How much water should you drink a day?
How much water should you drink a day to stay healthy?
It there such a thing as drinking too much water? Made Blue has looked into it.
1.5 to 2 liters a day
The Dutch institute Voedingscentrum counts all fluids, not just water, because most beverages contain over 90% water. “An adult requires an average of 1.5 to 2 liters of fluid per day in the form of drinks. The exact amount of fluid needed depends on factors such as age, temperature, physical exertion, diet, and overall health.”
The Stomach, Liver and Intestinal Foundation also prescribes 2 liters per day.“These litres don’t have to just be water. All drinks count. In addition to water, coffee and tea without sugar are included in the Wheel of Five. The equivalent is 8 glasses per day.”
Fluids are essential for the transport of nutrients and waste in the body. Find out exactly how much water you need in a day using this calculator.
Can you drink too much water?
Yes, you can, but you’ll have to try really hard to get there.
Exceeding your water intake to 8 or even 10 litres a day will get your kidneys in trouble. They can process a maximum of 0.7 to 1 liter of water per hour. Drinking too much in a short amount of time overloards these essential organs. This also happens if, for example, you drink 4 liters of water in a short time (without exercising intensively in the meantime).
The excess of water causes a sodium deficiency in your blood, resulting in water intoxication. The worst thing that can happen is sudden death – but it can also lead to arrhythmias or fluid accumulation in the brain, which are also no walk in the park.
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An adult needs an average of 1.5 to 2 liters of fluid per day in the form of drinks. Exactly how much fluid you need depends on your age, temperature, exertion, what you eat and your state of health.
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Water at work
Many offices still make do with a water jug in the corner or the tap in the pantry. You might want something a little bit more refreshing – especially in the summer time. Try out a water cooler that gives out both still and sparkling water.
There are many different types of water dispensers available: on the worktop or built-in, free-standing or integrated into the wall. There are even water coolers with a hot water option.
Via Made Blue you can rent or buy a water cooler at cost price, and simultaneously donate to ensure that 1,000,000 liters of clean drinking water are realized in developing countries.
20 liters of water per day?
Access to clean drinking water is self-evident to us. However, this is not the case for 703 million people on earth – about the same as the entire European population. Fetching water is a full time job for them. Water that is often polluted, resulting in many diseases.
According to the standard of the United Nations, a minimum of 20 liters of water per day is necessary for a healthy life. Would you manage with 20 liters a day?
Clean drinking water for all
More than 700 million people still don’t have access to safe water.
We are the Made Blue Foundation and our mission is clean drinking water for all.
Will you help us achieve our mission? There are more ways to do this than you might think.
Water in hospitality
If you go out to eat, you may like to drink a glass of wine, but alcohol dries you out and therefore requires more water to stay in balance. So opt for water with the wine and order a bottle of water, still or sparkling.
Unfortunately, in many cases this is spring water and that is not very sustainable because of the transport and waste. So go for restaurants with locally bottled water in reusable glass bottles!
Made Blue ambassadors serve sustainable water: wonderfully filtered, chilled and sparkling in beautiful bottles. Each bottle provides 1,000 times its contents of clean drinking water in developing countries. Check our map where you can order Made Blue.
Water bottles without BPA
To get two liters of water a day, it is handy to bring your own water bottle and then it is better not to use a PET bottle. PET contains BPA, a plasticizer, and you don’t want to get too much of that. The BPA can be released especially if the PET bottle gets hot, for example in the dishwasher.
So choose a BPA-free reusable bottle. That is so sustainable and healthy. Think, for example, of a bottle made of stainless steel or Tritan. At Made Blue you can already have them printed in small quantities for your colleagues or customers.
Contribute to our mission too
You can do so in more ways than you might think.
