282: How much water should you really be drinking? | Dana Cohen, M.D.

Dana Cohen, M.D.: “Before you start any diet or any nutrition plan, you first need to learn how to hydrate.”

Cohen, an integrative medicine physician, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to drink enough water & stay hydrated, plus:

*How to get more "gel water" & why it's important*

*Why you're probably more dehydrated in the winter*

*Why you should sprinkle salt in your water if you have a water filter*

*The connection between hydration & chronic disease*

*Why a green smoothie a day is the best thing you can do for hydration*

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Referenced in the episode:

-Cohen's book, Quench.

-EWG's water filter guide.

-Research showing a moderate dose of 4 cups coffee per day did not result in dehydration.

-Cohen's AquaTru reverse osmosis water filter.

-Cohen's favorite sparkling water brands: Gerolsteiner, S.Pellegrino, & Spindrift.

-Gerald H. Pollack, Ph.D.'s, book, The Fourth Phase of Water. 

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