I don't see how it could work, but as someone with a higher degree of finding myself in that kind of emergency situation than most, I'm curious as to whether there is any truth to that method of preventing dehydration.
2007-04-22 10:41:20 · 3 answers · asked by coolestdudeswin 2 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Health & Safety
No. The body uses 2 liters of fluids for every 1 liter of seawater you drink. Who cares about your colon, you will dehydrate yourself.
So you can drink it but it doesn't help you. And as you are more dehydrated than if you didn't drink it, I wouldn't say you are doing it safely.
2007-04-22 12:14:43 · answer #1 · answered by JuanB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No that is not true. Your body will be peeing out more fluid than you are getting from the seawater. You can try to trap dew moisture if you have a plastic sheet you can set up at night with the center depressed as a catch basin. You can also pray for rain. Avoid the seawater though. If you are traveling in your own boat make sure your life-raft is stocked with emergency water supply and EPRI so you can get through that.
2007-04-27 00:09:36 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've heard wrong. This has nothing to do with your colon... any water you drink is long gone before it would get there. It has to do with your kidneys. For your kidneys it is a lot of work to try to get rid of soo much salt, so they need more water to actually get rid of it, which will make you dehydrate much faster, and that will lead to imbalances in the electrolytes in your blood that keep your body in a state of hemostasis normally, and this will lead to death.
2007-04-30 09:46:16 · answer #3 · answered by Tee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋