If Your Pee Stinks, You’re Dehydrated!

DaltheJigsaw

We are born of the water. Our muscles that move our body are 75% water. Our blood that transports nutrients is 82% water. Our lungs that provide us with oxygen are 90% water. Our brain is 76% water and even our bones are 25% water. Water covers 70% of our planet and is vital for all life on Earth. There’s a reason why we’re drawn to the ocean, lakes and rivers. Beyond the subconscious reasons, lurks the simple need for our survival. A person deprived of water will die in 60 to 80 hours.

If you do not supply enough water to your body, your brain cannot function well. It is apparent when you see the majority of idiots who drink soda, frappuccinos and energy drinks all day long, only dehydrating themselves more and contributing to the zombie culture.

Those who suffer from dehydration will feel fatigue and headaches, and an overall disconnected feeling from life, even depression and hunger. So before you reach for medication or a Twinkie, ask yourself,”How much water have I had today?”

Some of the ”things” that will dehydrate you more include alcohol, coffee, caffeinated tea, strange fake liquid juices and sports drinks, fruit juice, aspartame , medications, airplanes, low blood sugar, hot climates, sugar, salt, processed foods, stress, acidic blood, exercise, diarrhea and vomiting. No, alcohol and coffee aren’t evil (some disagree) but you should replenish the fluids they took on the way out.

Mental fogginess, poor short term memory, dizziness, poor balance and skin problems are just some of what may occur from dehydration. So are cholesterol problems, constipation, heartburn, water retention, kidney stones, joint pain and back pain. That’s because the functions of water in the human body are vital. Water transports nutrients and oxygen into cells, moisturizes the air in lungs, helps with metabolism, protects our vital organs, helps our organs to absorb nutrients better, regulates body temperature, detoxifies, protects and moisturizes our joints and lubricates all our moving parts.

Water helps remove the dangerous toxins that your body takes in from the chemtrail air you breathe, the chemically laced food you eat and the poisons you absorb through various products you use on your skin and hair. And shame on you if you drink fluoridated water. Fluoride is a corrosive poison. Ok, well these don’t apply to all of us!

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vixthenomad

Some of the ”things” that will dehydrate you more include alcohol, coffee, caffeinated tea, strange fake liquid juices and sports drinks, fruit juice, aspartame , medications, airplanes, low blood sugar, hot climates, sugar, salt, processed foods, stress, acidic blood, exercise, diarrhea and vomiting. No, alcohol and coffee aren’t evil (some disagree) but you should replenish the fluids they took on the way out.

Summary of paragraph: LIFE is dehydrating.

vixthenomad

Incidentally, you might find this interesting:

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

Jeffrey

alcohol and coffee hydrate you. They are diuretics but you have to realize that you are taking in a truckload of water. Eighty proof spirits in contrast are dehydrating but beer is hydrating. There was a spanish marathon runner if I recall who would drink beer during his runs, mighta been a gimmick.

zombiegirl

alcohol and coffee hydrate you. They are diuretics but you have to realize that you are taking in a truckload of water. Eighty proof spirits in contrast are dehydrating but beer is hydrating. There was a spanish marathon runner if I recall who would drink beer during his runs, mighta been a gimmick.

mighta been an alcoholic.

somehow, i doubt that beer is hydrating. if it was, i doubt that i would wake up with dehydration headaches following a night of drinking beer if i don't drink water before bed. the common hangover is typically due to dehydration.

@LeonBasin i think this is a great post. i hate water and have trouble drinking it unless it's certain kinds (because yes, it does have a flavor) and a cold temperature, so i tend to suffer from dehydration at times. very recently, i was in this funk where i was very lethargic and sleeping in all day, feeling somewhat depressed, and just altogether meh. long story short, i've started forcing myself to drink several glasses of water a day. if i can't drink it like a normal person, i chug it. and voila... i've been feeling much better and waking up at normal times. this is the same reason i only allow myself to drink water at work as well. i feel much more energized when i'm not dehydrated.

genkaku

Incidentally, you might find this interesting:

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

Thanks @Vixthenomad. That hit the spot.

Mountains

Alcohol will dehydrate you in a greater volume than the volume consumed, even with beer. Alcohol (like caffeine) interferes with the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, the result of which is diuresis.

And yes, almost everyone walks around dehydrated to some degree or other. The degree is highly debatable. It is a fact however that once you start to feel thirst, you're already quite dehydrated. The eight glasses a day thing might be a myth, but drinking more water (in moderation) is most assuredly good for you. Things most people don't consider are the joints and tendons/ligaments. Dehydration helps speed up the process of degenerative changes that take place in joints as we age. Synovial fluid becomes thicker and stickier, and it doesn't lubricate as well as it used to.

Drinking water is good...

dorje

And remember, if you drink too much water too quickly, you can get water poisoning.

Mountains

It takes a *LOT* of water to do that. Technically it isn't poisoning, it's simply a case of having too little sodium in your blood (hyponatremia).