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The Importance of Water and the Dangers of Dehydration
TLDR The carrying capacity of the Earth may be reached by 2050 due to population growth and limited resources. The rule of threes states that humans can survive three weeks without food, but dehydration can be fatal after just a few days.
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The carrying capacity is the total number of humans something can sustain, and with the current population growth and limited resources, we may reach our carrying capacity of 10 billion people by 2050.
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The rule of threes states that you can go three minutes without air, three hours without shelter, three days without water, and three weeks without food.
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The rule of threes states that you can go three weeks without food, but the length of time can vary depending on factors such as age, fitness level, and body fat.
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The stages of starvation include weakness, confusion, chronic diarrhea, convulsions, irregular heartbeat, hallucinations, and ultimately death.
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The longest recorded hunger strike lasted 73 days, but it's impossible to go without water for more than a few days.
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Dehydration can throw off the balance of solutes and water in your body, leading to various negative effects such as cell shrinkage, destruction, and even cerebral edema, which can be fatal.
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Dehydration can cause the brain to shrink, as seen in the case of Tereshiavo, who died of dehydration after 13 days and had a brain that was half its normal size, but fortunately, she was not in a state of consciousness where she could feel pain.
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The best way to drink water is at room temperature, as it is absorbed the most by the body, and eating snow can actually harm your body by dropping your core body temperature too much.
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