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I’ll Have a Drink With That!
Kidneys unlike wine, don’t improve with age.
Don’t get me wrong. I like my prosecco and pinot noir. Lots like their beer or baileys. And in moderation, you can have them.
Coffee or tea is fine, and the truth is, most of us as we age start to decrease our caffeine drinks or at least stop early in the afternoon.
Point being, you need to drink water. Like it or not your body needs the water.
Increase Water
As we age we need to be more cognizant of how much we drink … and what we drink. We have all heard that we must drink 8 glasses of water per day. That is great but we don’t all fit that one size fits all idea. If you are a petite 118 lb woman you don’t need as much as I might at 165 lbs (I won’t tell you how short I am). I don’t need what a 275 lb woman might need either.
I drink a large glass of water each morning to take my vitamins and then I have 2 cups of coffee. After that, I drink from my 1.5 liter (6 glasses) water bottle until it is finished. That takes until Happy Hour around 4 PM. I don’t want to be drinking after the Happy Hour as I might be up all night having to pee. Not a lot of fun.
As we get older our kidneys, in general, do not filter as efficiently as they should. That is one reason why…
