water & u

If you piss about 5 to 7 times a day, you're adequately hydrated, unless you are introducing obvious diuretics into your system, such as several cups of coffee. That throws everything out of whack.

My sister-in-law craved pellet ice when she was pregnant.

Which reminds me: that side of the family, which is made up entirely of horrible people, hate water. My s-i-l's mother drinks literally ONLY Diet Rite.

My s-i-l's close friend puts Mountain Dew in her babies' bottle as a "treat" while they were nursing, and later because "they like it" and "water is gross" ("it rusts your insides lol!"). The s-i-l would probably have done something stupid like that, but my brother put strict limits on the kids' soda intake. Even so, she would sneak sugar in their water b/c "water is gross," nevermind that my niece loved plain water as a toddler.

you guys should read the chapters of this book i have about pica that address a fixation with eating ice

http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/101640000/101643417.jpg

Oh! I want to read that!

Huh, so apparently I'm part of a trend in ice munching.

-Sales of machines that make easier-to-chew ice jumped about 23% [from] 2006 from 2003, according to data from the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute.
- Ice chewers swap tips on Icechewing.com.
- Amy Grant bought Vince Gill an ice pellet machine for Christmas. Gill says [i]"Europe is a drag," he says. "I ask for ice, and they give me one or two cubes. They're stingy with their ice. I'd never survive there."[i]

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120165510390727145.html?mod=blog

I became anemic a couple of years ago because of a medication I was taking and experienced some pica-like cravings as a result. It was disconcerting.

ice chewers are disgusting savages imo

even the sound of someone biting down on a popsicle makes my whole nervous system wig out

oh man i wanna read that pica book. i used to eat a lot of paper. (eighth grade was a hard year.)

it's pretty good, would recommend!

> I have considered buying a standalone ice machine. I would love to find one that dispenses these things

Which Manitowoc Ice Machines calls "tubular nuggets" and says of them Softer, chewable texture with good cooling. Cylindrical shaped nugget with 5/8'' diameter and average length of approximately 1''. With the longer pieces and 90% ice quality, tubular nugget is ideal for dispensing applications.

― Sandbox Jesse, Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:27 PM (7 hours ago)

Not quite that shape, but Manitowoc's SM50. residential ice machine does make these terrific, perfectly clear, gem-like octagonal ice cubes. It's what I hope to have in my kitchen someday. Once you try these you'll never want to go back to the smelly, cloudy-white ice crescents that your refrigerator makes again.
http://www.towsleys.com/mfsg/itemimages/IF14_rg.jpg

Scotsman makes a good undercounter ice machine too, and less expensive, which makes cylindrical ice. Every other residential undercounter ice machine i'm aware of makes boring rectangular cubes, although they'll still taste good and be perfectly clear.

water with lemon juice squeezed in, about 2 liters a day. refrigerated, no ice.

must have lemon because i just don't really like drinking plain water. this is probably cause i grew up in a town with very chemical-ly tasting water, i always hated drinking water as a kid. now that i've discovered the magic of putting lemon in my water, i drink it constantly, and have stopped drinking soda almost completely.

that said, soda water is awesome. i went through a diabetes scare + doctor complaining about my "liver numbers" and suggesting i cut back on teh booze, so i stopped consuming sugar but needed something non-alcoholic to drink at the bar that wasn't sweet sugary coke. soda water totally works for that, and bonus, bartenders usually give it to me free

Water w lemon was my jam until I discovered water w lime

Not quite that shape, but Manitowoc's SM50. residential ice machine does make these terrific, perfectly clear, gem-like octagonal ice cubes. It's what I hope to have in my kitchen someday. Once you try these you'll never want to go back to the smelly, cloudy-white ice crescents that your refrigerator makes again.

I don't think those are chewable like the pellets (the website for a commercial ice maker company actually said "often called 'rabbit turds'") I like. Apparently the pellet extrusion machines are impractical for residential use at this time. Or they were in 2011. Maybe now that it's the future things are different.

since i got a 32oz nalgene last christmas i have drank at least 1 gal of water a day and have been more energetic, had better bowel movements, been hungover less, and had little to no acne. i prefer it just below room temperature, sometimes drinking very cold water is shocking.

also i feel compelled to drink tap water because though i know it contains things that are probably bad for me i have been told by my girlfriend that it's good for your immune system. and i haven't gotten sick in a very long time. and basically i do whatever she says because she's always right.