a post by Curling

[Missmuffinandme]

tryin g to find post by Curling reference to water consumption

[SofiaDeo]

is it this one?

healthunlocked.com/cllsuppo...

What I did, is go to the Search function inside HealthUnlocked at the top right of a browser, searched "water" then once into the search function look to the right and select "my communities" to finds the post in this CLL forum containing the word "water". I am not sure how to Search if using the app.

[AussieNeil Partner Administrator in reply to SofiaDeo]

An easier way is to search from the search box when on the Posts page. That way you know you are searching within the community, not all of HU (well the unlocked posts on HU).

Neil

[SofiaDeo in reply to AussieNeil]

when I Search that way, the system still defaults to "all communities" and I have to select CLL Society to get to just our posts.

[AussieNeil Partner Administrator in reply to SofiaDeo]

Top left:- healthunlocked.com/cllsuppo.......

Bottom right in search box:- "Search posts on CLL Support"

Image showing community search is available from Posts page

[LeoPa]

Just drink enough to have a light yellow urine. Not white,not dark.

[Panz in reply to LeoPa]

That is the easiest way to deal with the water issue for sure, however, often other meds you take or even an vitamins you may take comes into play. Plus, if you are like me and really don’t like water there is a need to measure and be stern as one has a way of forgetting or just plain cheating. We each have to find what works best for us. Hope all is well with you!!!

Panz 🙂💕🙏🌈☘️👍

[LeoPa in reply to Panz]

I disagree. The only objective way to know your liquid intake is optimal, is the color of your urine. Best wishes!

[AussieNeil Partner Administrator in reply to LeoPa]

Urine colour is a good guide unless you take B vitamins or something else which really darkens your urine .

[LeoPa in reply to AussieNeil]

And then you don't need to drink more?

[SofiaDeo in reply to LeoPa]

the natural pigments in B vitamins are unlikely to damage renal tissue. IMO this would have been noticed earlier, if higher concentrations were damaging. Its just, riboflavin is yellow and the cobalamins are reddish. Since they are water soluble, they get excreted easily and depending on the concentration we may or may not see them in our urine. While I generally agree a dark urine means "drink more fluids" it's not always a 100% across the board recommendation.

[LeoPa in reply to SofiaDeo]

thanks!

[AussieNeil Partner Administrator in reply to SofiaDeo]

Thanks for supplying the science behind my observations!

[Panz in reply to LeoPa]

It is quite all right to disagree but as I said we all need to work with what we have and that simply doesn’t work for me with some of the meds they have me on as well as the foods I eat…..heavy on the beets, asparagus, spinach. It is what it is. I am very happy it works for you.

All the very best to you!

Panz 🙂🙏👍💕☘️🌈

[LeoPa in reply to Panz]

Thank you, likewise!

[LeoPa]

who eats beets every day?

[SofiaDeo in reply to LeoPa]

I have freeze dried beet root daily It's from New Zealand's Canterbury Plains and it's quite tasty haha I also eat a lot of spinach, haven't had asparagus lately but I do love it.

[LeoPa in reply to SofiaDeo]

Isn't there too much starch in the beetroot? How are your triglycerides?

[SofiaDeo in reply to LeoPa]

My yearly triglycerides from last fall were 76. IMO I eat real whole foods, and avoid the concentrated sugars and processed white flour let alone using them as additives, and my numbers are good. I eat steel cut oats, not instant oatmeal. I eat either einkorn bread I make myself or a local sourdough with like 5 ingredients, and it's only a few times a week not 3 times a day. I soak rice and wash it several times, to get rid of a lot of the extra starch, before cooking it, and I don't eat it daily. I have whole apples, not apple juice, etc. My meals do not look anything like the old "food pyramid" or the current US recommendations, either. Grass fed or pastured, free range, raw or cave, grass fed cheeses, no chemicals, etc etc. as much as possible. And a variety, whether they are "hig carb" or not. I am focusing on fiber, and am feeling much better.

[LeoPa in reply to SofiaDeo]

That's a good number congrats!

[Sepsur]

I was told that as a general rule your pee should be the colour of champagne. Cheers & chin chin 😊

[LeoPa]

😊