The fluid craze

The fluid craze

Some football coaches and professional golf and tennis players take a sait tablet as a fast-acting cure for a cramp. Compounding our calorie-free excessive fluid consumption is ubiquitous sodium content in the diet: sodium bicarbonate, monosodium glutamate, sodium phosphate, sodium carbonate, sodium...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2008-09, Vol.372 (9641), p.782-784
Hauptverfasser: Lette, François, Dwyer, Jamie P
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anatomy & physiology
Chlorides - blood
Drinking
Health
Humans
Hyponatremia - etiology
Internal Medicine
Preservatives
Sodium chloride
Sports medicine
Water
Water - administration & dosage
Water - adverse effects
Water - metabolism
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Zusammenfassung:Some football coaches and professional golf and tennis players take a sait tablet as a fast-acting cure for a cramp. Compounding our calorie-free excessive fluid consumption is ubiquitous sodium content in the diet: sodium bicarbonate, monosodium glutamate, sodium phosphate, sodium carbonate, sodium benzoate, and sodium chloride.7 Even before the addition of preservatives, meat is rich in salt.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61316-1