Before you keep reading this, I want you to get up and go get a glass of water right now. Nope, I don’t care if you’re already drinking one. Get more! Okay, now that you’re sipping on water, you should know that in the time that you got up to get a glass and come back to your laptop, your body has delivered oxygen to your brain, allowing you to perform that action of standing up in the first place.

You might have heard of people saying that we need an upwards of 3 liters of water per day for an adult body. But most of that water is consumed in other ways and hidden in our meals throughout the day. That salad you ate for lunch? There’s tons of water in that. The mushroom soup for dinner? It’s basically mushrooms in water. Despite all these water sources you’re ingesting, you still need to drink water separately in its pure form. In my opinion, there’s no real “fixed” amount you should be drinking per day. Just make sure you’ve got a jug ready and make a habit of emptying that jug by the end of the day.

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The widespread benefits of drinking lots of water is well known, such as skin health, blood pressure regulation, and aiding our digestive system. But did you know that all water you’re drinking has existed ever since icy comets came to earth billions of years ago? Yes, the water you’re drinking may have been the urine of dinosaurs. It’s just been filtered over and over again. Don’t worry, our bodies are made up of 60% water so we have evolved to require it. So if you spat out water at that sentence, I am truly sorry.

One last thing: if you live in a place with clean water such as Vancouver, your tap water at home is perfectly fine to drink. No need to boil or filter – just drink it!