Ways to drink more water

Water is very good for you. It is fat free, sugar free and calorie free. And has beneficial effects for your digestive system, skin and general health... but it's not easy to drink, we keep wanting to add things to it..

Here are some top tips:

- Drink it QUICKLY - don't give yourself time to dislike it

- Don't sip it! Who wants to actually taste the water??

- If you get bottled water, choose it carefully! They don't all taste the same!

- Have it cold or hot. Luke warm water tastes worse.

- Drink it from a glass or from pottery/porcelein etc - NEVER plastic. It tastes much worse in a plastic container.. I don't know why it just does.. Maybe its something to do with chemistry (any chemistry boffs reading this and would like to leave a comment, please do)

- Make a conscious effort to drink 3-4 pints (1.5 to 2 litres) a day. Have it with food, it seems to go down better.

- If you REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HATE, LOATHE AND DESPISE drinking water then add a TINY bit of cordial to it to take the edge off. A TINY BIT, not a lot..

- If you have a caffeinated drink you have do drink even more water than this..... so think about that before you have that cup of coffee... or coke...