Comment on Water addiction
deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoThirst 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.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
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.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 week ago
These were hung in all the heads in boot camp.
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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.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
No doubt, there’s a lot of factors at play. Having diluted pee is good preventative maintenance though.