Hey Doug and everyone. I often encounter claims saying plain water actually dehydrate us and is not well absorbed by the body, and that only structured fluids hydrate us properly. is there any truth in that? it does somewhat make sense to me as generally speaking I feel like the more I drink the more thirsty I am. would love to hear your thoughts. here's an example for such a claim:

When someone goes to 80/10/10RV mainly to lose weight, what would you say is a realistic drop in weight per week? Of course it also depends where they start, but let's say for someone moderately obese? Doesn't need to be super precise, but to have an idea. Thank you.

Hi 811 Community, Hi Doug, I’ve been on 811 since about 6 months and since about 3 months I have been very gassy. During the first 3 months I was also gassy from time to time, but not this consistently. My diet has been: 2000kcal Banana Smoothie 500kcal Oranges 300kcal Avocados 50kcal Leafy greens Sometimes changing Avocados for Chia seeds, and for the first 3 months I was eating persimmons instead of oranges. Sometimes also exchanging the Avocados for Hemp. I have no idea what to do, and it’s bothering me. It smells really bad and im also bloated. Doug: I saw on one of your videos/ posts that overeating could be an cause for this. With overeating are you referring to overeating what the capacity of your stomach can handle in one sitting, or eating more than your daily needs within the course of your meals? Another notion: I use a high speed blender for my banana smoothie. Could it be speeding up their oxidation so that the smoothie starts turning to alcohol within my intestines? For a week i went off the fats and proteins like avocados, chia seeds and hemp, just to test wether they could be the issue, but there was no or minimal change. I don’t believe to little water intake is the issue, as I drink quite frequently. Equates to approximately 3L per day Would really appreciate some help 🙏