The Renaissance fascination with image-making encouraged self-display â but this had to be balanced by an awareness of the dangers of self-delusion and ridicule. In the Renaissance, as today, fashion encouraged fears as much as fantasies and fun, openness to change and reflection on what it means to be human. Click here to read more about Medieval Dress and Clothing. Source: University of Cambridge
Thatâs 8 to 11 cups a day for women, and 10 to 15 cups a day for men. Now but thatâs water from all sourcesânot just beveragesâand we get about a liter from food and the water our body actually makes. So these translate into a recommendation for women to drink 4 to 7 cups of water a day, and men 6 to 11 cups, assuming only moderate physical activity at moderate ambient temperatures.
There is a very well accepted idea that we should drink about eight cups of water per day (two to three litres) in addition to our food and other drinks.We are awash with positive messages about the healing properties of water and how it will improve everything from our brains to our bowels.here is no evidence that adding the eight cups of water to everything else you drink will do you any good and it could do you harm (American Journal of Physiological-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, November 2002, Drink at least eight glasses of water a day.