How
much water to drink varies from person to person depending on our body weight,
nature of job and climatic conditions.
Modern medical scientists also differ in this, as a generally accepted
rule anywhere between 2 liter to 4 four liters is accepted, for a man weighing
70kilos. Coming to Ayurveda it also take into account of your prakriti
physiological humour.
In simple words if you are pitta or fire type person you need to
drink more because fire-type persons sweat more and dehydration rate is
higher than kapha (earth) and vata (wind elements)
When to take water.
If you want to do slimming you can drink water before you take your
meals, and if you want to gain weight drink water only after you have eaten all
the solid food.
In you want to keep status-quo drink water in smaller quantiles at
frequent intervals.
Cold or Warm Water: Always drink warm or lukewarm water if you have
eaten any far rich meal. Cold drinks can definitely dampen your 'agni'
or digestive fire.
Climate Wise: In humid hot conditions it goes without saying that we
needs to drink more, but hot dry spells can sometimes mask our water requirement
as sweat is not apparently visible.
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