 88 kg would drink 5.808 litres of water every day.
Considering this, no wonder so many people are dehydrated and inflexible. When converting to this method, one should not do it all at once. For the first week, one should record their water intake daily. From the week after, gradually increase it until the right amount is reached. Increases should be, such as 250ml or 500ml, and you should give your bladder time to get used to each increase before moving to the next increase. During the time your body start getting properly hydrated again, you will pee a lot, as water is used in detoxification. You'll know you have nearly detoxified when your pee comes out clear.
Never drink tap water, as it's unhealthy. A purifier is needed and, if you don't think you can afford it, try hard to find bottled water with a low dry residue and no fluoride. Low dry residue I'd say below 80.
In my opinion, using your method would still only feed them around slightly half the amount of water they need. I converted 100 US ounces in litres and it comes at less than 3. But I encourage people to try the difference for a time. Let's say 3-6 months.
What is certain is that water intake is vital for flexibility, among many other things. Nobody drinks 'pure' water the way the other user means it. Pure water is actually water from a spring, which actually comes with mineral salts naturally. Water being just H2O is complete BS. I would call that weakened water, rather than just water.
A flexible body spiritually translates in open and well-functioning nadih. This should be an incentive for people who are neglecting yoga.