hopefully this never happens to you but
let's say you found yourself in an
extreme situation you're out of food
water and the only liquid nearby is well
your own you've heard of astronauts
drinking urine and space but they have
high-tech filtration systems and you
don't your best option is to drink it
straight like Aron Ralston did when he
was trapped in a canyon for a hundred
and twenty seven hours before escape and
rescue
if Ralston did it and survived so should
you
right depending on the environment an
adult can survive up to one week without
water and three weeks without food but
that window quickly narrows when you're
dehydrated sick or both for that reason
the Army has a Field Manual which has a
do not drink list for such an occasion
the list includes fish juices blood
alcohol sea water and yes urine in fact
when you break it down urine isn't that
much different from sea water it's
usually around 95% water with a mix of
byproducts including sodium chloride and
urea seawater by comparison is ninety
six point five percent water and three
point five percent sodium and chloride
so drinking urine is basically like
drinking seawater it's going to
dehydrate you which is the opposite of
what you want to make matters worse if
you keep drinking it the severe
dehydration can trigger abnormally low
blood pressure low blood pressure means
less blood flow to vital organs like
your heart lungs and kidneys which can
be damaged or fail as a result not good
adding to your trouble is that urea in a
word urea is waste it's not supposed to
be in your body that's why your kidneys
filter it out of your blood and into
your urine which ordinarily then leaves
your system
but if you drink the urine instead your
kidneys have to work harder to filter
out that extra urea
which could lead to kidney failure again
not good
suffice it to say drinking urine maybe
your kidneys worst nightmare and to top
it off there's the bacteria contrary to
popular belief urine is not sterile
according to one study it contains at
least 85 different bacterial species
some of the most common are ones like
Staphylococcus which is known to cause
food poisoning and actinomycetes which
is commonly found in gum infections so
unless you want sore gums nausea and
failing organs while you search for
rescue best avoid that urine cocktail
altogether what's the weirdest survival
tip that you know let us know in the
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