Dehydration. You may have heard that if you’re working or exercising in hot temperatures or experiencing illness, you need to stay hydrated. Often, people think that the simplest solution is to drink plenty of water or a sports drink such as Gatorade®. Read on for how salt water hydration works, and the dangers of dehydration. First, to shed light on the issue and clear up common misconceptions, it [...]
How to get rid of a charley horse: This problem plagues athletes and sedentary folks alike. If you’ve ever been jolted out of sleep by a searing pain in your leg that leaves you gasping for breath, you know all too well how painful a muscle cramp can be. If you’ve never experienced a charley horse (sometimes misspelled Charlie Horse), you can count yourself lucky. In this article, [...]
Staying hydrated is important, but can you drink too much water? If you are an endurance athlete you may have experienced feeling bloated or like the water you are drinking is no longer working. In this article, we explain the science behind why over-hydration can occur when electrolytes become so diluted that the kidneys stop functioning. There are several words people use for this physical state: hyponatremia, water [...]
What are electrolyte drops and are they effective? Read this article to learn what pure electrolytes are, and a summary of a clinical study with smoke jumper firefighters, which showed that electrolyte drops added to water are dramatically more effective for hydration than water alone. The article below was re-published with permission of Paul S. Auerbach, MD, MS, FACEP, FAWM. Please refer to this link to the original [...]
Clinically speaking, death occurs when all electrical activity in the brain is gone. For instance, the central nervous system communicates with the body through electrical charges. Electrolytes are minerals that have either a positive or negative charge and are the conductors of the electrical energy in solutions within the body. Without them, we cease to exist. In extreme situations, deficiencies in electrolytes can cause sickness and death; chronic [...]
Mantenerse hidratado es importante, pero ¿puedes beber demasiada agua? Si es un atleta de resistencia, es posible que haya experimentado una sensación de hinchazón o que el agua que esta bebiendo ya no funciona. En este articulo explicaremos la ciencia detrás de por que puede ocurrir una sobrehidratación cuando los electrolitos se diluyen tanto que los riñones dejan de funcionar. Hay varias palabras que la gente usa para [...]
¿Que son gotas de electrolitos y son efectivas? Lea este articulo para aprender que son electrolitos puros, y un resumen de un estudio clínico con bomberos, cual demostró que las gotas de electrolitos agregadas al agua son grandemente mas efectivas para la hidratación que el agua solamente. Este articulo ha sido republicado con el permiso de Paul S. Auerbach, MD, MS, FACEP, FAWM. Por favor refiérase al enlace [...]
Clínicamente hablando, la muerte ocurre cuando toda la actividad eléctrica en el cerebro desaparece. Por ejemplo, el sistema nervioso central se comunica con el cuerpo a través de cargas eléctricas. Los electrolitos son minerales que tienen una carga positiva o negativa y son los conductores de la energía eléctrica en solución dentro del cuerpo. Sin ellos, dejamos de existir. En situaciones extremas, las deficiencias en los electrolitos pueden [...]
