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Hydration: Are You Drinking Enough Water?

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How Your Kidneys Keep Your Water

If you've drunk too much water, your kidneys will pull out that excess water and ditch it. Your body also sends a hormone, anti-diarratic hormone, basically telling the kidneys, hold on to the water. There's this giant network of straws or water channels in these particular cells in your kidneys. And they suck up the water so that it stays in your body.

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