I've heard that we should drink about 2.5 litres of water every day as a way of cleansing our bodies and also providing the fluids we need.

I take it that this doesn't include tea, coffee or other drinks laden with caffeine and other additives.

Yes, that's been good advice for years now...., but the problem I have always found is that it is hard to drink that much water...., so I try to keep a big glass on my desk and sip it as i go..., it's easy to not bother going to the water fountain at work etc... You can also try decaf tea and coffee, they are very good these days... makes sense...

I heard about the guy who died at the end of the london marathon from excessive water consumtion, what happens to your body if you overload with water.., there must be more advice about this with the summer just round the corner..?

Tea etc count as your 2.5 litres, so you dont have to down lots of water, although it might make you feel better.

 This 2 litre rule in society is actually a myth. There was a BBC docu/report the other week, which showed the paper this initial statement came from. Unfortuantely, companies hopped onto this, but failed to see the remaining statements that most of the water comes from the food we eat daily (i.e: fruit, veg, even processed foods to an extent).

 Whilst drinking water probably aids the body over time, I've read a few reports that its not overly neccassary to drink just water. It's probably better for your teeth though than drinking coke anf fruit juices constantly!

That's interesting. I wonder how much actual water we need?

I think that to say that most of the water we need comes from food is an exaggeration - i think it's about 20%  As most people are dehydrated most of the time, anything that encourages people to drink more is welcome.

i kind of trust that advice becuase it came around long before people were trying to sell us bottled water.

I find it hard to get a lot of water in - any tips from anyone?

Drinking a glass as soon as you wake up, and another right after breakfast is a good way to kickstart your day.

well I guess that depends on your age and weight ..

 try the water intake calculator here ... http://wellnessndiet.com/calculators_iwi.php

 hope it answers the question :)

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We have all heard of the same old saying are we drinking enough water? tea, coffe has caffine in and maybe they swear by the water pure and simple, it sometimes is off putting no flavour so maybe try and get flavoured water if you can stand the sweetners or mix orange diluted with water.

Water is our life and it also helps to cure lots of problem of human body. I drink 3 litres or 7 glasses of water in daily basis.