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We've all heard it: you need to drink at least eight eight-ounce glasses of water a day. Of late, some so-called 'experts' have equated the amount of water required to avoid dehydration as linked to body weight, which translates into 10 to 16 glasses a day!
If you've found this hard advice to follow and questioned this 'conventional wisdom' - your skepticism has been justified. To begin with, it's relatively easy to know if yoou're drinking enough water: if your urine is a very light-colored yellow, you;'re OK; if it is a deep yellow then you are likely not drinking enough water.
The latest medical support for the 'less water can be 'OK, comes from the current issue of Family Practice Newspaper and tells that an Institute of Medicine Panel actually reached the same rational conclusion. They rejected the conventional wisdom that people need to drink eight glasses of water a day and concluded that on a daily basis people get enough water from normal drinking behavior, such as drinking beverages at meals and in other social situations, and by letting their thirst guide them. | 
