{"664545":{"#nid":"664545","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Encore: How much water do you actually need? Here\u0027s the science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMany of us feel tethered to our water bottles because we\u0026#39;ve been told that being hydrated is key to being healthy. NPR\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;Life Kit and Short Wave colleagues teamed up to talk about what science says about hydrating. Turns out much of the lore is due for an update. Example: drinking eight glasses of water a day is good for you. That actually\u0026nbsp;depends on body size and activity level. But\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/mindy-millard-stafford\u0022\u003EMindy Millard-Stafford,\u003C\/a\u003E professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences \u003C\/a\u003Eand director of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/exercisephysiology\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026#39;s Exercise Physiology Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, says even\u0026nbsp;mild dehydration, or a two percent loss of water, can impact the brain\u0026#39;s executive functions and ability to pay sustained attention.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-01-09 20:09:43","changed_gmt":"2023-01-09 20:09:43","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.wsiu.org\/2023-01-02\/encore-how-much-water-do-you-actually-need-heres-the-science","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"191863","name":"Exercise Physiology Lab"},{"id":"178498","name":"Mindy Millard-Stafford"},{"id":"178497","name":"dehydration"},{"id":"191864","name":"water loss"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}