How long after drinking a bunch of water are you officially hydrated?

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Granted a bunch of water in your stomach isn’t much good for a body lacking in total water—it’s gotta get absorbed by the colon. So I’d say it’s when your urine production begins to increase again, reflecting corrected intravascular volume. When the kidneys speak, listen!

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