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When people exercise a lot, they can get low sodium because they drink too much water, not because they aren’t taking in or losing too much salt.

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Fluid and Electrolyte Balance During Two Different Preseason Training Sessions in Elite Rugby Union Players

Cross-Sectional Study

Human

2014 Feb

The study found athletes drank way more than they sweated, especially during strength training, but still didn’t get low in blood sodium, supporting the idea that low sodium isn’t from not eating enough salt, but from drinking too much water.

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Hyponatremia in distance runners: fluid and sodium balance during exercise.

Narrative Review

2002 Aug

The study shows that runners get low sodium levels because they drink too much water, not because they lose too much salt. This supports the idea that drinking too much is the main problem.

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Physiopathological, Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia

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Human

2014 Nov 12

The study says that low sodium during long exercise is mostly because people drink too much water, not because they aren’t taking in enough salt. This matches the claim.

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You won’t get low sodium symptoms from sweating during long workouts unless you drink way too much water — so replacing sodium isn’t the most important thing to prevent this issue.

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Even if endurance runners take a lot of salt pills during long races, drinking too much water — like 10 liters — can still give them a dangerous condition called low blood sodium. Salt alone won’t protect you if you’re chugging way too much water.

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Even if endurance runners take in a lot of salt, they can still develop low blood sodium if they drink too much water — it’s the overdrinking, not the salt intake, that’s the main problem.

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If endurance runners drink too much during long races, it can dilute their blood and cause dangerous low sodium levels — not just from losing salt, but from drinking too much. Cutting back on fluids in events over 4 hours could prevent this problem.

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Drinking too much fluid during long workouts can actually be dangerous — it can lead to a serious condition called low blood salt (hyponatremia), especially if you're gaining weight during a race because you're taking in more fluid than you're losing.

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