Can water be synthesised from carbohydrates by humans?

[wasteofo2]

Just wondering if someone was dehydrating whether the elements in carbohydrates (or anything else for that matter) could be broken down and re-assembled into water by the human body. I'm going to guess no, but it'd be interesting if we could...

Jacob

 

[Gokul43201]

Actually, carbs are a good source of water, and the breakdown of carbs does result in the formation of water (if I recall correctly). However, I'm not sure how your idea would work...the person would have to be consuming the carbs, wouldn't (s)he ?

 

[marcus]

Actually, carbs are a good source of water, and the breakdown of carbs does result in the formation of water (if I recall correctly). However, I'm not sure how your idea would work...the person would have to be consuming the carbs, wouldn't (s)he ?

if you were aboard ship with an inadequate supply of water for the trip
and two types of rations each supplying the same number of calories
should you eat the hi-carb rations
or the hi-fat rations

one of those clever biology people might actually know

a person living on hi-carb rations might require less additional water to survive. it is conceivable though a strange idea