Comments on: How Did We Get So Thirsty? http://thesocietypages.org/reading-list/thirsty/ The Society Pages is an online, multidisciplinary social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. The Society Pages mission is to bring social scientific knowledge and information to broader public visibility and influence. Wed, 08 Apr 2015 14:54:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: ahimsa http://thesocietypages.org/reading-list/thirsty/#comment-1714 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:30:27 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/?post_type=reading_list&p=3077#comment-1714 I have no idea why healthy people carry their water bottles but I carry mine because I have a medical condition.

I won’t go into all the details but I need to drink about 3 liters per day. This extra water, along with salt tablets and the drugs prescribed by my cardiologist, helps me get through the day with fewer symptoms.

I realize that folks with medical conditions are probably a tiny percentage of those who carry water bottles. I’m not arguing with the main points of this article. I just wanted to remind others not to jump to assumptions when you see someone carrying around a water bottle.

People with invisible disabilities are everywhere. We look may look healthy and “normal” but we are not.

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