How much water should you drink every day? Roughly two litres sound about right? Perhaps you keep a bottle next to your desk at work and swig from it all day in a bid to stave off all those problems you’ve been convinced will arise the moment your body’s hydration levels dip below “perfect”?
And perhaps you should worry. A poll of GPs this week, carried out by the Natural Hydration Council, found that one in five of their patients were coming into surgeries and clogging up their valuable time with ailments such as feeling tired, headaches or poor concentration, mostly caused by them not drinking enough water. Of course, it’s a not-so-small detail that the Natural Hydration Council is the trade body for the bottled water industry, and it’s in their interest to make you worry about how little water you’re drinking. But surely it’s hard to argue against the basic advice that drinking lots of water is good for you?
You will never see or touch most of the water you are responsible for using
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