I hope you liked that video:) Please share this video with your most dehydrated friend and reply with your favourite water (if you say Dasani, u r wrong)
1:07 Adam ruins everything. Wuu Great crossover, but, seriously guys see that show because you can actually be repeating some topics he has already ruined. Ozonized water
“Water is as simple as life can get,drinking it when you are thirsty and drinking any kind of water as long as it’s safe “-A human with some common sense,The last hope and voice of humanity.
Judging by some of the comments here and the recent "US laughs at UK after finding out their heatwave is only 88 Fahrenheit". You guys need to do a video on thermal comfort.
@@jacobarcher1097: Heat trapping is the same as cool trapping. The only difference is when you trap the temperature in question. Open your windows at night and turn on a fan, or as many as you have. Once the outside is no longer cooling the inside, close all windows and blinds. It's not perfect, but it should hold you over.
My way of thinking about it is this: Y'know how you have to gradually adjust an indoor plant to the outside or else it gets shocked by the sudden change? It's kind of like that. Your body is used to dealing with certain temperatures or environments so when you encounter weather you're not used to it's kind of bad. But I will always prefer sleeping in a cold room over a hot room because I dont wanna sweat in my sleep and i cant go without a blanket. Edit: also dont let anyone in texas or California make fun of you cuz we cant survive without air conditioning. I would not want to live in central america where they get tons of humidity in 110 degree weather.
@@ryandthatsit6323 Tried that one and was chronically dehydrated xD the thing that worked for me was flavoring my water, because my dumb brain likes the taste more than it likes being hydrated...
Suggestion: not just her, but everyone involved in the channel (production, front-end, etc), all doing their normal weekly routine, each water lasting 1 week each round, where one round is them drinking certain quantities of water: just when they're thirsty; or however much they want, just at specific times of day; or drinking a total of 8 cups daily. Maybe get even more people involved, for a better sample. Note: this is probably not at all practical, and definitely not worth a fraction of the effort, but if you *really* wanted an idealish experiment, this might be the way to go.
Any time you feel lazy, think about how by being dehydrated you risk getting kidney stones, which are for some the most painful experience of their entire life. One woman said she would rather give birth to 10 children in a row then have another kidney stone. Better be hydrated then feel that in my opinion.
I straight up keep a 1.5 liter pitcher with me and I ended up drinking so much more and enjoying it so much more :) plus its easier to throw in some fruits or something if its a pitcher and not a bottle
Yeah, you just submerge the bag into the water to fill it. Also, the Sawyer filter will screw straight onto a lot of water/sports/fizzy drink bottles so you don't have to just use the bag it comes with.
I filter mine before I drink it. Partly because I don't trust its safety, partly because I also use it for tea and wanna avoid kettle scaling. But thankfully, the tap water is pretty decent where I live anyway - no weird color or unusual smells. I've seen much worse.
Drinking only electrolytes won’t be good for you, but drinking electrolytes sometimes, especially when you sweat a lot or when you have physical activities can help to be less thirsty.
the most helpful tip for this i've seen is that whatever volume of electrolyte water (or gatorade etc) you drink, you should be equalling with normal water as well. that ratio will help with hydration after exerting yourself.
It's not actually unhealthy to drink electrolyte water all day, just a bit of a waste, because your body will simply excrete the surplus. So unless you care about the electrolyte levels in your urine for some bizarre reason, there's no added value in drinking electrolyte water constantly.
@@rjfaber1991We do care about the concentration of dissolved salts in our urine. When a solution becomes oversaturated the solvent will precipitate out, which in the case of salt means crystals form/grow. We have a name for when this happens inside the kidneys, we call the crystal a "Kidney Stone", you may have heard of them. Additionally, electrolyte imbalances can be very dangerous, but you have to be doing something weird to get there. (Either long term bad habits, or a short burst of something extreme, or drink sea water.)
“Water is as simple as life can get,drinking it when you are thirsty and drinking any kind of water as long as it’s safe “-A human with some common sense,The last hope and voice of humanity.
It’s so funny how horrible the day of sparkling water was for you. I’m German and almost everyone I know only drinks sparkling water all day. I think I’d have a hard time drinking only tab water. 😂
I certainly feel like it’s hydrating me more. I lived in Canada for half a year where I had to drink mostly tab water and I drank like twice the amount I normally would. But this may also be more due to the fact that I’m used to sparkling water just as she is to tab water.
@@josephwilliams1459 if you don't like carbonated water, its totally understandable why she can barely last a day drinking it lol, its her preference. I could drink that drink that stuff all day!
I live in the US and every time I visit my family in Poland I have so much trouble finding regular, non-sparkling water. Sometimes restaurants only have sparkling. I hate it so much
If she's in BC's lower mainland 27 is murder temp. Source: truck driver from the interior. (I assume it's the same on the east coast but I've never trucked past Quebec)
Also just a reminder: your body can’t absorb lots of water at once. So if you chug a litre of water in two second it’ll just go right through you and you body won’t absorb it. It’s best to drink a little bit often even though it’s annoying. Stay hydrated guys.❤️
The problem with the "drink when you're thirsty, don't drink when you're not" is I have very shitty interoception so my body doesn't tell me that I'm thirsty until I'm completely dehydrated and feel like I'm gonna pass out.
I used to have this problem as well. Never drank enough an got dizzy and nosebleeds because of it all the time. I installed one of these drink reminder apps and that's really helping. You can set everything to your specific needs, so it tells you a more or less exact amount of fluid you need to drink that day, based on your height, weight, how active you are, how warm it is that day. I use "Waterful", it's free on iOS and Android and really helps.
@@aviralgupta393that's like saying to someone in a wheelchair "I can walk so you can too you just need to move your legs" Not all humans are the same as you ❤
I pour it from a bit higher up to get rid of some of the carbonation The flavor is the only way I remember/ am motivated to drink; I just don't really get thirsty
"Drink when you're thirsty, don't drink when you're not" As someone who got kidney stones because I did not drink enough water through a period of a few days (barely the amount of one mug per day), as I had not felt thirsty to drink more, I cannot recommend to follow this advice. Drinking is important, whether water, tea, coffee, etc, as it makes your kidneys function and brings you minerals and stuff, and over everything, eliminate toxins and stuff your body doesn't need. Drink, even when you do not feel thirsty, especially if you feel tired early in the day, or have dry/tired eyes. Do not worry about the amount, if you do not exercise much; rather about the frequency. I would not hope anyone to have kidney stones, not even my worst enemies.
@@josephwilliams1459 there's actually a perception bery common in Europe and other places that cold water causes stomach pain. I for one only feel hydrated if the water is ice cold, but some folks, especially those who don't often drink it, do get stomach pain from it. Additionally, I live in a hot area, so the coldness of the water is very import for me as it keeps my core temperature low and staves off heat stroke or heat exhaustion.
@@LathosZan All true, in China there is also a cultural notion that hot water is good while cold water can make you ill (which party due to fear from contamination which got amplified a long while ago when there was rumors of the US intentional contaminating water as a war tactic) But I was referring to data showing that cold water actually hydrates you better for the same amount of lukewarm or hot water. But yeah, that coldness is the best temp regulator, just like hot tea and soup on a winter day. Sooo refreshing
1:57 how is mineral water not an option? just plain straight from the ground regular degular mineral water (is that not a common thing in north america?)
We don’t really drink mineral water in America, I’m sure it’s there though. We drink a lot of bottled because it’s convenient and you can’t really trust the water in some areas. I’m pretty sure Tom Scott did a video on something similar to this if you’d like to learn more. Anyways best regards
Tom Scott's video has "Dasani" in the title in case you wanna find it easier. In short, it was about how it failed in the UK because of cultural differences and poor marketing strategy.
@@josh1253 mineral water is bottled too duh, it's basically the only kind of water sold at supermarkets here (portugal, europe) that's why i thought it was weird
@@corky09734 That's not true. Mineral water generally has to be ground or spring water. Also, it has to be bottled right on site. Tap water can either be ground or spring water (i.e., basically the same as mineral water) - or it can a mix of ground or spring water and surface water that has been filtered by other means. It really depends on your region and what kind of water reserves are available. Also, the quality may differ depending on the local water grid. There are a lot of places where tap water is just as safe to drink as mineral water, but there are others where you really shouldn't use tap water for food preparation unless it has been properly boiled. Also, in some places tap water is chlorinated, which will of course change its taste.
Carbonated water tastes weird... Then with the bubbles I personally just struggle with bubbles lol. I like to infrequently skull water in large quantities at a time, which would give me hiccups if there's bubbles and just be physically very hard to do (for me). Even when just sipping it's not pleasant for me to drink bubbles, including soft drink/soda/pop.
I'm rarely thirsty. I suffer from chronic dehydration. It's difficult for me to be sure I drink enough because after a small amount water makes me feel nauseous, whether it's filtered or cleaned or whatever (it's not dirty water). I occasionally pass out, get nose bleeds, have eye pain, and have chronic dry cerumen problems. I wish just drinking when I was thirsty was enough.
I feel like the best water is the one you will actually drink (and ofc that's safe to drink). Most people don't get enough water, so whatever type or kind you prefer and will actually drink throughout the day...drink that.
@@asmozinho okay but that's a range. Your body can do the redox reaction in that range. But when you where saying above I'm thinking you're trying to drink pH 12.
I normally like videos on the channel but I hated this one... The method is highly unscientific and I don't see a point in torturing someone like this... How she feels has no bearing on how body is managing the water balance. Dehydration symptoms are quite late so unless you test blood electrolytes (before and after), you can't really judge the effect of the water. I'm a doctor btw and I agree with the expert though I would like to add some nuances... 1. In a normal individual when there is no dehydration or salt and water imbalance, you can hydrate the person with pretty much anything. Body is quite resilient to maintain its homeostasis. 2. However, if the person is dehydrated and there is salt depletion - excessive exercise, diarrhoea, heat stroke (doesn't happen at 27°C), you would prefer ORS (oral rehydration solution by WHO) as the Sodium and glucose secondary active transport in intestines drags water with it through osmosis.
All of their videos are either unscientific or just them first learning about a topic lol and she literally said in the video that it is unscientific she wasn't trying to hide that. The expert in the video agreed with the first one and literally everyone knows the second one. (also you can hate it if you want all I'm saying is that you'd most likely be a hypocrite if you didn't hate the others that implied the same techniques)
Haha I'm completely addicted to sparkling water, especially when its cold and crisp right out of the fridge. Legit the most refreshing liquid on earth.
The stream water is probably a very similar source to what you have in your tap unless you live in a particularly mountainous area with multiple drainage divides that feed more than 1 drinking water source. Where I live we have 4 different primary water sources that are in their own drainage divides, which means that water tastes vastly different between areas of the city, having grown up 1with one source, and moved to an area with a water source I don't particularly like, and the streams just a 30 min walk from where I live (after a lot of hills) being for another source and of water I like, so I can luckily pick up the water I do like fresh from nature. The trick when it comes to stream water, as long as you're mildly familiar with the area, such as industrialization, you primarily want to find water that is running at a decent, visible rate. Your biggest enemy is insect larvae and eggs, which don't like running water, they want it to be still, like near the banks of a not very steep decline. If the water is running at a decent speed (visibly across the full width), you might not even need a filter.
A rocky bottom to the river is even more helpful, as the rough rocky bottom helps to trap particulates and other debtis in the water as a sort of natural filter, and in some regions these rocks also add good minerals or otherwise further purify the water even more!
It's pretty cool how our body has natural notifications for when we need certain things. Bodily requirements like sleeping, eating, and drinking all have cues that we can act on. Basically being thirsty is kinda cool
I wish my body's notifications worked. I have trouble getting a proper amount of sleep because I rarely feel tired until I crash and I'm rarely thirsty. I suffer from chronic dehydration. It's difficult for me to be sure I drink enough because after a small amount water makes me feel nauseous, whether it's filtered or cleaned or whatever (it's not dirty water). I occasionally pass out, get nose bleeds, have eye pain, and have chronic dry cerumen problems. I wish just drinking when I was thirsty was enough.
sometimes when your body says it’s thirsty, it may also mean that your hungry and if the water just goes right through you then you should try eating more. just looking out for your health
I used to like this channel but I've found that the more I watch, the less based in science your videos are. These are the kinds of video people talk about when they say that "soft science" is ruining hard science. And that's not meant to be mean, you guys are learning and growing on your own, but taking a single day to experiment with types of water, light reading into coding to find out if it's biased, it's not real science.
I do a lot of hiking/backpacking (well, compared to my peers) and I had a moment with the water filter segment: 1.) The syringe-thing is actually to clean the filter, so you might want to decontaminate that before using it for it's intended purpose (or before giving it to someone else, if that's what you decided to do with it). 2.) The bag isn't entirely necessary to the filtering, it's just what they provide. I use it because it rolls up nice and saves space, but you can screw the filter over pretty much anything 3.) You don't have to squeeze the water out of the bag to filter it. One of my favorite things about that kind of filter is that it can actually be used like a straw, and you're still getting the nice, filtered water. I should note that I'm no expert (I'm barely a legal adult XD), I've just had experience with this in particular and I enjoy sharing info that makes things easier or safer for people, especially if that means there's a chance that they'll get a better experience in something they didn't think they would enjoy. I'm just a scout from the States though, so take my ramblings with however much salt you think is appropriate ^•^
8:58 Ahem- I know this has not anything to do with water- but I couldn't help but notice how good-looking was that sauce over the rice-- would you guys mind sending the recipe for...reasons? Please...?
So. That expert was…. Not very insightful. I’m not an expert but I can tell you a few things that can be derived from what she was saying. H2O is important for your body to stay ALIVE but not ANY water addresses thirst. Thirst itself happens for a variety of reasons, only one being not consuming enough water. One of those is dry mouth which drinks with high tannins (juice, tea, coffee; make your mouth feel dry afterwards) can lead to thirst. Additionally some of those drinks also are diuretics(including carbonated drinks), which means they either irritate or stimulate your body to pee more. Which can offset that balance between water and salt she referenced, making you thirsty. So even though you consumed it, it goes out much quicker as well. This is also why if you suddenly start drinking water more than normal you might feel like you’re peeing ‘all the time’ because you’re throwing off that balance, so your body makes you pee. Additionally, with things like sweating you’re losing salt, so, hydrating with a bunch of tap water is not in balance. That’s why a lot of sports drinks are salty and have electrolytes. So it kind of does matter what and when you drink as to how well it will make you not thirsty.
I will say, that learning about local regulations of tap water is also helpful I'm not from the country I'm living in rn and the first time I came I thought the water tasted weird (like chlorine) and switched to filtered water Lo and behold, turns out the water pipes in my area aren't really maintained (some even containing led) So yeah, don't drink tap water, tip of the day 👌🏼
We had a couple of hot weeks in Latvia (over +30°C), one method to stay hydrated and cool at the same time was to freeze a bottle of water overnight, then in the morning you get a bottle of ice. As it slowly melts you get a steady supply of really cold water that lasts well into the afternoon
"This was not a very scientific experiment." Correct. The title asks "what is the best water", without ever going through much of a testing process to find out. Enjoy your contaminated tap water! 😉🤫
This video annoyed me. The first 2/3 of the video, Melissa's experiment offers no value in answering how hydrating water is. No attempts to control variables and hydration was measured anecdotally. Also it seemed like coffee was the main hydrator for the first half of each day. For Dr. Hew-Butler's section I think she misunderstood the question. I interpret most hydrating as what percentage of the water will your body hold on to. For example sea water is extremely bad for hydration as your body will use more water than was input trying to filter the salt.
Water filters (like the Sawyer Squeeze used in the video) remove dirt, contaminants, bacteria, and protozoa, so definitely no tapeworms. They can't filter out viruses because viruses are too small, so in areas where that is a risk you need chemical or UV purification too. And you just dunk the whole bag in the water source to fill it. The syringe Melissa used is for back-flushing with clean water every now and then to push all the captured dirt back out the bottom. Or you can run the filter under a tap when you get back to civilisation, holding the drinking end up the the tap and letting the clean water flow backwards through the filter. Melissa's syringe has unfiltered water in it now, so it needs to be cleaned out before being used. I know you might not be interested in that, but if anyone else is scrolling through, now they'll see the safety info.
I have a fucked microbiome, so I have to have half of my water alkaline because of my overacidity, as well as at least one glass of carbonated water a day to stay comfortable and not nauseated/vomity. If I could, I would drink only carbonated water. It helps my dry mouth and asthma legit so much. Unless it's too carbonated (like a newly opened can of coke); then it launches me into hiccups - for me, similar to what spicy food does, hiccupingwise - that makes me vomit from the jostling and exertion. Yeah. I do burp a lot.
Melissa: it's so hot outside, it's literally 27°C. Me: *laughs in 40°C Tunisia* (Yes, I know that heat perception is relative and that the same can be said to me when I say it's freezing when it's 10°C)
There is an Asterix on "they all do the same thing" because both alcohol and caffeine are diuretics which cause the body to lose water through urination. Electrolytes also cause the cells to absorb more water, which usually causes the cells to function better but results in less water in the bloodstream. So while you are still absorbing them the same amount it is very important to remember that they are not necessarily staying in the body for the same amount of time
Does drink when you're thirsty comment apply if you're never thirsty? xD AT most I'll think to drink 2 cups of juice, potentially soda on my own. I have a feeling 16oz is way below the recommendation of liquid a day even for sedetary life styles.
This is infuriating to watch this from a scientific standpoint and as someone who loves this channel. Data collection was incredible limited and biased. Only collected from one person, but only each variable for a day No control for measuring water intake, day activity, sleep schedule, food that went with it, any sort of I’m a little disappointed with the lack of science based information here. I went into this video and came out of it with the same amount of knowledge and less time. Do love the creators though so it was worth it for the folks and supporting them. They’re great. Just used to more grounded and focused videos
The three are living in Canada, right? Because as a German, I always thought at least US tap water is so much chlorinated, that it's not very enjoyable to drink...
They live in Toronto, Canada, correct. And tap water in the US varies wildly by where in the US and the season of the year (more chlorine in the summer, less in the winter) however most home water filters, such as the one in her fridge, can filter out the chlorine taste.
I don’t think this video was very scientific. It seemed mostly based on opinion. There was no numbers or measurements… no facts, just feelings. More like a drinking water review video. I think this should be covered again with a different method
giving Melissa a ranking in a video about how good different sources of hydration are... I'm just gonna leave that there for you to think about also, man are there a lot of people commenting about like "Ah you're so weak thats not even close to hot" like they don't understand how people experience heat
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yo you at least gotta control the things you do each day. so like if one day you work out and then another you do video editing that's gonna skew the results a whole bunch, right? I think keeping that in mind is the least you could've done....
Maybe this is obvious, but… Tap water has insane variation between different cities. Some are strangely chlorinated. Some have clear taste of minerals. Some have have very minimal taste. So for example if taste has any effect of perceived de-hydration, that factor alone has huge variation between different tap water sources.
You gotta drink a lot of soda water for some time to start really liking it, but if you dont drink it regularely, you probably wont like it, so thats why i think its unfair to put it on F tier
