Dehydration- was - Re: [TheForge] New Work

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> It was hotter than Hades in the shop and I know I sweated away a small
> child. I've drunk a case of gatorade since Saturday AM and still feel a
> little dehydrated.
>
> mike

Mike-

Don't drink straight Gatorade- mix it 50/50 with water. Gatorade, by itself,
is actually too sweet- it will minimize your dehydration, but not eliminate
it- the only thing that will do that is pure water.

Yes, it is well known that you need minerals in your diet, and often through
a hot day, doing hot and heavy work, but we tend to go overboard. During a 4
hour shift at Pennsic, I will go through a gallon of water (I hate
gatorade). The fighters (consider, guys, beefy men, in 50-100 lbs of armor
and weapons, running all over a field about noon in August, and hitting each
other with sticks) who use our 50/50 mix DON'T drop from heat issues- they
go through a gallon and a half to two gallons per battle. Those who think
straight anything-but-water used to drop like flies, but now the only ones
who do that are newbies. You actually get most of the minerals you really
need through your daily food, if you eat something approaching a balanced
diet.

So, cut your Gatorade consumption in half, and you'll deal with the
dehydration issue.

Phlip, who cheerfully smiths in 90 degree weather, as long as the water
bottle is handy.

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....