Never once has my thirst reflex failed to keep me saturated. What’s wrong with these water enthusiast people?
Thirst alone keeps your pee clear to straw colored? If I rely on thirst alone mine will get much darker. Clear pee is good pee, I saw a friend get a kidney stone once, fuck that noise. I’ll do preventative maintenance by chugging some water every couple hours.
Kidney stones might be caused by drinking too much water, it anything, imo. My understanding is that they are made up of the deposits that are in water, like calcium and lime, so yeah I find it hard to believe that tripling the amount of deposits flowing through will prevent a kidney stone.
Whatever minerals are in your water are far less concentrated than they are in the foods you eat. It’s not the absolute amount of minerals you ingest, it’s the concentration of your urine that causes more crystallization to kidney stones. Gotta keep that piss dilute.
That makes sense to me. I’m just spit balling here really, but it’s based on the uncertainty around the cause of kidney stones. There are certain risk factors but I think genetics play the biggest role, iirc
These types of charts were hung in all the heads in boot camp.
The ones I am used to told you to drink anywhere from “keep drinking” to “drink 2 canteens of water right now.” Apparently dehydration during boot camp was somewhat common before they focused on it in the '80s and '90s.
Thanks for that. According to the water enthusiast people, I’m incredibly dehydrated all the time, but not according to this chart. Hydration is definitely something to be aware of, especially if you’re doing things that cause you to lose moisture, but honestly most people have no issues staying hydrated today. Turns out sitting indoors and hardly moving doesn’t cause a lot of moisture loss.
The biggest factor is diet - a large portion of ingested water comes from food.
Someone who snacks on carrots is going to need to drink a very different amount of water to stay hydrated as someone who eats jerky and crackers.
There’s also obviously differences in kidney function, salt retention, even just body size. Current medical advice is to just drink when you are thirsty, which works for just about everyone.
No doubt, there’s a lot of factors at play. Having diluted pee is good preventative maintenance though.
Yeah, we evolved the ability to thirst for a reason, and it works pretty well. The 8 glass per day rule was something pulled straight from the ass of some dude paid by coca cola to study how much fluid is healthy to drink.
How to destroy your heart and kidney Hydrohomies edition
If you’re peeing too much you may not be hydrating properly, make sure to take electrolytes too, like Liquid IV or Nuun tablets.
Sometimes I drink so much water that I start noticing that I get thirstier the more I drink. Electrolytes are key then.
I used to drink a lot of water, and pee a lot, and still be thirsty. Stopped being an issue after I started taking electrolytes
Hyponatremia is actually a thing. A very bad and dangerous thing.
Had myself a case of diabetes insipidis (or something Latin like that). Was fucking awful. Now I’m back to my dehydrated self, but I’m not peeing 15 times a day
I stay away from hydrogen dioxide.
Yeah that sounds super reactive.
Dihydrogen monoxide is a safer bet.
Isn’t there a community for that? c/hydrohomies or something. Don’t know which insurance and too lazy to search
Edit: !hydrohomies@lemmy.ml
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