Expert: Brandon Briggs, MS - 6/20/2009

Question
I am on dialysis and pass VEry little urine, so my question is, what other ways can you burn water through excercise or whatever.
I need to know this for its very hard when they cant get all the water off and you have to go through a weekend of misery.
and when you burn "calories" are you burning water also?
how bout if your burning carbs? i read a little about that but dont understand it completely. could you give me some advice and maybe some excercises?

Answer
Kendra,

I am not sure this is a question of exercise. There isn't a way to "burn" water. Water is absorbed by cell in your organs and excess is either excreted or lost in during sweating. When doing aerobic exercise you burn fat and anaerobic exercise can use other fuel systems like the Krebs cycle. As for just loosing water, I am afraid I can not help you. Being on dialysis I would suggest you speak wit your physician before doing any exercise.


In good health,

Brandon