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One is that drinking a lot of water suppresses appetite.
The second myth is that filling up on water flushes toxins from the body.
The third myth is that it reduces headaches.
The fourth myth is that water drinking improves your skin.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> The 8 glasses recommendation probably came from that's approximately how much urine and sweat one eliminates?

I'm going with the CDC on water:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/nutr...sics/water.htm

The Goldfarb, kidney specialist is a sensationalist, trying to get his name in lights? What "average, healthy individual" is going to do this:

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He also cited the case of a woman who developed swelling of the brain and died when she drank water continuously and very rapidly for several minutes as part of a contest.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> The four "myths" are vague, what is "a lot"? I think they're talking to the quacks of the world and those who listen to them in the first place but doing the opposite extreme and probably harming people like you and me Candybear who should drink more water