Episode 056: It’s another instalment of Real Health Radio and this week I’m looking at the topic of fluid intake and urination. We’ve all heard that we need to drink 1.5L or 2L or 8 cups of water a day, but how true is this? How often should you be urinating and what colour should it be? Does coffee and tea count towards your fluid intake? We cover all of this and much more as part of the show.

Here’s what I talk about in this podcast episode:

2:40 The purpose of urination

5:40 The three components of hydration

7:35 The importance of electrolytes

9:15 How food intake is connected

11:20 How does dehydration occur

16:40 The problem of over hydration

23:30 Stresses impact on urination

27:25 Body temperature and frequent urination

30:00 Using urination to guide your fluid intake

34:35 Drinking fluids at different points during the day

36:45 Do tea and coffee count towards your fluid intake

37:50 Night time urination and why it happens

Links talked about as part of this episode:

Real Health Radio 042: The Minnesota Starvation Experiment

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