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...water tainted by feces. They attack the small intestine, causing it to malfunction and disgorge its contents in watery (or bloody) stools. The fluid loss leads to dehydration, marked by dizziness, dry or sticky[an error occurred while processing this directive] mouth, less and darker urine, sunken eyes and weight loss. Severe dehydration can lead to shock, kidney failure and death. Rehydration Oral rehydration solution (ORS) can reverse most cases of dehydration if given quickly. It can be made from one teaspoon of salt and eight teaspoons of sugar dissolved in a liter of water then administered gradually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surviving Diarrhea | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...Average amount of weight gained during internment by Guantánamo Bay detainees, who receive a daily diet of 4,200 calories--1,200 more than the U.S. government recommends for a man to maintain his weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Oct. 16, 2006 | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...Current weight of the heaviest prisoner--195 lbs. more than when he arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Oct. 16, 2006 | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...that you're going to eat 40% more food if you eat with one other person than if you eat by yourself. You enjoy the food more, and you sit longer. The good news is that you don't have to eat like a monk not to gain weight. If you're at a dinner party, don't start your meal until the last person at the table starts. This delays things a little bit. Or you can use the Rule of Two. There are four things that you can eat at many meals besides the main course: an appetizer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Nibbler Nation | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

That's the margin in which you can eat more and gain weight and not realize it, but it's also, thankfully, the margin where you can eat less. If you ate 1,000 calories less than you ordinarily would, you'd be uncomfortable for most of the day. You'd be irritable, you'd feel hungry, you'd feel light-headed. But if you carve 200 calories out of your day every day, at the end of one year you're going to weigh 20 lbs. less than you otherwise would. And that's without feeling hungry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Nibbler Nation | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

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