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| Lady Drinking Enough Wter |
A new study says getting behind the wheel when dehydrated
makes you just as hazardous as being under the influence of alcohol.
The research from Loughborough University showed drivers who
drank 25 ml (a couple of sips) of water an hour, instead of the recommended 200
ml (a third of a pint), made twice the number of mistakes as those who were
well-hydrated.
So how important is water? And should you have it hot or
cold? Still or sparkling? Tap or bottled? Here are the answers . . .
DO WE DRINK ENOUGH?
Medics say that on the whole we’re a pretty parched lot.
In March, a study warned that the number of people taken to
A&E with painful kidney stones has soared. According to Professor Tom
Sanders, of King’s College London, dehydration is said to be the most likely
cause.
Kidney stones form when calcium deposits in urine clump to
form crystals in the kidneys and then get trapped in the urethra. When a person
is dehydrated, the concentration of deposits is higher.
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