Electrolyte solutions don’t hydrate you better than pure water, the point of them is that if you only add water back to your body during physical activity your not replenishing other critical compounds that are lost or used up during says activity. Electrolyte solutions replenish those in addition to hydrating you.
Electrolyte solutions don’t hydrate you better than pure water, the point of them is that if you only add water back to your body during physical activity your not replenishing other critical compounds that are lost or used up during says activity. Electrolyte solutions replenish those in addition to hydrating you.
Electrolyte solutions don’t hydrate you better than pure water, the point of them is that if you only add water back to your body during physical activity your not replenishing other critical compounds that are lost or used up during says activity. Electrolyte solutions replenish those in addition to hydrating you.
Imagine a huge funnel (your body) and you have to put a bunch of balls (salt) through the funnel continuously. You die if they start going over the funnel instead of down the hole at the bottom (your kidneys).
Your funnel (kidneys) can handle like 20 balls at a time. More than that, and you die.
Normally, because all things considered, you’re going through like 9 balls or so continuously. Sometimes more, sometimes less.
You have a power drink and it adds to that total of 9 balls by 1 or so . So now ten balls. No big deal. You can handle 20.
Seawater is like adding 35 balls. You can only process 20, but once you start adding in 35, your funnel can’t handle it… until it starts filling up, and spilling over, and you die.
Imagine a huge funnel (your body) and you have to put a bunch of balls (salt) through the funnel continuously. You die if they start going over the funnel instead of down the hole at the bottom (your kidneys).
Your funnel (kidneys) can handle like 20 balls at a time. More than that, and you die.
Normally, because all things considered, you’re going through like 9 balls or so continuously. Sometimes more, sometimes less.
You have a power drink and it adds to that total of 9 balls by 1 or so . So now ten balls. No big deal. You can handle 20.
Seawater is like adding 35 balls. You can only process 20, but once you start adding in 35, your funnel can’t handle it… until it starts filling up, and spilling over, and you die.
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