Study Finds Water Isn't the Best Drink for Hydration
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Salty snacks is my go to. I don't really like liquid IV or Gatorade etc. I'll drink a liquid IV if it's really hot, but I'm big on plain, flat water.
I guess I'm screwed. I can't have too much salt or I get dizzy/vertigo. Stupid Menieres disease
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BRAWNDO!!! IT'S GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE! ELECTROLYTES!
BRAWNDO!!! IT’S GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE! ELECTROLYTES!
Hahahaha!! I love that movie!!!
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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.
Yes, all the ways in which human lose water they also lose electrolytes
All except one: you also lose water through exhalation, particularly in dry air. It's basically never going to be the main way you lose water, though
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If you are dehydrated from an illness typically something Gatorade or water with a bit of salt in it will help you hydrate better then just water.
Salt AND sugar (glucose) , when both consumed at the same time, activate transport channels in the bowel that increase water uptake. Not to say you need as much sugar or salt in Gatorade, liquid IV etc.
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Yes, all the ways in which human lose water they also lose electrolytes
All except one: you also lose water through exhalation, particularly in dry air. It's basically never going to be the main way you lose water, though
^This person has witnessed Arrakis
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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.
So they're telling us you need longer to digest things which aren't pure water - a shocking result!
But I strongly doubt that running on a hot day while drinking milk is a good idea -
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BRAWNDO!!! IT'S GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE! ELECTROLYTES!
But water does hydrate you, and its free/cheaper than anything else.
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Salt AND sugar (glucose) , when both consumed at the same time, activate transport channels in the bowel that increase water uptake. Not to say you need as much sugar or salt in Gatorade, liquid IV etc.
It's called Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) and it's 4 cups water, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons sugar.
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Liquid iv will keep you alive. Also salty snacks.
Just gonna pop in here to yell at the clouds. I hate the name "Liquid I.V." for a powdered sports drink. It's none of the things. It's a dry-ass powder that doesn't go in your veins. Fuck. And it's presumably meant to evoke the emergency dehydration scenario of world-class athletes dying on the sideline, hooked up to saline drips to keep their muscles from cramping inside-out. Everything about the branding is crap.
The product itself is fine though.
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BRAWNDO!!! IT'S GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE! ELECTROLYTES!
2/3 of the world is lactose intolerant so milk can't be the best for hydration
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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.
Most people get enough salt for the day through food though.
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Just gonna pop in here to yell at the clouds. I hate the name "Liquid I.V." for a powdered sports drink. It's none of the things. It's a dry-ass powder that doesn't go in your veins. Fuck. And it's presumably meant to evoke the emergency dehydration scenario of world-class athletes dying on the sideline, hooked up to saline drips to keep their muscles from cramping inside-out. Everything about the branding is crap.
The product itself is fine though.
INTRODUCING THE ALL-NEW SOLID ORAL
SPORTS HYDRATION SOLUTIONDRINKTHING! -
I remember once reading that having one beer and then changing to water would be a good rehydration strategy.
And I definitely believe it. Feels like that anyway. But.
Oh man I'd like a cold beer.
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Most people get enough salt for the day through food though.
If you can have food that is an electrolyte source with your water, that's fine.
If you consumed the food prior to the dehydrating events, it won't assist in restoring electrolytic balance.
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Yes, all the ways in which human lose water they also lose electrolytes
All except one: you also lose water through exhalation, particularly in dry air. It's basically never going to be the main way you lose water, though
Living in the sauna that is Arkansas, I don't usually think about dry air, but I think you are correct. If you've dehydrated yourself through breathing, plain water is fine for hydration.
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BRAWNDO!!! IT'S GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE! ELECTROLYTES!
When it comes to alcohol, stronger forms, like whiskey, for example, actually dehydrate, while beer shows better results.
I'm replacing water with beer the next time I run a marathon.
/this was a joke. i don't run
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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.
I've had to restrain myself from drinking a couple of liters of milk on hot days because I'm pretty sure it was helping me get fat. There's a pile of sugar in milk, but damn, it seemed to be the best for quenching thirst. I really like milk and miss it.
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BRAWNDO!!! IT’S GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE! ELECTROLYTES!
Hahahaha!! I love that movie!!!
We don't have time for handjobs.
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INTRODUCING THE ALL-NEW SOLID ORAL
SPORTS HYDRATION SOLUTIONDRINKTHING!"Nothing gets my head back in the game like some Solid Oral." "I didn't believe the hype, but my teammate gave me Solid Oral and now I won't settle for less."
Sells itself, it's perfect.
