Dr. Morse recommends drinking water when you’re thirsty and until no longer thirsty. Drink more if you need to, such as when situated in a very warm climate, engaging in physically demanding activities, etc.
Most people, unless highly acidic internally, won't be thirsty, because they're consuming plenty of high water-content fruits and also vegetables (especially in the form of green juices). Some people make it a habit to have 8-16 oz. of lukewarm water with fresh-squeezed lemon juice first thing in the morning.
If you’re constantly thirsty be sure to evaluate your adrenal and kidney function.
Hydration/Dehydration
Dr. Morse looks at dehydration a little differently than most people, and understands dehydration to be a much deeper problem than most would otherwise think.
The color of urine is often irrelevant; but what truly matters is whether you’re filtering your lymphatic system or not.
Proper hydration is achieved with a healthy lymphatic system. When the lymphatic system is obstructed, lymph fluid begins to dehydrate and coagulate as a result of the internal environment changing from alkaline (cationic) to progressively more acidic (anionic).
An internal anionic environment leads to dehydration, and this isn't a form of dehydration that can be simply reversed by drinking 8 glasses of water daily; half your body weight in ounces daily; or until your urine is clear, as is commonly advised.
It can and often does take a while to rehydrate the body properly. It requires the elimination pathways to be opened up and to bring in the astringent, water-rich foods that'll speed up the process.
Anionic
- a magnetic condition created by negative ions or an acidic environment that creates coagulation.
- to solidify, bond; similar to anabolic; 3. in reference to acidosis.
Cationic
- state of flux and breakdown whereby nutrients and elements are dispersed systemically; similar to catabolic; 3. in reference to alkalization.