Coffee, Water, and those 8 Glasses a Day

by Avik Chatterjee, MD

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I’ve never been good about drinking water.  During my medical residency, though, I did get good at drinking coffee.  But drinking so much coffee and not water (like everyone else seemed to be doing) made me nervous about my hydration status. since I wasn't drinking enough water to begin with, wouldn’t drinking coffee (with the ensuing diuretic effects) make things worse?  IV fluids to the resident room, stat!

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