[Vickie]

Ok stimpson you opened yourself up to this. I am glad you found merit in most of my stuff but remember that I made no recommendations to water intake. I know I get sick of the formulas too, but all I said was not to forget it. Do you know that most people drink around 10 ounces a day. Your body needs a minimum of 80 for optimal function, that'f for a small, athletic woman by the way. Now you get some water in your food, you get some in your tea's, you get some in your coffees . . .But being outside creates a new demand, also.

You already know the body is 85% water (pick your resourse, this is conservative) and trust me on this . . once you want water, you are already a little dehydrated. Do you know the number one and two over-the-counter drugs on the market ? Headache medications and gastro-intentestinal products. Both of these conditions could be completely eliminated in the early stages if we would keep our bodies hydrated, i.e. drink enough waterI could get into a thousand antidotes but will save you the anguish. Just know that your point is well taken and I hope you will rethink the holistic implications of what 'enough water' means.

So . . . you can wait but when you're on the golf course you should dring one quarter of a cup for every fifteen minutes. Not to keep your palet quenched, but to keep your internal organs working at their optimum . Once your body has to call out for the nutrients it needs and has to create symptoms, even as simple as . ."Gee, I'm thirsty", that create stress within your internal organs and stress on your immune system. Just a thought

/Vik