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bubbastars t1_j3rfw49 wrote

Reply to comment by varialectio in During digestion, does ethanol react with lipids to form esters, at a significant conversion rate? by spamarind_soda

Does sweating (or other forms of dehydration) affect water in the body enough to shift the equilibrium towards the products?

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Uncynical_Diogenes t1_j3rpy8u wrote

Life is the process of homeostasis, or preventing your equilibria from shifting.

You die before any of your equilibria shift very much, because that’s what dying is.

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ScienceIsSexy420 t1_j3roja5 wrote

You'd likely die from dehydration before your endogenous water levels were low enough to push thia reaction to the right enough to form appreciable amount of esters

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