RW Bullcrap?

i have a RW calendar and it has tips on the side.

one of the tips says that, "20% of your fluid intake should come from food". i guess that means fruit, but it sounds like crap to me.

most food has some water in it, that makes sense. humans are 65% water. i'm sure you have never eaten a human but you get my point, there is a lot of water where you wouldn't expect it

but why would it NEED to be from food?

Maybe that's a good guideline for the total amount of water you take in?

Maybe so you don't overhydrate and get hyponatremia.

Ehh, who knows.

AudienceOfOne wrote:but why would it NEED to be from food?

It might be an allusion to the fact that you shouldn't be eating just dry foods....

Sounds a little weird though.

yea i think they're full of crap.

AudienceOfOne wrote:yea i think they're full of crap.

ya i think thats definitely a typo/severe stupidity

the only explanation i can think of it that foods with water in them may fill you up more w/ fewer calories??...

I think there entire mag is bull crap or useless info.
Half the stuff is for marathoners and the other half is for beginners.

i get a good amount of my fluids from watermelon so i dont think its bull.

I've actually heard that tip in a Time magazine article on preventing heatstroke during the summer, so I don't think it's BS

P2 wrote:i get a good amount of my fluids from watermelon so i dont think its bull.

but you don't HAVE to....

I heard drummers have the same energy as pro runners. Source runnersworld

Well I know this is old, but since it's bumped. You will get a lot of water from your food because lets face it, there is water in your food. If there wasn't water in it, your steak would just be beef jerky.

lol genius.

ya, why from food?

Push Towards State wrote:I heard drummers have the same energy as pro runners. Source runnersworld

They have the same energy, what's that even mean?

Same endurance, stamina, look it up here Runners World and Drummers

Push Towards State wrote:Same endurance, stamina, look it up here Runners World and Drummers

That doesn't mean they have the same endurance and stamina.

CT Track wrote:Well I know this is old, but since it's bumped. You will get a lot of water from your food because lets face it, there is water in your food. If there wasn't water in it, your steak would just be beef jerky.

i know that. i'm wondering why it HAS to come from food.

It's a guideline so you don't get too much.

AudienceOfOne wrote:

CT Track wrote:Well I know this is old, but since it's bumped. You will get a lot of water from your food because lets face it, there is water in your food. If there wasn't water in it, your steak would just be beef jerky.

i know that. i'm wondering why it HAS to come from food.

It's a time-release thing. As someone mentioned before, it helps prevent heat stroke.

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thats probably just so you dont get ur liquid then eat crap. so that 20% is giving you healtht foods.