By: Lindsay Tigar, Miranda Manier writing for The Healthy
Myth: If you're thirsty, you're already dehydrated
Actually, your thirst sensations are a pretty sensitive gauge of your fluid levels. "Dehydration is the body's natural loss of water through sweat, tears, and breathing. The kidneys control the water balance in the body, and when they sense the need for more water replacement, it sends a message to our brains to drink more water by making us feel thirsty," explains kidney specialist Dara Huang, MD, founder of New York Culinary Medicine. (By the way, make sure you're not always thirsty for these reasons.)
To read more, click here.
