Your body needs water or other fluids to work properly and to avoid dehydration. Help yourself to a selection of naturally flavoured waters on offer this week.
Location: Meetings & Events Coffee Lounge and Alive & Well. Also available on the breakfast counter on Wednesday 9th October.
How much should we drink?
To stay healthy, it’s important to replace the fluid we lose when we breathe, sweat or urinate.We get some fluid from our food, but most comes from drinks.
The European Food Safety Authority recommends that women should drink about 1.6 litres of fluid and men should drink about 2.0 litres of fluid per day. That’s about eight glasses of 200ml each for a woman, and 10 glasses of 200ml each for a man.
However, the amount a person needs to drink to avoid getting dehydrated will vary depending on a range of factors, including their size, the temperature and how active they are. So, for example, if you’re exercising hard in hot weather you’ll need to drink more.
All drinks count, including hot drinks such as tea and coffee, but water, milk and fruit juices are the healthiest. It is best to avoid alcoholic drinks.
