Your body can’t actually move water, it just goes wherever it goes and if you stop it from going it will cause damage doing it anyway.
So instead of moving water around directly, your body moves electrolytes, these are big charged atoms, and very easy for your body to grab and move about. The thing about electrolytes is that water loves being around them.
So when your body wants to absorb water, it grabs the electrolytes in your food/drink and pulls them into your intestines, the water then follows. When you need to get rid of excess water, your kidneys move electrolytes into your urine and the water follows. Since electrolytes are also used to get water out in sweat, you can run out of them, then your body can’t control where it moves water and the water just does its own thing which can cause problems.
So when you exercise a lot you need electrolytes.
We didn’t use to need them because natural water (streams, wells) have electrolytes in them, but our artificially distributed tap water is deficient since electrolytes can cause problems in pipes, so we need to add them in occasionally
Your body can’t actually move water, it just goes wherever it goes and if you stop it from going it will cause damage doing it anyway.
So instead of moving water around directly, your body moves electrolytes, these are big charged atoms, and very easy for your body to grab and move about. The thing about electrolytes is that water loves being around them.
So when your body wants to absorb water, it grabs the electrolytes in your food/drink and pulls them into your intestines, the water then follows. When you need to get rid of excess water, your kidneys move electrolytes into your urine and the water follows. Since electrolytes are also used to get water out in sweat, you can run out of them, then your body can’t control where it moves water and the water just does its own thing which can cause problems.
So when you exercise a lot you need electrolytes.
We didn’t use to need them because natural water (streams, wells) have electrolytes in them, but our artificially distributed tap water is deficient since electrolytes can cause problems in pipes, so we need to add them in occasionally
You’re one big (and complex) circuit. Electrolytes conduct electricity when mixed with water and that’s essential for our cells, organs and systems to work well. We lose electrolytes through sweat, urine (as well as vomiting and diarrhoea). It’s why you’ve been advised to increase your intake of electrolytes to avoid feeling prematurely fatigued or ill.
You’re one big (and complex) circuit. Electrolytes conduct electricity when mixed with water and that’s essential for our cells, organs and systems to work well. We lose electrolytes through sweat, urine (as well as vomiting and diarrhoea). It’s why you’ve been advised to increase your intake of electrolytes to avoid feeling prematurely fatigued or ill.
Electricity doesn’t like pure water. Without free ions that are able to move easily the bodies microvolt impulses to do things like tell your heart to pump or your lungs to breath don’t work so well.
Also you constantly use up electrolytes through sweating and peeing so your body needs to replace that.
Electricity doesn’t like pure water. Without free ions that are able to move easily the bodies microvolt impulses to do things like tell your heart to pump or your lungs to breath don’t work so well.
Also you constantly use up electrolytes through sweating and peeing so your body needs to replace that.
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