Water Intake during Meals

You must not drink water after a meal; you cannot drink water before a meal? I first read a blog posts saying you will get cancer if you drink ice water after a meal, now someone else says you should not drink water an hour before a meal, I suppose next someone will make a discussion you cannot drink water with your meal, it will cause gout or some other thing. Where do these people get their information? Do you just believe a statement like that because someone says you should not do this? How about if it makes common sense or not? Your opinions please! I personally drink water before after and during a meal t o get my 8 to 10 glasses in a day as my doctor has admonished me to do so. Also if my blood sugar is too high I drink water to bring it down to normal.