[at-l] The eternal question / Nighttime pee pea

[stephensadams at hotmail.com (Steve Adams)]

Brett,

Reference your post, dated 2-6-05, suggesting ?Increased fluid consumption 
during the day in conjunction with electrolyte changes in the body that 
somehow regulate overnight, making night time the right time for pee. 
All-day exercise is the overarching culprit.?

I don?t understand how electrolytic change affects fluid intake, retention, 
or disposal; then again, I don?t understand how electrolytes operate, 
either.  You?ve, nonetheless, made an interesting observation.

I know exercise, or at least an increased level of exercise, requires 
greater apparent hydration - O.K., you need to drink more water.  I always 
thought the increase of water compensated for water lost during exercise, 
and that much of the remaining water would be utilized by your body 
processing the repair and adjustment demanded by the exercise, i.e., not 
entirely expelled.

I?ve read, to remain warm that night and to remain hydrated the next day, 
you should drink plenty of water before going to sleep at night.  I can?t 
quite bring myself to do this, however, since I just ?know? I?ll freeze 
something off going out to pee.  Let alone, how can you have a good night 
sleep waking up to pee all through the night?  Re hydration, you should also 
drink all the water you can consume in the morning before you begin your 
hike that day.

This reminds me of a pithy saying - which I don?t recall in it?s entirety - 
but love the bars which remind me, you occasionally come across, with the 
name ?Pistol Dawn.?

**********

Amy,  Stand-by for the prostate transplant.

OB,  What might the downside(s) be?

Steve