Why do Humans get dehydrated so quickly?

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Been seeing that you should keep drinking until your pee is clear, but its quite astounding how quickly the pee turns dark. Like just 4h of no water or eating a meal will turn it dark. If water is needed so often how do people of the past (who probably don’t have that frequent access to water) even live?

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Humans are quite literally the sweatiest animals on earth. During exercise a person can sweat out 0.5-2 litres of water per hour, and even while being relatively sedentary you can sweat out 3 litres in a day. As for access to water it will vary from region to region, but depending on diet you can get a good amount of water from the food you eat. Ancient peoples in arid regions had and still have a vast wealth of knowledge when it comes to sources of moisture, that may come in the form of certain roots that have a high water content or eating certain plants, or just being able to read the land to know where a small pocket of water is hiding.

To be clear I’m no expert in these things, just going off the limited knowledge I have and I’m hoping someone can add to this!

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