The Lexicographer's Rules

8 by 8 or 8 x 8 is a long-standing guideline for human water intake which recommends eight, eight-ounce glasses of water a day. Research by a professor at Dartmouth University could not substantiate this recommendation.

I’ve always thought that the recommendation to drink all that water is “snake oil”. Finally - some scientific backup! My 94 year old grandmother has always (so she says) drunk only 3 small (real china) cups of strong, milky tea with 2 sugars per day and no other liquids, in the hot Australian climate, and she is a very healthy 94 year old who still does the gardening. Never had any major health problems. She thinks all this modern juice and soda drinking is ridiculous. On the other hand - she also eats scones slathered with about an inch of butter with her tea. That could be her secret!

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