Why do people take for granted water and don't drink it as much when others need it?

Question

I notice people are so obsessed with coke and all this other sh**less drinks that are bad for you. We don't drink as much water, don't realise that water is medicine. I was a reading a book called "Your Body's Many Cries for Water". Now I appriciate water but I notice other don't which is sad because we have the resource when others don't.

FROM the book:

As a result of extensive research into the role of water in the body, the author, a medical doctor, believes that he has found chronic dehydration to be the cause of many conditions including asthma, allergies, arthritis, angina, migraine headaches, hypertension, raised cholesterol, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, depression, and diabetes in the elderly.

According to Dr. Batmanghelidj, the body possesses many different thirst signals. A dry mouth is not a reliable indicator of your body's water needs. He describes a variety of more reliable ones, and helps you learn to understand when your body is calling for water. In this way, he claims you can prevent, treat, and cure a variety of conditions of ill health, at no cost, with what he calls nature's miracle medicine: Water. The author explains how much water one needs to drink a day to stay healthy, and why tea, coffee, and sodas are not good substitutes for water.

Answer 1

Let me tell you, I read this book too, something like 2 years ago, and since than I accustomed myself to drink at least 2 liters of water per day, and sometimes even more.
I hear many times people complaining they are thirsty, and then begin searching for a coke or other artificial drinks.
People exchange water by tea, coffee and other drinks..
Most of them don't know that coffee dehydrates the body, taking away calcium and body liquids. Others artificial drinks are so unnatural, containing food colors and other chemical materials, that damage the human body.
Our body lacks water, and people think they will complete its shortcome by all those "poisoned" cokes and sprites.
Terrible, what can I say.

Answer 2

People don't realise what's the best for them.They depend only upon their taste and just to show that they are quite mordenized. People will not realise it until they are dying for water. They think these drinks are more cheaper than a bottle of water but they don't think about the amount of water they are wasting without any cost.

Answer 3

In the future, wars will be fought over water, and I guess this is true to some extent today. People in wealthy society like the US take a lot of things for granted, water being one of them. It's good that you know about this. Spread the word!

Answer 4

well i know people who prefer to buy coke, soft drinks etc because they say that its cheaper than bottled water.
and some people dont drink it out of the tap if they live in metro areas where the water is treated coz they dont like the metallic taste from the chemicals.

i personally think those are stupid reasons. just pay the extra $1 for bottled water if you have to

Answer 5

Im sorry to break the news to you guys but,

We live in the modern world. We have faster and better ways to clean undrinkable water now. We cant run out.

All that running out of water mess was like, 14 years ago.

But to answer your question.
Soda tastes better than regular drinking water.
some people like water, some people like pepsi.
we do have more soda lovers, cuz it taste better.

Answer 6

Well, these people will pay the price with their health. Water is like oil for an engine-it can run low but it damages the motor over time.

Answer 7

I guess people don't realize what they have until it's gone.