Just wondering about how much water the body uses as a percentage of the water consumed
When water is ingested/digested/eaten, do we know the distribution of where water ends up and is used in the body?
Do we know what percenteage (%) of water goes to the colon?
Someone said this “Your colon absorbs 400mL per day which is where poo goes from liquid to hard.”
Know of any good sites/sources to watch/read detailed summaries on the digestive/colon system and water basically transfer and of the above info?
Its said that “Most water is absorbed in small intestine (2-8L per day).” but do we know whats the distribution of where the water goes to from there?
How much water about does a person normally need? Seems that water is needed to go the colon area, but that most water does not go there. Seems that water does not make it into “the colon to help moisten existing stool.”
Does water in fruit travel to the colon more effectively than water by itself? If it does why basically is that?
Thanks
In fact, all recommendations for water intake are very relative. It seems to me that everything is very individual. It all depends on weight, sweat rate,humidity, temperature, etc. In young people and athletes, when correcting water balance, I use urine color chart. In the elderly, when assessing the water balance, it is impossible to use the color of urine, the data of an external examination and BIA, since they are not indicative dehydration. Ideally, we should look at the osmolarity of the blood, which is difficult to do outside the hospital
However, controlling water balance is very important, especially for the elderly. In 2009, we conducted a prospective cohort study of a random sample of community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older. We found that those who drank more than 5 glasses of water a day had higher grip strength and lower all-cause mortality during the 5-year follow-up than those who drank 2 and less glasses of water per day. Unfortunately, we found no information on the distribution of water in the body