Another protocol for your doctor to have in place to make sure you leave the hospital better than you came in.
Which
means you probably need to be catheterized or diapered immediately in
the hospital. There aren't enough nurses to get all their patients
safely to the bathroom in time. When I'm traveling, especially on
airplanes and buses, I purposely stay dehydrated in order not to need to
use the bathroom.
On coffee:
The caffeine in coffee gives it diuretic effects, meaning it causes your body to pass more urine. But these effects are too mild to cause dehydration,
especially if you're a regular coffee drinker. Coffee may even be
hydrating for some people, because it contains a lot of water.
On alcohol:
Which alcohol is most dehydrating?
How much does 1 glass of wine dehydrate you?
For
reference, a standard drink—12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, 1.5
ounces of liquor—has 14 grams of alcohol, according to the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [3]. In other words, the
alcohol alone in one standard drink can make your body produce a little less than half a cup of pee.
So
to calculate; a standard 5 ounce glass of wine produces less than 4
ounces of pee. That doesn't sound like dehydration. Beer would make
even better sense.
The latest here:
How Much Water Should You Drink Daily? Science-Backed Hydration Guide
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