Good news!

[soldierant]

13. This may be just me and some people I know

but I believe more fluid gets to where it should be in our body if the water is taken with a smidgen of electrolytes. Just a smidgen. Like "Gatorade" or a similar product diluted with just water in the proportion of one to one, or even a little more water. At that dilution, it doesn't have much flavor, but neither does plain water.

I have various allergies and once got myself released from the hospital with this. I had an allergic fever (I'm pretty sure that was a reaction to the strong chemicals hospitals use to disinfect everything - I wouldn't have it any other way, but I just can't take them), and they kept testing and testing and there was no infection (my white cell count was actually high.) I got my family to smuggle in an electrolyte drink - it was actually by Knudsen but I don't know whether they make it any more - and a couple of hours later I could literally feel the fever break. And it stayed gone. I got out the next day.

(Edited to add this after reading another comment) If you are interested in trying the pinch-of-salt thing, consider the "light" salt which combines sodium and potassium chlorides - the two electrolytes work better together for some.