[MR] The Water Consumption Dilemma

[Siegfried Sebastian Faust]

>While this is something to watch out for and to be concerned about, I
>think that it can be avoided by drinking sports drinks as well as water,
>by eating high-salt content foods - such as pickles and pretzels,

You might want to go back and re-read that article.  It specifically said
that doing this doesn't help that much.  The problem can still surface,
mostly when your muscles run out of glycose.  You body enters a state where
it retains all water, and therefore drinking any amount, even small, of
water, can cause this problem.

Now, I don't think this is a huge problem for heavy fighers, as we don't
tend to fight for 5 hours non-stop to completely burn off our energy reserve.

What it DID say, which I found interesting, and good advice, is that you
can't have serious problems by pre-watering.  You can drink all you want
before your activity, and you will be fine.  It's drinking DURING the
activity, and in particular, after LOTS of activity, that you need to be
careful.

Siegfried


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