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Drinking Water

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I have an issue that I've noticed happening to me. I wake up and I feel sick and dizzy, and have a headache. I sweat a lot and I've been having fainting spells every now and then. I don't think I'm dehydrated on the grand scheme of things because I drink lots of coke and other fizzy drinks, but I don't drink any water at all and I'm wondering if that could be the cause of this? Before I hardly drank anything but that led to urinary tract infections and hospitals so I started drinking a lot more but only fizzy drinks and never water. But I read online that you need to drink water but I don't like to because it tastes horrible and it comes out a tap and I worry about germs and bugs. I'm not really sure what to do about this. I can't drink it if I don't like it and if it may be contaminated. 

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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