A 55-year-old member asked:
is it okay to drink 8 tall glasses of water a day and 2-3 big meals a day?
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Dr. Aaron Ament answered
57 years experience Psychiatry
MORE RULES: How big are you to start with? If you're a small person, probably not. If you're a very big person maybe. If you're real skinny maybe you need big meals. If you're alreadyobese you don't.
Being sensible is probably better than the rules, you know.
Answered on Apr 14, 2016
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