My father followed the opposite advice, by Iranian Dr. BATMANghelidj, who, while imprisoned himself, cured numerous prisoners of various illnesses with just more salt and water. Specifically, half your lbs in oz of water (this part is mainstream advice), with 1/4 tsp salt per qt water (unorthodox).
I guess drinking way past thirst worked for my dad, as he was very strong and healthy til age 75 (died in car crash), altho he mainly credited his health to kelp powder and avoiding junk food.
If you check Amazon reviews of the book, Your Body's Many Cries for Water, you can see a thousand testimonials of miracle healings from the salt water cure.
I personally nearly died recently from some bacterial infection, and what saved me was drinking 4L water with excessive hot chilis daily. This allowed me to sweat all toxins out.
The notion that we need to eat more potassium is well-supported in studies. I don't see broad support for the assertion that kidneys will go into improper overdrive if you drink past thirst, but perhaps it hasn't been well-studied.
Luckily, altho the science may never be settled, we can easily settle it for ourselves with a bit of self-experiment. Perhaps it is like with food and some people do better on less and some with more.
Interesting research !
My father followed the opposite advice, by Iranian Dr. BATMANghelidj, who, while imprisoned himself, cured numerous prisoners of various illnesses with just more salt and water. Specifically, half your lbs in oz of water (this part is mainstream advice), with 1/4 tsp salt per qt water (unorthodox).
I guess drinking way past thirst worked for my dad, as he was very strong and healthy til age 75 (died in car crash), altho he mainly credited his health to kelp powder and avoiding junk food.
If you check Amazon reviews of the book, Your Body's Many Cries for Water, you can see a thousand testimonials of miracle healings from the salt water cure.
I personally nearly died recently from some bacterial infection, and what saved me was drinking 4L water with excessive hot chilis daily. This allowed me to sweat all toxins out.
The notion that we need to eat more potassium is well-supported in studies. I don't see broad support for the assertion that kidneys will go into improper overdrive if you drink past thirst, but perhaps it hasn't been well-studied.
Luckily, altho the science may never be settled, we can easily settle it for ourselves with a bit of self-experiment. Perhaps it is like with food and some people do better on less and some with more.