Feb. 11, 2004 -- A new report urges Americans to drastically cut back on salt in their diet but eases the rules on water intake by saying most people can simply let "thirst be their guide."


But don't drop that water bottle or saltshaker yet.


The report, issued today by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, says that most healthy Americans meet their daily hydration needs by letting thirst be their guide, rather than by following the old "eight to nine glasses a day" rule


If you want to read more got to... http://my.webmd.com/content/article/82/97146.htm

this is a really good article if you want to read the whole thing....click on the lnk

Grace, isn't it funny how the body has a mechanism to work for or against another part of the body?
Like the article was talking about potassium being able to help blunt the effects of salt on blood pressure.

Back to the theory of everything in moderation.

Too much potassium can do damage too.

I do listen to my body, especially here lately. I can tell when its thirsty without my lips becoming dry lol

Good article Grace...

I hope in the next two weeks or so another doesn't follow to take us all somewhere its. Its like being a buoy in crashing waves, we are this way and that.

I am sticking to my guns on my theory of everything in moderation LOL