The Paleo View

This week Dr. Sarah and Stacy answer a listener question. Listener Question: Thanks for continuing to podcast. Crazy times in the world and you and Sarah’s voice is so utterly comforting. Anyway, podcast question! Water intake. I don’t think you guys have done a, 'how much water do we need', podcast episode. A deep dive into this would be really helpful. The standard advice seems to be either one amount for men and one amount for women, or, half your body weight in oz. Which is correct? Or is there another answer? What about just drinking when thirsty? I also have wondered, how much water did our ancestors drink? I assume the water was maybe harder to come by back then so maybe they were drinking less? This is the assumption I’ve always made and has led to me drinking intuitively, which has more than likely led to me being chronically dehydrated :) I feel like with all the conflicting info, it would be great to hear the science. By the way Stacy, as a side note, after about a year I finished catching up on th