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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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  • 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).

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  • 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).

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