Timeline for Should I eat when I don't have anything to drink in a survival situations?
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| Oct 25, 2019 at 3:50 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | @ShemSeger Followup on my previous comment--more of those berries, including a woman who had picked a whole bagful. This time I knew where to find some unmelted snow--still in the next canyon over, I would guess 10 miles away and involving a class 3 scramble--and that meant going via an approximation of civilization. | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 2:46 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | @ShemSeger Last year I ran into some berries I was told were good to eat. At that time of year I am not aware of any source of surface water in the whole canyon we were in. The next canyon over has a couple of springs that would have some dampness (but not a meaningful supply of water) at that time of the year. | |
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| May 22, 2019 at 17:54 | answer | added | Jan | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Jul 28, 2016 at 13:13 | comment | added | anaximander | @ShemSeger It's also worth noting that just because you can find water, doesn't mean you can drink it safely, whereas you can be pretty confident that certain berries are safe. For example, I know of a place near me where blackberries grow, but the only water is muddy and downstream from the unpleasant end of a field full of cows... | |
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| Jul 28, 2016 at 3:57 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackOutdoors/status/758511622172336128 | ||
| Jul 27, 2016 at 21:12 | answer | added | James T Francis | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 20:58 | comment | added | Erik vanDoren | Also the question follows the one drinking blood in a survival situation so it seems all connected to that | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 18:36 | history | edited | StrongBad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 27, 2016 at 18:36 | comment | added | StrongBad | @BenCrowell the question is tagged survival. It seems like it might be worth editing it into the titular question. | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 18:24 | comment | added | user2169 | The outdoorlife.com article seems to be talking about a survival situation, but that isn't clearly stated in the question. Is the question about a survival situation, or just a general context? Are we specifically talking about a situation where the person is dehydrated? One danger here is that based on pop culture and urban legends, many people have wildly exaggerated ideas about the danger of being dehydrated. E.g., they believe that "thirst is too late," and that they can be dehydrated even if they're not thirsty. That could lead them not to eat because they imagine they're dehydrated. | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 17:50 | answer | added | StrongBad | timeline score: 22 | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 15:56 | comment | added | Chris H | @ShemSeger a dry summer/autumn could easily mean that seasonal springs are dry and berries are ripe. Streams could be few and far between if they're mainly fed by snowmelt and the dried-up springs. I've seen this in Corsica though we were never more than a day's hike from a tap - with an injury things could change fast. | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 15:24 | comment | added | ShemSeger | Where on earth do you expect to find berries, but not water? | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 14:41 | comment | added | Erik vanDoren | @njzk2, In my answer i make the point of saying that "dont eat" is a generalization as the kind of food is something to consider. However I hardly think that in a situation where you dont have any water you would eat a pack of dry biscuits and all in one shot. Your colon will get all it can from it if it needs it (pebble stools). There are plenty of other ways we lose water, feces is the last one to worry about. Plus absorption of water is due to osmosis: sodium, glucose, and aminoacids are needed for that, one salty cracker could help more than no cracker at all | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 14:27 | comment | added | njzk2 | @ErikvanDoren taking the extreme case, you can't gain anything if there is nothing to be gained in the first place. Consider dry biscuits. There will be some water losses. | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 14:15 | comment | added | Erik vanDoren | @njzk2, there are no losses the system is designed to always have a gain, unless there are other conditions causing watery diarrhea which is a different situation | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 14:02 | answer | added | Erik vanDoren | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 13:34 | comment | added | njzk2 | I think there are a few valid point in this rule: any water you add for digestion is stuck in your digesting system for a while, which means you deprive other parts of your body of it. Also, you may not have enough water to help the digestion, hence the risk of blockage. Plus, not all the water you add for digestion is reabsorbed, there are losses. | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 11:23 | history | asked | OddDeer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |