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How Salt in Drinks Affects Your Body During Long Bike Rides
Original Title
Sodium replacement and fluid shifts during prolonged exercise in humans
doi:10.1007/s00421000037137%
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Methodology score · 37/100
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What’s the bottom line?
When cyclists drink fluids with more salt during a long ride, their bodies hold onto more water in the right places and pee less. But the salt level in their blood stays the same no matter how much salt they drink.
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