and brain function and can also cause your heart to stop. This is especially risky if you al- ready have heart and blood pressure issues. Just like Goldilocks’ porridge, we’re aiming for “just right.” When I was a kid I remember hearing
we all need eight, eight-ounce glasses of water. That’s 64 ounces of water, or one-half gallon. But, what if we’re a child, or a smaller or larger person? What if you’re pregnant and drinking for two plus expelling toxins for two? What if you’re an athlete or work out- side and sweat a lot more? You might be sur- prised to know that being in air-conditioning all day can also dehydrate us. What if we have a fever? So, no one can convince me we all need the same amount under all different cir- cumstances.
night. I think this is a big deterrent for some people. It is for me. I can’t live life in the bathroom. If you’re living in a van or bus, traveling around to gigs, the idea of stopping every 30 minutes to take a wiz isn’t very at- tractive. And when you get to the gig you can’t exactly be running off stage. I’m guessing a lot of musicians aren’t properly hydrated. My suggestion would be to have a portable urinal, and drink your water earlier in the day/evening so you’re not peeing into the night. Also, drink water first thing when you wake. Going too long through the night with- out fluids is also bad. Balance is key. Then there is the issue of what you are
drinking. No, all liquids are not created equal! Alcohol, tea and coffee are actually diuretics, meaning they make you pee more and deplete the liquid in your body. Then, not only are you not hydrating, but you are going back- wards.
Know why you get a headache from Let’s start with an average. I personally
agree with a calculation I heard some years ago. Take your body weight and divide it by two. I weigh 135 pounds and half of that is 67.5. Divide that half by eight, which repre- sents an eight-ounce glass of water. 67.5 di- vided by 8 is 8.4. I need eight-and-a-half glasses of water throughout the day. And don’t cheat, round up! Do your own personal math. Are you getting anywhere near what you need?! It sounds like you’d have to drink water all day long, which means peeing all day and
drinking too much alcohol? “Alcohol is a di- uretic and causes our system to shed water. The more water we lose the more dehydrated we get and the more likely we are to experi- ence a hangover. The headache of a hangover is actually caused by the shrinkage of our brain dura (the membrane that encases our brain) due to dehydration,” says Stanford University, Office of Alcohol Policy and Edu- cation. This means that our brain is actually banging into the inside of our skull, instead of floating around like usual. I don’t know about you, but that kinda freaks me out! Sure, I was a total “head banger” back in the day, but I’m not cool with bruising my brain. Some of you are young and think it doesn’t matter now, but I assure you it all catches up. By the time you’re my age you’ll be wishing you’d done some things differently. This one is para- mount and an easy fix. If you drink alcohol, drink extra water before, during and after. Your head will thank you by not pounding out some indiscriminant beat that you never want to hear again! Of course, moderation is way
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