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A 20-year-old male asked:
is it normal to have urine that looks like water?
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Dr. John La Pumaanswered
Specializes in Internal Medicine
Read thru your pee: Yes, it is.
The ideal color for urine is clear: you are adequately hydrating.
For most adults, that's 2-3 liters daily, depending on your degree of activity.
Compulsive drinking (of more liquid than this) is not normal, but that's very unusual.
Best liquids...water!
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A member asked:
What type of water should I use to mix formula?
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Dr. Scott Katzanswered
Pediatrics 26 years experience
Tap water is fine: Unless you live in a rural area, use well water or don't like or trust your local water supply, tap water is fine and boiling is usually not necessary. Nursery water is also an unnecessary expense.
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A 23-year-old member asked:
When can I bring my baby in open water?
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Dr. Jane Landeanswered
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4 months: If you mean swimming in a pool any age is fine as long as you don't submerge them.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
If I have well water for the house, should I use diluted water for my baby's bottle?
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Dr. Mark Mcgranahananswered
Pediatrics 24 years experience
Use Nursery water: Nursery water is distilled water that is also fortified with a small amount of Fluoride (you can also get Fluoride free variety). This water is purified for drinking by babies and does not contain harmful bacteria, parasites, or heavy metals that can be found in city/tap or well water. Should be used until age 12 months.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
What are the effects of ingesting contaminated water?
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Dr. Ryan Stantonanswered
Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
Depends: It depends on what is in the water, but it can be deadly and contaminated water is one of the greatest public health risks worldwide with millions dyings annually from the effects of contimated water sources.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Is the brand name water, vitamin water really a healthy choice? One of the ingredients is reverse osmosis water, what s that? Do doctors advice against it?
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Dr. Randy Bakeranswered
Holistic Medicine 40 years experience
It's all relative: Most of the vitamin waters contain 32 grams (6+ tsp) of sugar; any drink with that much sugar is not particularly healthy. But it does have small amounts of vitamins (mostly vit c & some b's). Reverse osmosis is a good form of water purification.
Compared to a soda, that has over twice as much sugar & no vitamins, it is a healthy choice, but compared to pure water & a vitamin pill not so good!
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Dr. Randy Baker commented
Holistic Medicine 40 years experience
Provided original answer
The vitamin water I like most is XXX because of the healthy antioxidants from fruits that are added. Overall though, the healthiest drink is water, but I advise avoiding fluoridated water, which is tricky because over 70% of our country's water supply is fluoridated! Reverse osmosis does remove fluoride from water so at least Vitamin Water is free of fluoride. Spring water is another source of fluoride-free water. See http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/21/fluoride-health-hazards.aspx and http://www.naturalchoice.net/articles/flouride.htm
Dec 29, 2012
Dr. Randy Baker commented
Holistic Medicine 40 years experience
Provided original answer
Instead of "Vitamin Water" you can try adding a packet of EmergenC (or similar products like OxyLent) to spring water. This will give a much higher levels of vitamins and much less sugar (6 grams), has a variety of nice fruit flavors and costs much less.
Dec 30, 2012
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