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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Ramazani Mwamba

If you're drinking two litres of water a day then you could be drinking too much

For years we've been told that we should be drinking around eight glasses of water a day - around two litres, but a new report suggests that in reality, that could actually be too much.

Research from the University of Aberdeen published this week says the recommended intake doesn’t actually match our needs. According to the research, half of our daily intake of water comes from food and scientists and they estimate that we only really need 1.5 to 1.8 litres per day.

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