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Sea salt is so delicious, I just suck those crystalline rocks like candy. Seriously, I used to just eat the salt off the pretzel and toss it. I used to lick the rims of those margarita glasses. One of my former favourite treats--not anymore as it destroyed my tooth enamel and I paid a pretty penny for restorative bonding--was to dunk lemon and lime wedges in celtic sea salt. Oh...those salt treats of your Arabic youth sound so delicious. Ironically, I just returned from the store with two towering shakers of sea salt and like Nigella Lawson, I keep on beside my bed! I truly understand what the big deal was in India, once upon a long time ago. I hate pickles and chips and all the salty
marketed snack foods, but give me a salt shaker and some carrots or some beets--naturally high sodium things--or some chard or some spinach and I'm one happy former raw vegan forced to civilize her ways and adapt to such things as cooking and unsprouted grains! This sounds gross, but I even used to put salt on bananas! Honestly! But mostly I just suck it like hard candy. I put it on my breakfast cereal, too...puffed rice with sea salt--dry!
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I get bored too easily maybe?? Or impatient? Yes, I'm impatient. I drink it down and go about my business. Usually NOT cold though, and I don't get GERD, thank goodness.
One other reason I drink a lot of water is that if I don't get it enough, my skin shows it big time, especially as I get older. Now when I drink, even just 2 drinks (RARE), the next day my skin looks awful. It was enough the last time to make think I just really don't ever need to drink alcohol again!!
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Hi Maria,
Nice post. Well reasoned.
"Because IBS is still not fully understood by researchers or even specialists in the field, I think water intake must vary from person-to-person depending on symptoms, activity level, and thirst."
No doubt water intake varies from person to person. However, maintaining adequate hydration balance is a fundamental process in the human body. It has evolved in all species longer than most other processes. It is well honed by evolution. Perhaps 8 x 8 is more than adequate even for IBS-C types. At least there is some research to support the notion
"Many Americans are actually chronically dehydrated without ever realizing it, and this is a huge exacerbating factor (and sometimes even the underlying cause) for constipation."
Now this is something I would like to see verified in the research literature. I have seen it in the popular literature but not in the research literature.
I have been IBS-C+ for 25 years and recently I changed to IBS-C/D. I have experimented with water level for years. Hydration at levels above 8 x 8 has not been an issue for me except in the heat, under physical exertion or illnesses; similar to what is known for normal adults.
Like you, I have been looking at the water intake research literature for some time. I have yet to find a publication that indicates water intake at a level of 16 x 8 is warranted except for situations of extreme physical exertion, heat and illness. I sure would like to know the facts 
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Here's the link
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Does it make a big difference with your C?
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