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It depends if you're eating anything else. Managing sugar is less of an issue since snacking as you go is usually possible. Your body is pretty good at telling
by NathanielK 5y ago
It depends if you're eating anything else. Managing sugar is less of an issue since snacking as you go is usually possible. Your body is pretty good at telling you went to eat more, but knowing when to supplement salt is less intuitive.
Salt concentrations are tricky too. Saline solution is ~3500mg/L of sodium, but that's over kill for drinking. Since you reabsorb some sodium when you sweat (less if you sweat more), you wouldn't want to replace lost water with an isotonic mixture.
- dredmorbius 5y agoAs I understand the principle, the sugar/salt balance and ratio help the liquid be absorbed quickly into the body. The goal is an ~isotonic solution. My rationale is that the recipe should be free-standing and not presume other feeding. If that's a consideration, it's not part of the baseline assumptions and formula. My principle beef with the suggestion I'd replied to is that it has far too much salt, more than I've seen suggested in any other sources I've run across.