wayno wrote:need to take a quarter teaspoon of salt for every litre drunk to be able to retain water drunk or your more likely to pee it out, being surrounded by too much water is more often my issue. eat salty food especially when its hot to offset sodium lost in sweat
jdeks wrote:wayno wrote:need to take a quarter teaspoon of salt for every litre drunk to be able to retain water drunk or your more likely to pee it out, being surrounded by too much water is more often my issue. eat salty food especially when its hot to offset sodium lost in sweat
Do you have a source for this claim?
wayno wrote:jdeks wrote:wayno wrote:need to take a quarter teaspoon of salt for every litre drunk to be able to retain water drunk or your more likely to pee it out, being surrounded by too much water is more often my issue. eat salty food especially when its hot to offset sodium lost in sweat
Do you have a source for this claim?
numerous other sources give a similar amount of salt, give or take a bit
http://www.saltinstitute.org/news-artic ... hydration/
GBW wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_in_biology
Gadgetgeek wrote:jdeks, conditioning also matters a lot. To someone less used to the heat, they will sweat out more salt. I have buddies who are athletes who won't stain a black shirt with salt, they sweat near pure water, and I sometimes wonder if I'm about to grow crystals. A lot of people on a western diet run high on soduim, but can short themselves on magnesium or calcium first, so there are no easy answers.
My how much is enough, is a liter per hour.
Lophophaps wrote:Note that I'm not asking how much is carried, but how much should be drunk.
A summary; please advise if this is correct.
* The body can take about a litre of water an hour.
* Salt is good for retaining water.
* Electrolytes are needed for longer days of substantial exertion.
wayno wrote: the hammernutrition site recommends avoiding taking any sugar at all and rely on carbs for energy because carbs dont slow down the abrsorption of water as much
ofuros wrote:
The body can only process about a litre of water per hour...& frequent small intakes during you're walk are better than one large guzzle.
Xplora wrote: Salts are lost from the body during exercise and urination and there is much written about that (peer reviewed). You can do the search if you want as I just did. Drinking too much water can destroy the salt balance and cause death.
Lophophaps wrote:This is firmly in the string, length of, category. There are too many variables, such as individual physiology, fitness, individual size, humidity, air temperature, how fast one is going, terrain steepness, pack weight and maybe if Jupiter is rising into Aquarius. So all numbers need to be applied with care. My scenario is a steepish climb for several hours, no creeks or rivers, hot day, overnight gear, plodding up the hill at a steady pace.
taipan821 wrote:easy answer... make notes. I have found that normal day (not hiking, aircon etc) I drink 3-4 litres, hiking I might drink 6 litres (walking on a track) SES searches I'll be drinking 8-10 litres a day (heavy hot clothes, search gear, walking in a straight line regardless of the terrain)
Neo wrote:Grose Chick just unique and lucky I'd say. If i didn't see your hello post id have guessed that you are three foot tall with an extra kidney.
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