Submitted by BigDapRamirez t3_z4kii3 in LifeProTips
Even though i double my water intake during winter i usually feel a little sluggish and slow.
I counteract this by making a big soup once or twice a week and have a small bowl with every meal.
Hundreds if not thousands of recipes available for variation.
Cheap too for the level of nutrients and flavor it gives.
Some potatoes,vegetables,boullion and you're set..
humidifiers are great too! i sleep way better with one in the winter
Can't you just drink water?
That’s what big water wants you to think
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Yes,but too much water de-salinize you and can be bad for overall health.
Thats the reason too much water can kill you.
Go soups!
This is not true unless you drink 6 liters at once, and even the driest winter won’t dehydrate you even remotely that much.
Soups are great, this reasoning is absolutely not. Sorry.
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This.
So it is true. You contradict my statement then agree to it in the same sentence.
A normal winter will dehydrate you a lot, but just using water for hydration is not optimal health wise.
They didn’t agree with you at all. You also don’t need soups for hydration; you will get enough water from a healthy diet and normal water intake. Everything you’re saying is wrong… except that soup is delicious, that part is correct.
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Then you seem to have trouble reading, because I fully contradict you. Drinking water is sufficient to counterbalance the dry air. You don’t need soup for that.
Water is only bad for you if you consume an insane amount of it.
You LPT is stupid. Drink water people. Not stuff with water in it. Drink water!
Switched accounts?
You need some soup.
Eat a normal diet and drink water and this is not an issue. I love soup, but this isn't really a useful LPT.
>too much water can kill you
Yeah it's called drowning
This is so silly for multiple reasons
You mean you never went to the doctor, had them tell you we're dehydrated, and that you needed to eat soup right away? Me either lol
Life pro tips used to be pretty useful. Things like "go to this website to get around a paywall". Now we're being told to eat soup to hydrate, as if we were unaware that soup has water in it.
A groundbreaking revelation, this is not.
This isn’t even the worst that I’ve seen on here. I’ve seen other stuff that totally blew me away
You going to list them?
Yes, to hydrate athletes, Gatorade sells soup.
Soup contains much more sodium and potassium than Gatorade. 👍🏻
Just because someone is trying to sell you something doesn’t mean it’s a better choice
Depends if you make it yourself or buy those premade powder mixes..
(Make it yourself) its like 30min of work and you have food for several days. Very cost effective.
Good idea!
Mind blowing. Tell me more, professor.
Even better: learn how to make your own "bone broth" or stocks (instant pot is great for this) for your soups and get even more nutrition into you
I personally think this is a fun idea. Of course you can drink just water, like many point out, but the reason to vary the intake types is to overcome flavor boredom. Very common phenomenon. It’s why it’s easier to eat a lot of many kinds of foods than a lot of one food only (ie the foundation of many funny restriction “diets”). This tip takes advantage of that psychological phenomenon and uses it to make a healthy habit fun! It’s the same reason I have many kinds of tea and seltzer flavorings.
eloquently put my kind sir.
This is nothing more than a veiled drink water post.
Use humidifiers or if you own, consider whole house humidifier. Well worth it.
It is actually better to drink 10 minutes before eating. If you add water while eating the acids lose efficiency
This past year I’ve read a lot of articles on how dehydration is linked to a lot of health issues. Staying hydrated is important .
This is not a great pro tip. Soup is almost always high in sodium. My elderly parents ate soup once a day until they were diagnosed with high blood pressure due to their high sodium diet.
But were they hydrated though
You can drink water, drink tea, drink Gatorade, etc to stay hydrated. You can also use a humidifier or pot of simmering water on your stove to add humidity to the air to help.
Not that soup is bad, but I wouldn't consider this a pro tip at all.
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Everyone is being really pedantic. Drink water or Gatorade if it makes you feel better, this guy is just sharing a tip they they find makes winter a bit more bearable. Make your own soup and control the sodium levels. Don’t drink it at all if you don’t want to but honestly the comments are ridiculous.
Well said.
Brawndo has electrolytes,guess soup doesn't.
Just trying to show alternative ways of staying hydrated by adjusting your diet during the seasons for a better well being.
Beer is mostly water.
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LPT: in Florida during the winter it's still very humid out and this will not apply.
This life tip is an excellent one that many have yet to discover.
Few pieces of information for you -
Soup is awful for your digestion. Dilluting your stomach acids with a bunch of water (on top of what you normally drink) literally makes digestion slower, and digesting food is what takes up the large majority of your energy throughout the day.
Therefore, eating soup will not help in any way to get you out of your "sluggish" feeling. If anything, it's part of what's causing it.
Water is not good to keep you from dehidration after a certain point, and that's because depending on the water you're drinking it likely doesn't have electrolytes, which is what actually hydrates you.
Instead of eating soup and drinking twice as much water drink 300-400 ml of electrolytes every 2-3 days alongside your regular water intake, it will actually keep you hydrated and you will feel much better.
Funny, I experience the exact opposite, soup is great for your digestion and improves your general well being.
Maybe im wrong and should go with brawndo like you suggest since it has electrolytes.
The one upside soup has is that it fills you up with water, so you don't end up eating as many solids.
If it's working for you, by all means go for it.
Different stuff works for all of us I guess, I was literally just repeating what 4 different nutritionists said to me at some point lol.
cchhhhc t1_ixrezey wrote
Soup is literally one of my most favorite foods. I eat it almost everyday. The winter air is still affecting me pretty hardcore.