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solumunustoday at 8:26 AM3 repliesview on HN

If you're peeing that much then evidently your body is not using all that water you're consuming. Either it's more than you need, or you're lacking in electrolytes and should increase electrolyte intake alongside the water.


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Gigachadtoday at 8:33 AM

Your body doesn’t use up water turning it in to nothing. You are meant to pee out what isn’t lost to sweat.

sevenzerotoday at 11:38 AM

By that logic, if I drank the right amount of water with 100% accuracy for multiple days, I'd only have to pee every few days.

gib444today at 3:00 PM

Parent is correct. NHS sources say upto 7 times during the day is normal and "Every 3 to 4 hours is considered healthy. Going every 1 to 2 hours usually means you either have an overactive bladder or are drinking too much at once."

Saying every 30 minutes is normal is just the same as advocating drinking too much water