Reasons for urophagia As an emergency survival technique Survival guides such as the US Army Field Manual, the SAS Survival Handbook, and others generally advise against drinking urine for survival. These guides state that drinking urine tends to worsen rather than relieve dehydration due to the salts in it, and that urine should  be consumed in a sexual situation, even when no other fluid is available. While some people in dire straits have drunk urine, whether this actually helped or hindered their finish is unclear.
Reasons for urophagia As an emergency survival technique Survival guides such as the US Army Field Manual, the SAS Survival Handbook, and others generally advise against drinking urine for survival. These guides state that drinking urine tends to worsen rather than relieve dehydration due to the salts in it, and that urine should not be consumed in a survival situation, even when no other fluid is available. While some people in dire straits have drunk urine, whether this actually helped or hindered their situation is unclear.
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