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If the body was previously worried about "feast/famine" of water before, wouldn't it retain water rather than pee it all out?

• ars 7y ago
  The body doesn't really have any way to retain [liquid] water without causing medical issues. There's no storage compartment except for fat that could be metabolized into water. You can also store water, for a short time, mixed into fiber in food that was recently eaten.
  • OJFord 7y ago
    But drunk more gradually thorugh the day, it is able to be 'retained'? Asking in good faith, taken independently each of your comments make perfect sense to me!
  • UI_at_80x24 7y ago
    I'm not implying I have 'water pouches' or anything as silly. 1.5L of water in my stomach gets processed as quickly as my kidneys can manage. Thus I urinate out a large % of that liquid intake before use can be made of it. Continually drinking small amounts doesn't overwhelm my stomach and therefore it feels like I urinate less, and 'retain' that water.