How do electrolytes keep you hidrated and why they are necessary?

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A lot of drinks claims that electrolyte salts (like Na, Mg and K) keeps you hidrated, if you have diarrea or if you are a professional athlead.
And those salts are essencial in long fasts as well.
I don’t understand why

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Brawndo has electrolytes.

(Really though…water is attracted to salt, like a magnet, so having plentiful salt in your system helps lure water away from your digestive track and get it to the important areas.)

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