PSA: Caffeinated drinks = dehydration = bullshit

[thessaliad]

So. I saw the doctor for dizziness and lightheadedness two months ago, and she told me to drink less caffeine because it was dehydrating.

Really? She was really trotting out that old fable? I was shocked.

You know that old idea that people need 8 glasses of water a day, and caffeinated drinks are dehydrating? Totally not true.

In 2000 there was a

Comments

[iibnf]

But did you give this to the doctor? She'll never learn, otherwise.

Caffeine (withdrawal) can be a headache cause. (Drink more?)

[thessaliad]

Didn't I reply to this? I emailed it to the advice nurse.

[where00wentb4]

Magnesium + calcium supliments are good for dehydration, especially if you take them with a B complex. (That's what's in the the drink Jaymz likes that Sylek and Sulteth keep giving him in Dreams Of Rain

[thessaliad]

If you didn't get my reply, then LJ ate it. Riboflavin is used in the cells to translate the energy from food into energy the cell can use.

B-complex vitamins protect the brain, as they help prevent delirium. We give them to people withdrawing from substances.

[where00wentb4]

I just wish I knew why it kills my migranes, then I might be closer to know what causes them. But thanx for taking the time to reply to that.

[squeakymonkey]

+1, I was trying to tell my coworkers this for a while, but I gave up, because it is like correcting the internet: I am right, but it is not generally worth the hassle or my time.

[thessaliad]

LJ must be hungry, because I'm not seeing my replies on my journal. I just leave things on the wall of the employee wall--saves breath.

[squeakymonkey]

According to one of the loud women across the room from me 'WHAT KIND OF PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PERSON LEAVES NOTES THAT IS BULLSHIT.' It could say 'Free money for loud women,' it doesn't matter, she won't read it or anything except for mystical books

Dizziness

[where00wentb4]

How are you feeling now? Has the dizziness stopped bothering you yet?