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The Mayo Clinic says that men should drink thirteen cups "of total beverages" every day, and women nine. But, really, you should just drink when you're thirsty. It turns out your body is pretty good at judging when it's low on water. In fact, drinking when you're not thirsty might even confuse your brain.
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Learn More »How much water should you drink? Eight glasses a day? Ten? The Mayo Clinic says that men should drink thirteen cups "of total beverages" every day, and women nine. But, really, you should just drink when you’re thirsty. It turns out your body is pretty good at judging when it's low on water. In fact, drinking when you’re not thirsty might even confuse your brain. However popular these X-cups-per-day rules of thumb are, researchers say they're actually not based on empirical evidence. A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looked at how the brain regulates the sensation of thirst and the reflex that allows you to swallow and found that the brain actually tamps down on that swallowing reflex once you’ve had enough to drink. Drinking when you’re not thirsty forces you to override that instinct. "It's a biological mechanism in quite ancient parts of the brain, and it seems intent on stopping you from drinking too much," Michael Farrell, the study’s co-author, told Australia Public Broadcasting. To watch people’s thirst in action, Farrell and his team put nineteen people in a room and had them exercise. By the end, the participants had lost about one percent of the their body weight in water from sweating, and they were thirsty. So the researchers placed them into an MRI scanner and gave them water, watching their brains as they hydrated. They were then asked to keep drinking, even after they were no longer thirsty. As it got less and less enjoyable to drink, their brains revealed a few interesting things about regulating thirst. First, it became harder and harder for the subjects to swallow, and the motor cortex that controls swallowing had to work harder to make it happen. Then areas of the brain that are known to inhibit swallowing began to come alive, like the amygdala and the periaqueductal gray—a region of gray matter in the middle of the brain. "Our interpretation is that the PAG and amygdala were sending messages to the swallowing switch to prevent it turning on," Farrell told ABC. "Consequently, the motor cortex had to send stronger than usual signals to turn the switch on." So, forget the strict thirteen glass water regimen, and stop forcing yourself to drink when you’re not thirsty. Your brain has many years of evolutionary training to help you figure out when to drink, and how much, and you should just listen to it.
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Diabetes can cause cloudy urine when too much sugar builds up in your urine. Your urine may also smell sweet or fruity. Diabetes can also lead to kidney complications or increase risk of infections of the urinary tract, both of which can also make your urine appear cloudy. However, cloudy urine can be caused by several other conditions that aren’t related to diabetes. If you’re worried that cloudy urine is a sign of diabetes, look out for other symptoms, like urinating often and feeling extremely thirsty. You should see a doctor if you’ve been experiencing cloudy urine for more than a few days or you have other symptoms. When to see a doctor See a doctor if you’re concerned about cloudy urine and you have other bothersome symptoms. You should see a doctor right away if you’re experiencing any other symptoms of an infection, including pain or burning when urinating or foul-smelling discharge. Seek emergency medical attention if you have any of the following symptoms along with cloudy urine: intense pain below the ribs on your side or back
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