Question:
I'm a journalism from Toronto writing a story for class on the benefits of drinking water. Any informed person will know the obvious health advantages of drinking the required 8 glasses/day but I'm looking for people who have stories to tell, stories to share, and are passionate about the fluids they drink. Do you think water is the best cure of all? Do you find drinking water curing some odd ailments you may have, or keeping your stamina up? Or do you regard water-drinking as a crock?

Answer: Not a crock, perhaps, but I suspect it is greatly exaggerated. I can't imagine very many places in primitive societies where it would be the natural thing to drink that much water each day. I suspect our bodies can adapt rather well to much less, and I also suspect a lot of the publicity is pushed by companies that sell bottled water. If this is true, then those who have adapted to drinking little water will fare much better in the event of a severe drought or terrorist attack on our water supply.

An interesting story I heard recently - don't know if it's true - a French man told someone, "Those Americans are really dumb; they will buy anything! Then he proceeded to start selling Evian water. What is "Evian" spelled backwards?

I rarely get thirsty myself, so I don't drink much water - probably less than one glass a day. However, I do eat a lot of fruit and drink more natural juices than most people.