MYTH: Peeing frequently is a sign of good hydration
The “gallon challenge” may be trendy but it might not be beneficial in the way we hoped. “If you’re drinking a gallon of water a day, you might actually be causing dehydration in your system”, says Lanning, ”When you’re drinking too much, you’re just going to pee it all out so it’s not gonna get utilized.” Lanning explains there are other reasons to not overdrink. “When you drink too much water, you’re diluting the minerals in your system which need water for transport across cell membranes and through the bloodstream, but if you’re drinking too much, you’re going to flush all that stuff away. It’s important to drink enough water, but not too much.”