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An ordinary standard for diverse persons is one milliliter for each calorie of food. He suggested that the last sentence was possibly ignored and the statement as a whole interpreted as you must drink eight glasses (2.5 liters) of water each day.
Since then, The British Dietetic Association has declared that an average adult should drink 10.5 cups of water per day. Also, the Journal of the American Dietetic Association says the average sedentary man should drink 12 glasses of water a day, and the average sedentary woman 9 glasses per day. The truth is water is an essential nutrient for life.