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drinking a lot of water doesn't necessarily equate to cellular hydration. If your cellular hydration is not working, then you will be dehydrated, despite drinking a lot of water
This is something my herbalist told me: drinking a lot of water doesn't necessarily equate to cellular hydration.
@mhrps
All these replies are interesting....
However, maybe I misunderstood,
but I thought the original post says that he is not thirsty,
but does feel better when drinking water/fluids.
This is actually quite inconsistent. It's rather impossible for a substance to work for dehydration as well as for fluid retention. There is no magic here. Either something dehydrates you or keeps the fluid inside which means retention.[are you talking about fluid retention? Well; I am not my herbalist, and have no expertise at all, but just reading his book, he does say that fluid retention and dehydration can be linked to the kidneys. One solution of his, the Rosemary tea