Researchers found those who habitually drink less release greater levels of the stress hormone cortisol, despite not feeling any thirstier than people who drink more.<\/p>\n
Keeping a water bottle nearby during stressful periods could be beneficial for long-term health, researchers suggest.<\/p>\n
The study, led by experts at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), included 16 people who drank under 1.5 litres of water a day, along with 16 people who regularly met daily recommended guidelines for fluid intake.<\/p>\n
Researchers used the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) guidelines, which recommend men should drink 2.5 litres of water a day while women should drink two litres.<\/p>\n
In the UK, the Eatwell Guide suggests adults should drink between six and eight cups of fluid a day, which is roughly 1.5 to two litres.<\/p>\n
Researchers monitored hydration in both groups over seven days using urine and blood samples<\/p>\n
However, people may need to drink more when it is hot, if they are very active, if they are recovering from an illness, or if they are pregnant or breastfeeding.<\/p>\n
Researchers monitored hydration in both groups over seven days using urine and blood samples, after which they were invited into the lab for a stress test.<\/p>\n
The test involved an impromptu job interview, for which each individual was given 10 minutes to prepare for.<\/p>\n
After that time, they were invited into another room where a fake camera was set up and asked to do the interview to a panel of three people dressed in white coats.<\/p>\n
Following the fake interview, individuals were then asked to do a mental arithmetic challenge which involved subtracting numbers as fast as they can.<\/p>\n
People who have a low daily fluid intake are likely to be poorly hydrated<\/p>\n
Professor Neil Walsh, of the LJMU School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, described the test as \u201creally flustering\u201d.<\/p>\n
He told the PA news agency: \u201cWe know that people who have a low daily fluid intake, who don\u2019t meet the recommendations, are likely to be poorly hydrated.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut what we didn\u2019t know was whether, when you then stress those people under controlled conditions, they would have a greater stress hormone response.\u201d<\/p>\n
Researchers collected saliva samples from the group before and after the stress test to measure cortisol levels.<\/p>\n
Cortisol, known as the stress hormone, is produced by the adrenal glands in response to stress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers found those who habitually drink less release greater levels of the stress hormone cortisol, despite not feeling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,17141,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-91814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-latest-news-ticker","12":"tag-mental-health","13":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}