ARE YOU DRINKING ENOUGH WATER? READ THIS

A new study says getting behind the wheel when dehydrated makes you just as hazardous as being under the influence of alcohol.

The research from Loughborough University showed drivers who drank 25 ml (a couple of sips) of water an hour, instead of the recommended 200 ml (a third of a pint), made twice the number of mistakes as those who were well-hydrated.

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DO WE DRINK ENOUGH?

Medics say that on the whole we’re a pretty parched lot.

In March, a study warned that the number of people taken to A&E with painful kidney stones has soared. According to Professor Tom Sanders, of King’s College London, dehydration is said to be the most likely cause.

Kidney stones form when calcium deposits in urine clump to form crystals in the kidneys and then get trapped in the urethra. When a person is dehydrated, the concentration of deposits is higher.

Emergency admissions for the problem have more than doubled, from 5,063 cases in 2003-2004 to 11,937 in 2013-2014.

(Source: Dailymail)