If a woman who drinks a cup of decaffeinated coffee in the morning, a cup of fruit juice with lunch, 6 cups of water throughout the day and a cup of tea at bedtime, her fluid intake would be considered
a. dangerously low.
b. below optimal.
c. optimal.
d. too high.
C
This woman's total fluid intake for the day is 9 cups, the recommended amount for women. Minimum fluid intake for health is around 4 cups; intake below this would be considered dange-rously low. Fluid intake can be too high, but the specific amount that causes water intoxication is unknown.
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