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How Much Water Should We Drink

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04:38 6 Jun 2017


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It's always important to drink water and now more than ever as we actually seem to be having a summer in Ireland this year. 

But how much should we be drinking? We've all heard that rule about 8 glasses a day however the Institute of Medicine has said that an adult male needs 13 glasses/3 litres on average where as an adult female needs 9 cups/2.2 litres.

This of course changes depending on what you're doing. 

Light exercise - add 500mls 

Intense exercise (over 90 mins running) - increase to approx 180mls every 20 mins*

Pregnant - add 1 glasses

Breastfeeding - add 4 glasses

Hot day - increase to approx 3 glasses an hour 

So if you're heading to Fanta Sandstorm next weekend make sure you keep hydrated. Limited tickets are available HERE.

*according to research from Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes by Monique Ryan.


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