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When young guys eat certain carbs that their body can't digest, their blood sodium dips a little bit — but only when they're using up stored energy, not when they're refilling it. This suggests the kind of carb they eat might affect their body's salt balance, even if they're drinking the same amount of water.
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Muscle glycogen depletion does not alter segmental extracellular and intracellular water distribution measured using bioimpedance spectroscopy.
Randomized Controlled Trial
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2018 Jun 1The study looked at water in the body after eating different carbs, but it didn’t measure sodium levels, so we can’t tell if the claim about sodium changes is right or wrong based on this study.
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