As a kidney doctor, one question I get asked, usually daily (this came from an actual patient interaction), is “Do I really need to drink THAT much water EVERY DAY. Does the Starbucks quadruple shot topped off with coffee that I chase with 6 Cokes, oops, Diet Cokes and 4 cans of Red Bull and the 5 Miller Lite’s I drink during the day count in that total?” Read the editorial in the recent Journal of American Society of Nephrology and look at the evidence (evidence? really?) and decide for yourself. Maybe, Maybe not. Gotta run, have several Meerkat Manor shows on DVR and that show ROCKS!  Click on the “water” tab at the top to see the article.

Signed: I P Freely.

Okay, just Dave

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