Optimal fluid intake in daily diet: Avicenna’s view

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Adequate daily water consumption is an important factor of keeping regular homeostasis. However, the best quantity of daily water consumption for a healthy individual is not virtually stated in the literature. Despite the dearth of evidence-based recommendations, it is commonly thought that ingesting eight glasses of water a day is good for a healthy person. Avicenna had a unique viewpoint. He believed that daily water intake depended on numerous elements together with age, intercourse, body temperament, season, occupation and various internal and external elements. He also cited a few essential and useful measures regarding proper water consumption, which have additionally been emphasized in Islamic hadiths.

Key words: Avicenna, Traditional Persian medicine, Daily water intake, Optimal fluid intake, Balance, water, Drinking

Majid Nimrouzi, Vahid Tafazoli, Babak Daneshfard, Manijhe Zare. Optimal fluid intake in daily diet: Avicenna’s view. Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2016, 14(4): 241-244.

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