When we drink more fluids than we need, the body simply excretes it, but extra food is stored. Why isn’t the excess passed like fluids?

Question

When we drink more fluids than we need, the body simply excretes it, but extra food is stored. Why isn’t the excess passed like fluids?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Fluids that contain calories *are* stored as excess energy, i.e. body fat.

Water is excreted because it contains no calories, but something like, milk or soda would compromise your body composition should you drink too much of it. Heck, you always hear that too much beer can make you fat, well its true.

If some smart cookie could explain how water contains no calories, that would be interesting…