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 gonna 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

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