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Quick question. When did you last feel properly thirsty?

If you can't remember, it's probably not because you're drinking enough.

As we get older, the thirst alarm gets quieter. Your body can run low on fluid and barely tell you. You just feel a bit tired, a bit foggy, a bit "off".

And November makes it worse. It's cold, you're not sweating, the heating is drying the air, and most of what you drink is coffee.

So this week: why thirst fades, the two places running dry shows up first (your skin and your gut), and how to drink more without forcing down litres of plain water.

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Now, let's get into it. ☕

01 — Influence of Age on Thirst and Fluid Intake (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2001) Penn State researchers pulled together the evidence on thirst and age. When the body is put under stress, like heat, exercise or going without fluids, adults over 65 feel less thirsty, drink less to make up for it, and take longer to get back to normal.

→ Thirst works as an alarm at 25. With age, it rings later and quieter.

02 — Dietary Water Affects Human Skin Hydration and Biomechanics (Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2015) 49 women added about 2 litres of water a day for a month. Hydration went up in both the surface and the deeper layers of their skin, and the biggest change was in the women who drank the least to begin with.

→ If you barely drink, your skin is one of the first places to show it.

03 — Water Supplementation Enhances the Effect of High-Fiber Diet on Stool Frequency (Hepato-Gastroenterology, 1998) Adults with chronic constipation were put on a high-fibre diet for two months. The group who also drank extra water every day had more bowel movements and needed fewer laxatives than the group on fibre alone.

→ Fibre without water is only half a plan.

Here's what's going on:

Thirst is your brain's fuel gauge for water. As the years go by, that gauge gets less sensitive. It needs a bigger drop before it says anything, and when it does, it says it more quietly.

So "drink when you're thirsty" slowly stops working. By the time you feel thirsty, you've usually been running low for a while.

And it shows up in two places before you ever notice a dry mouth.

Your skin gets its water from the inside. When you're running low, the outer layer dries out faster, feels tighter by lunchtime, and fine lines look deeper.

No cream can put back water you never drank. It can only help hold in what's there.

One of your colon's main jobs is pulling water back out of what's passing through. When you're low on fluid, it pulls harder.

Stools get harder and slower. And slower means more time sitting there fermenting, which means more gas and that heavy, backed-up, bloated feeling.

Here's the part that catches a lot of us out. Fibre needs water to work. Chia, flax, psyllium and oats all work by soaking up water. Add more fibre without more fluid, and you can end up feeling more blocked up, not less. There's a reason psyllium packets tell you to take it with a full glass of water.

Give it a week and notice two things: how your face feels at lunchtime, and how your mornings in the bathroom go.

And if plain water is the part that never sticks, that's exactly what this week's partner at the top is for.

Shareable 1: "Your thirst alarm gets quieter with age. By the time you feel thirsty, you've usually been running low for a while. Drink on a schedule, not a feeling. 💧"

Shareable 2: "Fibre needs water to work. Add chia, flax or psyllium without drinking more, and you can end up more bloated and blocked up, not less."

Shareable 3: "No cream can put back water you never drank. If your face feels tight by lunchtime, check your glass before your skincare. 🌿"

Hit reply and tell me how many glasses of water you had yesterday. The real number.

Coffee doesn't count for this one. 😂

I read every reply, and your answers will shape the next gut and skin issue.

And if you know someone who lives on coffee until dinner, forward this to her. Her skin and her gut will thank you.

Talk soon,

Wilson From Nature The Cure 🌿

P.S. Tea and coffee do count toward your fluid for the day, more than people think. Just don't let them be the only thing in your cup.

This newsletter is for general education and isn't medical advice. If you have heart or kidney problems, or your doctor has told you to limit fluids, follow their advice. If you have ongoing gut symptoms, talk to your doctor.