Why You Don't Need 8 Glasses of Water a Day | Adam Ruins Everything

[Music] oh my god we've been out here for 15 minutes we need to be hydrating everybody drink up actually the risk of dehydration is way overblown you're gonna tell me hydrating is bad yeah right take a lap I'd never make it all the way around in America we've become obsessed with the dangers of dehydration people think that if they're not constantly drinking water they risk death you're dehydrated and you're dehydrated oh my god you're practically a mummy but that fear is totally baseless yeah right but everyone knows you have to drink eight glasses of water a day yeah everybody knows that when it's not true no study has ever shown or even claimed that it's just something people say really no you told me uh uh water prevents cramps Oh where'd you hear that from my coach and I heard it from my coach and he heard it from his coach and so on well you didn't hear it from science the science says that ain't true how much water am I supposed to drink well you can just drink what you're thirsty that's crazy you're a crazy person who are you Oh Patti this is Tamra Hugh Butler she's a professor of exercise science at Oakland University our bodies already possess an extremely sensitive measure of dehydration it's called thirst as long as we drink when we feel thirsty we really won't dehydrate that's how humans have done it for millions of years this worked out fine the fact is truly dangerous levels of dehydration are incredibly rare and only occur in cases of extreme sickness or isolation as long as you have free access to water you drink when you're thirsty you'll be fine then why do I do this to myself hmm maybe because beverage companies have spent decades drowning us in ads like these hard-working hydration to keep their hydrate the Haas g2 from Gatorade the low-calorie off-field hydrator who cites sport hydrates and appeals better than water is the more water you drink but do you feel these companies have consistently portrayed dehydration as a serious threat for one simple reason it gets us to drink more the International garlic water Association publishes a hydration calculator that can recommend you drink two liters of water a day Dasani tells you that hydration is healthy so drink up preferably Dasani paid spokesman Dustin Pedroia says he always hydrates with Vita Coco because it prevents cramps even though it doesn't and in runner's world magazine Gatorade ran an ad masquerading as an article titled hydration 101 it included tips like drink early and often don't wait until you feel thirsty and always drink sports drinks but that's all real science right uh here's where it gets sticky that ad was sponsored by the Gatorade Sports Science Institute which was founded by Gatorade in 1985 its scientific mission to discover exciting new reasons people should drink their product our unbiased study found that people should drink a lot of Gatorade terrific work alert the media we also may have found the cure for cancer what's the key to read dammit get back to me when it's Gatorade Gatorade also sponsors sports science research at universities across America and this can influence their findings the American College of Sports Medicine once recommended when exercising you should drink as much as tolerable other companies soon followed suit Evian sparing company founded hydration for health a group that promotes healthy hydration habits by sharing scientific research park research everybody drink Evian science says so oh I gotta tell the tots about this and after decades of bad science and marketing we now believe dehydration is a dire threat got a drink drink are all die well it's not like drinking too much liquids gonna kill anybody actually that's exactly what it can do all of this scare mongering over dehydration has created an entirely different problem over hydration fully you drink hard you pee hard not if you're exercising exercise stops you from peeing by putting your body in water conservation mode and if you over hydrate then all that extra fluid has nowhere to go holy cow it's called exercise associated hyponatremia and it can be deadly in a study of the 2002 Boston Marathon nearly 1/6 of the runners studied were found to have hyponatremia he's runners drank so much liquid during the race that by the finish line they had actually gained weight and she wins by a belly okay now that's a joke but this is a serious problem in sports at least 12 athletes have died from over hydration no that's terrible it's true over hydration is dangerous most researchers including myself think that it's the marketing of the beverage industry that's responsible for the surge in fluid overload hypernatremia so I've been putting the kids in danger no patty death by happen anemia is extremely rare just give the kids free access to water let him drink when they're thirsty and don't treat these ads as science I don't deserve to wear this uniform hey you made my patty cry kids let's practice some tackling drills I've got just the dummy no wait the truth about concussions is really interesting hey guys Adam here if you like that be sure to watch new episodes of Adam ruins everything every Tuesday at 10:00 on truTV

Channel: CollegeHumor

Views: 7,664,872

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Keywords: Collegehumor, CH originals, comedy, sketch comedy, internet, humor, funny, sketch, water, science, hydration

Id: FwdqFHBaPwY

Length: 5min 46sec (346 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 31 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/Strong-Karma]

I drink a lot of water because soda and kidney stones

[u/curious_groge]

There is a theory that a lot of illness we deal with is either a product of or aggravated by cell dehydration. Even if there isn't much evidence it's worth staying hydrated. I drink a metric shit ton of water every day personally and I love it.

[u/Anus_master]

For the average guy anyway you tend to feel a bit better if you stay on top of being hydrated, rather than waiting to feel thirsty every time though

[u/-Divine-]

Fight fear mongering with fear mongering. Why didn't i think of that!?

[u/Thompy]

These guys try way too hard to be funny

[u/Unubore]

So is there any legitimacy for more drinking water for skin care? Or is it simply, drinking a lot of water will guarantee you're hydrated and thus keep your skin from drying up.

[u/wastewalker]

In the Army we are taught its not whats going in, it's what's coming out. We have a pee chart over every urinal that you match up to. There is a sweet spot you try and stay in.

[u/dues_ex]

I mostly agree for the everyday person. But if you work outside and are constantly sweating or play sports that require vigorous activity, you should drink a lot of water.

[u/iliketobuildstuff74]

When i first saw ads for "Adam Ruins Everything" I thought was going to be lame. Its actually a decent series. Its like a shorter version of the John Oliver show...