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determine, if you are getting enough water is to check the colour of your urine. If it is colourless or light yellow then your water intake is sufficient. If it is medium or dark yellow, more water is required. One very important rule is not to drink water with meals. Drink water about one hour before and after meals. If drunk with meals, it dilutes and drowns your digestive juices/enzymes and only partial digestion takes place. Moreover, excess water taken with meals passes out of the stomach relatively quickly and carries the digestive juices with it and inevitably fermentation and putrefaction follows. Eating and drinking water together also leads to bloating.

8.22 Caution – For diabetics, who are taking anti-diuretic hormones (ADH), which prevent the body from losing water, the excess water cannot be excreted and the result is water intoxication, which produces symptoms ranging from mild headache to confusion, coma and seizures. These diabetics and people with kidney problems, or other conditions where fluid intake needs to be limited, should seek expert advice before trying any new diet, or changing eating and water drinking habits.