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Actually if you're dying of dehydration, chances are you're somewhere exceptionally hot, because it's rare that you wouldn't be able to find water in 3/4 days i
by electromagnetic 15y ago
Actually if you're dying of dehydration, chances are you're somewhere exceptionally hot, because it's rare that you wouldn't be able to find water in 3/4 days in a temperate climate.
If you're in an area where you're perspiring a lot, then occasionally drinking sea water would actually be beneficial as there aren't many readily available sources of salt.
I work construction, in the longest heatwave of the summer I was putting tablespoons of salt into my water jug as it's quite easy to become nauseous when drinking a gallon of water inside a work day. Not to mention you don't want to get disorientated or light headed whilst 30ft in the air.
Long time survival in a hot environment requires a source of both fresh water and salt. The ocean is a far easier source of salt than searching for anything in nature.
- mynameishere 15y agoWouldn't it be more pleasant to drink fresh water and take salt pills separately?
- ghshephard 15y agoIt's difficult for me to drink fresh water in large quantities (more than a liter an hour) but when I put electrolytes in them, I find I can drink somewhere on the order of 2x to 3x more. I buy these 100 at a time - seems to do the job pretty well. http://www.hydrationdepot.com/Qwik-Stik.html http://www.hydrationdepot.com/Qwik-Stik.html
- BerislavLopac 15y agoWell the problem is just as the OP says: human cells have a low salinity. So pure sea water is bad, since it has a much higher salinity; but mixing it with fresh water (as that French guy mentioned by the parent apparently did) is ideal, as it brings the salinity level closer to the mark.