Drinking Water

Lemon is acidic. Mainly citric and malic acids. How is that alkalising?

As a biologist I would say that, for hydration, water is most useful because it is cheap. If you look at drinks like pure orange juice, then it is about 90% water, beer is 90-95% water depending on its alcohol content. Any drink that contains a high proportion of water will hydrate you. Arguably fruit juice containing vitamins will have additional benefits, compared to water. This is as long as you are not a diabetic or obese, because of the sugars fruit contains (typically fructose, glucose and sucrose).

Have you asked your GP about straight Cranberry juice? I've only found it at Biona.co.uk. The only other one is Currant juice (LOOV makes 100% juice - this is hard to find without sugar/sweeteners).

You don't need much per day, but it can be incredibly useful to aiding the kidneys and they're both great for helping the body stay hydrated.

But I'd check with your GP about taking a few tablespoonfuls a day.

Most likely. There are different types of headaches which will arise in different spaces in your head. Too much of anything is not healthy, add it could be deadly. Milk has added vitamin D. If you overdose on it, it causes a type of head ache. But it can do damage if you keep forcing your body to take something it cannot keep up with.

I would be mindful of any latest health 'fad'. One could find a reason to eat/drink anything if you look hard enough. From liver to chlorella to Lions Mane and beyond. But if you dig deeper, one should only have liver every 2 weeks tops. It's incredibly healthy and great for humans who cannot digest high fibre veg properly. Every vitamin has a max per day. And most won't absorb properly without their symbiotic relations, so to stay hydrated, plain water is not enough. The body needs a certain amount of salt and sugar to absorb it. This goes for everything. 

I'd work out how much D you're getting from milk and why you take extra. What else do you eat in a day and what else might contain it.

Every human body is different. It's important to understand a bit of your genetics (we are all prone to different complications), if there's anything it's good at producing (individuals who's genetics are designed for cloudy weather just won't need the amount of D that someone who's designed for blue skies would). At the very least a decent Multi and nothing else is quite useful. I take a mushroom complex which is good for the brain, for cellular health and heart health. But I'm aware it does boost Vit D, so I don't take it daily and I don't overdo sunshine.

It is important to drink more water, the recommended amount for an adult is 2 litres per day. In the tap water there are inorganic minerals and chemicals added which are harmful. I drink distilled water from a water distiller machine that I bought. It gives the purest water and it tastes so fresh and I like to add lemon to my water every day for a detoxifying effect and also an alkalising effect in the body which is great for your health!

Yes definitely try to start drinking water. It's so important for the body. It helps keep everything running properly, your organs, your body temp, the blood... So important. 

I get where you're coming from with the taste of water, horrible, totally agree, however it's still important so sometimes we need to eat and drink the horrible tasting stuff lol. I suggest you get a bottle of squash, something that you add the water to, that way it will 'mask' the taste of the water so you'll be getting plenty of water in your system but you'll be tasting the squash.

I can understand your worries with tap water but try not to overthink it because you'll worry yourself silly. I sometimes feel the same way but just think back to your grandparents, they likely all drank tap water and I expect they all lived to 50+... Mine did. Tap water is scary because the only place we see it come from is the tap, but it is filtered and cleaned so try not to worry too much if you have to drink from it 

Hmmm...you don't mention you age or gender but sweating.. menopause???

Otherwise, yes fizzing drinks might make you dizzy. As for tap water, well anecdotally been thru 7 sets of kidneys and full of fluoride before we drink, so err get where you are coming from there.

But hey, water is necessary, so how about bottled water, or a water filter? Then mix with a little juice or squash or syrup (sirop de methe is my adicition). There are ways to consume non tap water or to make it more palatable. 

Your fizzy drink habit is having a negative effect on you, Its feeding the negative bacteria in your stomach that causes you to feel sick and prevent the absorption of B12, Iron and riboflavin , the caffeine is destroying your kidneys and your probably experiencing adrenal fatigue. water is never going to taste good as long as your drinking sugary carbonated drinks. its hard to break the habit so transition to carbonated water with squash.

Milk  !!! That's another thing the hospital told me to cut down on, anything dairy. I have it in my tea and coffee, but when i'm having lots of milk, for example on my cereal of a morning, i have oat milk. It's more expensive than cows milk, but i saw videos on Youtube of people making thier own. All i do is a few handfulls of porridge oats in the food processer and whizz it up with tap water, if you want it thicker and creamier put more oats in, if you prefer it thinneradd more water.

What i've started doing now to get extra minerals is adding kale; spinach; or celery and whizzing that with the oats, sort of making a smoothie, and it all goes on my Weetabix.

I take a lot of Vitamin D tablets; plus I drink enough milk to do an army.

Perhaps that would explain my migraines.

I have kidney problems i need to drink water to stop me becoming dehydrated.I've a bottle in the fridge that i drink all day, and i take a flask to bed of a night. It's only tap water, so a bit bland. What i started doing was getting a bottle of lemon juice from the supermarket (the type you'd put on pancakes), and illl add a squirt to my bottle or flask'

The additives in fizzy drinks, particularly dark cola ones are doing your kidneys no good at all. Read any hosital CKD webpage

Carbonated drinks have been found to deplete certain things the body needs. Boil the water if need be or maybe drink more fruit tea. I would suggest buying bottled SPRING water to supplement a few days per week. You need a human-friendly amount of minerals which are not filtered out of these (as well as sugar) to keep your BLOOD hydrated. I would also suggest seeing your GP and finding out if you need an IV to rehydrate. I used to do this when I lived in a dry climate once per year in the summer. It helps incredibly. My brother did this when he had too much to drink the night before while in med school & apparently it puts one right as rain. 

It could also be possible VOCs, formaldehyde or spores / mould, invisible to the naked eye, can cause this.

Are you taking any vitamins / supplements which might be having a side reaction (too much vitamin D can cause terrible headaches for instance and mushrooms complexes, ashwaganda, and other herbs will promote it, but moderation is key). If not any, I'd suggest adding a multi vitamin to your diet. 

Have you tried flavoured water or squash? Maybe a water filter jug may help with the taste? Fizzy drinks won’t hydrate you as well as water especially if they are caffeinated and/or have a lot of sugar in. A good way to tell how properly hydrated you are is to look at the colour of your wee. If it is always brown or dark yellow then you are dehydrated. Sometimes as Martin said I do need to also up my salt intake to avoid feeling woozy , even when drinking a lot of water, when I’m getting sweaty or it’s particularly hot in the summer

Are you eating normally? If not, it could be that you are losing salt in your sweat and not taking in enough to replace it. If you are drinking fizzy drinks with artificial sweeteners, they can cause problems. Aspartame from diet Coke caused a friend of mine to develop a chronic cough.

There is carbonated 'mineral' water, which is water, not from a tap and fizzy.

Becoming fixated on 'germs and bacteria' is unhealthy. There are more bacteria (56%) than human cells in the average human. Some bacteria are positively beneficial, and exposure to the less beneficial bacteria is necessary for the functioning of the immune system, in order for it to fight real disease-causing organisms and to help prevent allergies and autoimmune diseases.

Hi my name is Krystal have you tried flavoured water that might help you then tap water as I don't like tap water either and i think about germs and bacteria too