The beverage industry has been pushing the idea that you need to be drinking water and sugar water all day long, but according to Oakland University exercise physiologust Tamara Hew-Butler DPM, PhD, that's not true. "Our bodies already possess an extremely sensitive measure of dehydration," she says in this entertaining mythbusting video. "It's called thirst."
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Sep 1, 2016
Why you don't need 8 glasses of water a day
Facebook nixes 'pseudoscience' ad-targeting category
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Test your understanding of evolutionary psychology with this rigorous quiz
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Machine learning hucksters invent an AI racist uncle that predicts your personality from your facial bone structure
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Learn how you can effectively sell your stuff on eBay with this blueprint guide
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The bundle of 11 award-winning apps will straighten out your Mac in minutes.
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