jesus guys, I waste my time talking about stupid stuff and saying stupid things but this thread just takes the cake.
jesus guys, I waste my time talking about stupid stuff and saying stupid things but this thread just takes the cake.
Careful. Posts like this one might be labeled as "unconstructive" and you'll get slapped. Better stick to discussing the re-hydrating qualities of water, or in this case, the lack thereof.
Also, apparently "water" in Europe means "cola" like "pizza" means "vegetable" in the USA.
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As someone who has worked in the field in both hot dry desert and humid warm rainforest I can state the following:
i) If sweating hard and needing to pee... after about half an hour that need to pee goes away... I would say we have some capacity to reabsord that bladder water.
ii) The body muscles can store more fluids then normal... my morning trick in the jungle was a flat can of coke pre-breakfast. For lunch 4 schooners of cordial... to the point back in the field I had sweat smelling cordial sweet. And a beer in the shower post work... half a beer when dehydrated is hyper effective. However it isn't the fluid its the salts that go along with it that help the absorption.
iii) Dehydration has levels to it... so your body has a range of fluid levels it can work in. I don't believe that at the normal 100% we automatically become a fountain... it depends on how much we are sweating and how well conditioned we are to our surroundings. Better conditioned the better we retain fluids... the general saying for most mine workers in Indonesia was "It is a brave or foolish man who farts in Indonesia"... it wasn't just about Bali Belly it was about how over hydrated they were in response to the conditions and their bodies not adapting (2 weeks in, 2 weeks out)... in exploration spending 5 weeks outside in the field I adapted and could handle more fluids and work longer through the day.
iv) Lack of water kills in the desert ... I was drinking >4 L a day easy whilst hiking there... sure you need minerals too... but end of the day dehydration will always get you gram for gram if you don't have water.
Anyhow overtime I found that I was able to hold more immediate drink fluids without instant peeing... now as an office worker it is a totally different scenario... I think some of the biologists need to measure humans in a range of conditions and humans going through a range of physical fitness in those conditions.
Last edited by Papewaio; 11-20-2011 at 21:14.
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