Water. Aqua. H2O. Whatever you call it, we all need it. Water is important to us because it helps our cells, our organs, and our tissue regulate its temperature and maintain other essential bodily functions. Plain and simple, if we were to not consume any water, we would die. Studies say that around 43 percent of adults drink less than four cups of water a day. That is less than one fourth of a gallon. That includes 36 percent who drink one to three cups, and 7 percent who drink none. Although officially the CDC does not overly say how much water is “enough,” because our water needs vary from person to person, experts suggest that anything less than 4 8 ounce glasses of water a day is inadequate. It is estimated that your kidneys can process between 5.3 and 7.4 gallons of water a day at an average of about 1 liter an hour. That being said, if you haven’t tried drinking a gallon or two of water a day, it is very, very difficult to drink too much water. I have watched a couple videos on youtube of celebrities like the Rock and Kevin Love advertising water brands like smart water, boasting that they drink absurd amounts of water every single day. The Rock has said that he downs 4 gallons of water every single day, and he always keeps his fridge stocked with some wack brand pH water. For the last couple of weeks, while socially isolating myself, I have been drinking a gallon of water every single day. Just to see how reasonable The Rock’s claim was, and also because people have said it has numerous health benefits, but I am not sure that I believe them. Everyday, the first thing I do when I wake up is fill my gallon jug of water and start drinking, then I take a shower. The first day it was really tough to drink all 128 ounces. The second day it was equally as brutal. The honest problem is that in order to be successful with the challenge is you have to drink more water than you would ever want to. Thirsty? Drink. Not thirsty? Drink. It is just nonstop drinking. After a month of drinking a gallon of water a day, I did start to notice something amazing. Actually I did not. But I did notice something immediately. If you drink a gallon of water a day, you will have to pee an exorbitant amount of times. Which is quite unfortunate if you had plans for doing something longer than an hour.
Other than having to use the bathroom every hour, there is nothing else I noticed about my body. Although I did come to a certain conclusion. The Rock is a dirty, dirty liar, and there is no way on earth he is able to drink 4 gallons of water a day without exploding or permanently residing on a toilet while he is fed various electrolytes through an IV tube, because that seems impossible.