Study Finds Water Isn't the Best Drink for Hydration

[60d@lemmy.ca]

IIRC you're supposed to drink until you urinate in order to confirm proper hydration. Drinking milk until I pee sounds tough.

[huxley75@lemmy.world]

I do actually love cold buttermilk on a hot day

[chaosinstructor@lemmy.world]

results like this, always makes me think, who paid for the study?

[kambusha@sh.itjust.works]

It's so.. hot

[skrlet13@feddit.cl]

But tap water has electrolytes, right? That's why we get electrocuted.

100% pure water does not conduct electricity, but who uses that?

[aatube@kbin.melroy.org]

article links to a yahoo version of 2019 CNN which links to a 2016 study with a URL resulting in a redirect to the new standalone website for the journal now-declared-independence instead of a DOI I had to rescue from the archives which now links to the ScienceDirect hosting of the article instead: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.115.114769 (Thankfully open (archive) access)

In summary, the present study describes a novel tool to enable the objective assessment of the effectiveness of beverages to maintain hydration status. The BHI is reproducible and the pattern of response for a range of commonly consumed beverages is consistent with what is known about the effects of their constituents on water balance.

[notsteve_@lemmy.ca]

Honestly maybe not after a long run but sometimes when I’m really dehydrated I legit crave milk

[ourkaos@lemmy.today]

ITT: hYdRaTe WiTh MiLk!?

Isn't milk more "liquid food" than a drink? It's meant to provide full nutrition to young, not provide fluids to an adult. Humans drinking milk in adulthood is the weird part.

[thatsthecatch@lemmy.nz]

When I was doing long distance runs, there was nothing more I wanted afterwards than some chocolate milk

[cubitoom@infosec.pub]

[adespoton@lemmy.ca]

I regularly (weekly) run 25k runs. If I had milk afterwards, sure, I’d retain that fluid for longer, but I’d get all congested and start seeing spots in front of my eyes. I know this because I’ve involuntarily done it.

What works best is small sips of water every 2k or so after 10k, followed by a glass of water when I’m done to flush my system, followed by water with trace amounts of sugar, sodium and potassium added.

Binding water up in your stomach is totally useless for maintaining electrolyte and water levels in the body, even though it’s technically (temporarily) increasing fluid uptake.

[windex007@lemmy.world]

Yeah why can't they drink something less weird for an adult human... Something full of high fructose corn syrup, taurine, and Orange #6... The way God intended. It's in the fucking Bible, people.

[orbitz@lemmy.ca]

I'm an adult, always enjoyed milk but not much beyond a bowl of cereal or a glass (possibly chocolate) in a day. Don't have it overly often most of the time but even if I do it's not a lot. Still feels satisfying to have in my 40s. Of course I may be considered weird for other reasons by many but didn't think the milk consumption factored in heh.

Edit thought I'd add, has at least protein in it so there are worse things to have with more sugars, though yes know lactase breaks down to carbs (or something similar I may have forgotten the name)

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

Thing is, why does it matter if something exists that hydrates you better than water? Water is abundant and practically free - at least orders of magnitude more free than any marginally better substitute. You don't need a precise and refined strategic hydration strategy. When you get thirsty just drink some water, you'll be fine.

edit: yes, this does not cover edge cases like illness or working under very hot conditions

[kingdingbat@lemmy.world]

My husband and I were having lunch in a diner last weekend and by the bar they had a display cooler selling Smart Water. I over heard the lady next table over tell her friend: "oh I need to get some of that before we go. ITS GOT ELECTROLYTES!" she said, unironically. I nearly choked on my lunch. Lol

[kolanaki@pawb.social]

Didn't the University of Florida figure this out in the 60s and why Gatorade exists?

Not only does it quench your thirst better, it tastes better, too, idiot!

[texasdrunk@lemmy.world]

Can I get in on that?

[bss03@infosec.pub]

Yes, all the ways in which human lose water they also lose electrolytes ("salts"). More with sweat, but still some with urine. So, re-hydrating should include at least some of those. This has been known for decades, tho ravers often forget it and have died from hyponatremia.

[bss03@infosec.pub]

Tap water has too few electrolytes to restore your electrolytic balance after losing water (via sweating or urination). But yeah, it does technically contain electrolytes.

[valmond@lemmy.world]

T-shirt from 1992