I disagree with this article, simply because when i am in a routine drinking my full 8 glasses of water (and no caffeine or alcohol) i feel amazing - lighter and cleansed - i can feel the difference... i agree sometimes its hard, and you shouldnt feel guilty if you cannot make the full amount everyday - i mean sometimes its just not convenient to pee about every hour! but when you can - its good for you to cleanse the body.

What he says is true about water content in beverages and foods. Like any article on any topic, we need to think about what the information does not contain and do what is personally right. It's that simple.

This is very dangerous advice. Teaching College Nutrition one of the first lab experiments I have students do is to consume different beverages and then measure urine output - perhaps this author found 18 elite athletes who could drink sugar and caffeine and not become dehydrated. I find making
such claims to the general population based on a tiny very select study group unethical and misleading at best! How much malpractice insurance does this "researcher" carry?

There is no medical evidence that I am aware of that indicates the need to drink, or otherwise consume, eight glasses of water each day. That is a lot of water. Perhaps that amount would be justified living and working in a desert environment. Even if that level of consumption were scientifically established, it would not apply to all body types: for example a person five foot tall, and weighing one-hundred.

If filters in municipal settings cannot efficiently eliminate drugs and pesticides from drinking water, it must be asked if any type of residential filter, other than a distiller type, can?

Although I think it is a shame for people to feel guilty about not drinking enough water I don't think encouraging people to drink more pop, coffee, tea and fruit juice is a good way to go. Even if these beverages my assist in hydration initially the detrimental effects of high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, sugar, caffeine and the often unaccounted calories in these beverages will have a far more detrimental effect on peoples health then feeling a little guilty about not drinking enough pure clean water.