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How much water should you drink in the UK heatwave? Expert hydration advice | Weather | News

How much water should you drink in the UK heatwave? Expert hydration advice | Weather | News

Published by Sam Flores

How much water should you be drinking in a heatwave? (Image: Getty Images) The UK has been enduring relentless heat over the past two months. As Britain struggles through its fourth heatwave of the summer, one of the most pressing questions on many people’s minds is how much water they should be consuming. Weather records have been shattered this summer as 2026 became the first year on record to see temperatures exceed 35C across three consecutive months, with a scorching 35C recorded in June. Half of England is now experiencing drought conditions, with parts of the country going without rainfall for weeks on end. So just how much water should you be drinking when temperatures consistently exceed 30C? In conditions where it feels as though your water bottle should be permanently glued to your hand, Reach PLC consulted a range of experts, including doctors and nutritionists, to establish how much people ought to be consuming daily, reports Wales Online. People are suffering through another heatwave (Image: Jacob King/PA Wire) The general consensus is that people …

Best electrolyte powders, drinks and supplements for 2026, expert-tested

Best electrolyte powders, drinks and supplements for 2026, expert-tested

Published by Sam Flores

Best: Ready-to-drink electrolyte What we love: Tastes like a premium soft drink, ready to drink with no mixing required, refreshing, unusual flavour combinations, contains B vitamins and biotin, and a good alternative to alcohol. Take note: Lower sodium makes it less suitable for post-workout recovery, can format less portable than sachets for travel. I’m not usually a fizzy drink person, but this lightly sparkling electrolyte drink was delicious. Served in a can, it could easily pass for a soft drink – think San Pellegrino, but at just 20 calories, with sweetness coming from organic agave syrup rather than sugar and added hydration benefits. Available in two flavours – Sicilian lemon with garden mint and Pomelo grapefruit with pink Himalayan salt, it went down a treat at a recent barbecue, helping me avoid the dehydration that often creeps in during a day in the sun. It’s also ideal for when you’re on the go and can’t be bothered to mix a sachet. The sodium content is lower (165mg) per can than others on the list, making …

World Cup hydration breaks keep athletes safe, U.S. team doctor says

World Cup hydration breaks keep athletes safe, U.S. team doctor says

Published by Sam Flores

While it may not be remembered as FIFA’s most controversial decision of the 2026 World Cup, the institution of mandatory cooling breaks in all matches has been met with boos and derision, with critics saying the pauses disrupt the game’s flow and offer little benefit in air-conditioned environments. “They’re in a dome here! Temperature-controlled, climate-controlled — why are we having a break?” fumed one England fan to a radio reporter outside the England-Croatia match in Arlington, Texas, where field temperatures inside AT&T Stadium approached a comfortable 70 degrees Fahrenheit despite an outdoor heat and humidity index near 105 degrees. But for Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, chief medical officer for U.S. men’s soccer and vice chair of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s orthopedic surgery department, the breaks set an important precedent for prioritizing athlete health in extreme heat, even at the highest levels of competition. “I do think the cooling breaks are an important part of the game. I’m really excited and happy that we are employing those,” he said by phone Tuesday morning, hours after the U.S. team’s …

Everyone’s Mad at the World Cup’s New ‘Hydration Breaks’—Except Mr. Moneybags Over Here

Everyone’s Mad at the World Cup’s New ‘Hydration Breaks’—Except Mr. Moneybags Over Here

Published by skeptic

Tune into any World Cup match in the US, Mexico, or Canada this summer, and you will find that around the 22nd and 67th minute of any game, the plays will stop. For the first time ever, FIFA has introduced three-minute hydration breaks, which are officially framed as a player welfare measure to combat extreme heat. The breaks will take place regardless of the weather outside, even on relatively mild days in New York or Los Angeles. While FIFA does not break down exactly how much revenue is tied to these new in-game stoppages, the intermissions introduce predictable and guaranteed commercial windows into live broadcasts, creating new advertising inventory. There has been backlash from fans and players, with many arguing that the commercial interruptions disrupt the flow of a sport defined by continuous play. Ghazi Saoud, a 26-year-old half-Lebanese, half-Norwegian football fan living in Chicago, who is rooting for Norway and Morocco this World Cup, describes the hiatuses as “concealed advertisement breaks.” Saoud argues that part of what makes football unique is that it has …

Why Does the World Cup Have Hydration Breaks? A Lot of Money.

Why Does the World Cup Have Hydration Breaks? A Lot of Money.

Published by Daniella Wilson

What is the value of a World Cup water break? For fans and players, they’re not worth much at all, and have engendered complaints they break up the flow of the game and topple decades of strategy. But for Fox Sports, the company airing the tournament in the U.S., the dollar figures loom larger than Lionel Messi lining up for a penalty kick: At least $250 million, with a plausible value of $500 million-600 million. Yes, that’s how much the company is likely to collect from advertisers for those sneaked-in ads from the likes of Nike, Adidas, Coke and Lenovo smack in the middle of gameplay under the notorious tag of a “hydration break.” A media-buyer source tells The Hollywood Reporter that the average cost of a 30-second spot during the soccer extravaganza is between $200,000 and $750,000, depending on a match’s participants (i.e. is the U.S. playing?) and the stage of the tournament (knockout stages amp up the interest). With six minutes of hydration breaks per game, that adds up to anywhere between $2.5 …

Scaloni mulling hydration break impact ahead of Austria clash

Scaloni mulling hydration break impact ahead of Austria clash

Published by Sam Flores

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 21 : Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni admitted he was still coming to terms with the impact of hydration breaks introduced to combat the intense heat at the World Cup as the defending champions prepare to take on Austria on Monday. The sides will meet in Dallas Stadium in their second Group J game, both having launched their group campaigns last week with a win, and the mid-match pauses will remain in place despite the game being played indoors. “Everything that I have in my mind can change depending on these 22, 23 minutes,” Scaloni told reporters on Sunday of the disruption caused by the breaks. “We have people analysing the game and we look for solutions. It’s what you do in a normal halftime.  “It’s for those who want to attack because you can amend certain things. It’s weird to adapt to that. It’s something that, if we do it more, it will become normal. I don’t think this is normal to us yet.  “We’re trying to analyse things and correct things. …

What hydration breaks at the World Cup do : NPR

What hydration breaks at the World Cup do : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

England’s Harry Kane (9) cools off during a hydration break of the World Cup Group L soccer match between England and Croatia in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption toggle caption Julio Cortez/AP LOS ANGELES — For the first time in World Cup history, FIFA is mandating all soccer players take hydration breaks to protect them from the threats of extreme heat. But the new rule has sparked criticism from two very different groups. Some experts have warned that this summer’s World Cup — co-hosted by the U.S., Mexico and Canada — could be the hottest in the tournament’s history. In response to concerns about extreme heat, FIFA implemented three-minute hydration breaks midway through each half regardless of temperatures. But some critics say they’re interrupting the game’s flow and give coaches a chance to shift momentum in their team’s favor, while some scientists have said the breaks are too short to make a significant impact on cooling and rehydration when conditions are sizzling. “When we look at the three …

How hydration breaks and commercials are disrupting World Cup viewing

How hydration breaks and commercials are disrupting World Cup viewing

Published by Sam Flores

Fox is under fire for missing on-field action during the first match of the World Cup last week. Many sports fans were irate when the network aired a full-screen ad when play resumed after a water break during last Thursday’s Mexico–South Africa match. In the second half, the referee called for the newly instated hydration break, but the call came during a replay, which led to a miscommunication over when the three-minute break actually started. Fox ran its full-screen ad late, and because the break didn’t last the full three minutes, players were reportedly left stalling on the field — and many Fox viewers missed the restart entirely. “The reason that I keep coming back to these games as a fan is for 45 solid minutes of entertainment. Anything that interrupts that, whether it’s [these hydration breaks] or anything else, is not great for the game,” Garrett Denney, an avid World Cup fan and frequent user of the World Cup Reddit page, wrote on Reddit. “What we want to see is that kind of rhythm …

How To Use Electrolytes To Boost Your Hydration

How To Use Electrolytes To Boost Your Hydration

Published by Sam Flores

We hope you love the products we recommend! All of them were independently selected by our editors. Just so you know, HuffPost UK may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them. Oh, and FYI — prices are accurate and items in stock as of time of publication. Sometimes sorting through the bullshit can be tricky when it comes to health and wellness. There are so many products out there designed to ‘level up’ your health that figuring out the essentials is almost mind-boggling. But if there’s one thing you know for a fact you need to survive, it’s hydration. While the NHS recommends drinking six to eight glasses of water a day, sometimes water simply doesn’t cut it. There are moments during the heat or when you’re getting sick where it permanently feels like your mouth is dry, and you can’t seem to focus or boost your energy. Over the last couple of years, electrolytes have made their way into pharmacies …

The 4 biggest myths about hydration, according to an expert

The 4 biggest myths about hydration, according to an expert

Published by skeptic

Are you drinking the right amount of water? iStockphoto Water bottles have become comically large in recent years, as health influencers urge us to drink more water for glowing skin, better brain function, improved athletic performance and just about everything else. But is gulping down litres of water a day really necessary? And can you overdo it? Tamara Hew-Butler is a physiologist who has been studying hydration for over two decades and is currently the medical research director of the Western States Endurance Run in California, one of the most gruelling ultramarathons in the world, which requires careful hydration planning. She’s here to pour water on some of the common myths. 1. Myth: Everyone should aim to drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water per day The amount of water required per day differs for everybody, and it even varies for each person on a daily basis. You always hear that everybody needs 2 litres a day, which is about eight glasses, but there isn’t a one-size-fits-all rule. If you weigh 45 kilograms …