Dehydration- was - Re: [TheForge] New Work

Tue Jul 29 06:43:00 2003

Mike,

I'm a sweathog, feel better when I'm sweating my butt off.  And if I drink
only water, I too get bloated and stay thirsty.  My formula is to put 1/3
can of frozen lime/lemonade concentrate in a gallon jug/cooler with about
1/2 teaspoon of salt substitute (has both sodium and potassium chloride).
And that keeps my motor running all day.  If I run out I'll buy a bottle of
gatorade and dilute it about 4:1.  It really isn't very hydrating as sweet
as it is, but great when diluted.  The I like the frozen limeade  best
because it is a bit bitter with the sweet, and it's way cheaper than the
gatorade.

Kevin Donahoe
Flying Pig Forge
Morrow, OH
[email protected]

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Sent: Tuesday, 29 July, 2003 12:16 AM
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Subject: Re: Dehydration- was - Re: [TheForge] New Work

Same thing happened when I drank only water, but I felt thirsty all the
time,  at least when Im drinking gatorade, powerade etc...
I dont feel thirsty constantly,  just tired and got the bright
yellow pee...  (which I was told is a sign of
dehydration.)

I guess alternating 1 bottle of water for each {quot} 'ade' du jour
&quot; is the next thing to try...

mike

At 11:32 PM 7/27/2003 -0400, you wrote:

.

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.

           Mike
Linn

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