Thank you! I do search and rescue and it’s really common to rescue pretty dehydrated people who don’t feel thirsty, or who just take a few sips and feel like that’s enough even though they’re clearly not well hydrated. The altitude, exertion, weather, etc. throws them off and they don’t drink enough because they don’t…

On a similar note, our thirst indicators become less reliable as we age. There are always elderly people who die of heat stroke every summer just puttering around their homes, and countless more who end up with complications from urinary tract infections.

I’ve done work on dehydration for the Army. Thirst is NOT a reliable indicator unless under circumstances that you are very acclimated to. Used to living in the Northeast and not doing much physical labor? You’ll find you can’t rely on your thirst to tell you when to drink if you suddenly are doing a lot of work in…

I fail to understand why anyone would write an article that may DISCOURAGE people from drinking MORE water. Last I checked, almost NOBODY hurt themselves by drinking too much.