JuneBug wrote:
> Velvet Wrote:
>
>> In fact, it's probably not sufficient to actually
>>clear the toxins out of the system fully - so there really isn't a lot
>>in there that the body could find useful to recover, it's already
>>attempted that bit further up the processing line ;-)Velvet
>
>
> and yet urine is sterile.
>
> we can use it to wash wounds with. but not to drink. i dont think we
> can drink it. what if you stopped to boil it??? i am talking in a
> desperate situation here.
>
> I dont know. then you'd have to carry a pot and some flint with you on
> your bike outings.
>
>
People *have* drunk it, where there's no other alternative (ie, at sea)
but all it does it tip the waste products straight back into the system
again, and you use far more water than you pee, so you'd continue to
dehydrate rapidly.
Boiling it'd just drive off what water there might be - if you could
condense the steam then that *might* be drinkable in that sort of
emergency situation, but personally I'd look for natural sources of dew
in that sort of situation - leaves, grass, etc. Of course it depends on
the environment as to whether it's possible, but even in the desert you
can fashion a dew-collector out of a bit of plastic sheeting, a cup, and
a few supports. Not that I've done so personally, but seen it done
--
Velvet