Journal article
“Drink at Least 8 Glasses of Water a Day to Be Healthy???”
Abstract
The saying "drink at least 8 glasses of water per day to be healthy" has had little supporting evidence. The purpose of this article was to briefly introduce the role of hydration in health in order to explore in more detail recent observational studies of hyperhydration in chronic kidney disease (CKD) in man. The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease study initially noted a negative association between increasing urine output and progression …
Authors
Clark WF; Huang S-HS; Garg AX; House A; Moist LM; Weir M; Sontrop JM
Journal
Home Healthcare Now, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 237–242
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
April 2014
DOI
10.1097/nhh.0000000000000050
ISSN
2374-4529