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Riding in the Heat - Dehydration vs. Hyponatremia |
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Written by Gary Koenig (Denver Cycling Examiner)
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Monday, 15 September 2008 |
Struggling through a long ride as the temperature topped out at 100 this weekend, I had to keep reminding myself to do something that woefully few health experts emphasize sufficiently – stay salinated. Oops, you’re saying to yourself, he clearly means “stay hydrated”. No, I really mean stay salinated. Dehydration has become the bogeyman that most sports health practitioners harp about, but in my very humble opinion, hyponatremia is the greater risk by far.
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