Eight Glass Of Water A Day

I will never forget when my elementary school teacher told us that day, that each person should take around eight (8) glasses of water a day. When I came home that day, i started counting how many glasses of water I actually consumed every day. Although, I dont remember my average daily water consumption, but I know that I had a hard time making it to eight glasses, as far as I can recall. When I was young, I rarely drink a coffee in the morning, I usually just had a glass of hot chocolate drink or milk to go with the breakfast. And took a glass of water or juice every after meal, so thats an additional three glasses of water, making it total to four glasses. And sometimes, I ended up grabbing a glass of water when Im thristy after playing, that makes it total of five glasses.

These days, I usually just have a coffee with milk in the morning, a glass of juice or soda after each meal, and a bottle of water at bed time. With that, I am still way below the healthy eight (8) glasses of water per day recommendation. I dont know how big the glass should be, there are all kinds and shapes of glass available nowadays. I dont know how true, as far as eight glasses of water is the healthy and recommended amount. This is one of those things that I learned in my elementary days that still fresh in my memory.

What about you, do you believe that each person should take eight glasses of water a day? What kind of drink do you usually take? Coffee? Juice? Soda? Or just plain water? Do you drink tap water or bottled water?