How does your body handle drinking large volumes of water?

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Since you body can only adsorb water at a certain rate, chugging water if you are dehydrated does little good.

I mean, some of it is stored in the stomach, but oftentimes you will need to urinate soon after drinking late amounts of water.

How does the excess water get transferred to the bladders quickly if it isn’t adsorbed by the body?

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It can cause a salt (electrolyte) imbalance. Your body will be unable to filter the water in time to correct this balance via kidney processing and urination. Your body relies on a certain balance of salts (electrolytes) for many functions, most important being heart function.

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