[pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 71, Issue 7

[Melanie Clarke]

Be really careful about popping pills!

I belong to a cycling club and one of our finest cyclists attempted the
"Furnace 500" where participants cycle 500 miles in some very high
temperatures.  He was very fit, well supported and this event should not
have been a problem for him.  He has done Paris Brest Paris (900 miles I
think), and many long distance Brevets.  Because he was sweating a lot he
felt he should take a lot of salt, electrolyte tablets.  He ingested too
many and the excess salt made his entire body swell up with water.  I
forget his other symptoms but he ended up quitting after 100 miles.

Had he just eaten "Fritos" (Brick's electrolyte fave), his body would have
rejected eating the salty chips long before his salt concentrations reached
toxic proportions!  Popping pills is just not the answer!!!  Eat nutritious
foods!!!!!

Eating good tasting food is very pleasurable!  One reason I hike, is so I
can have the glorious experience with food, without gaining a lot of
weight.  (I think I'm still talking about food, he he he)  People are
forcing themselves to ingest horrible powders and suggesting how lemonade
can mask the terrible taste.  Why do people want to do that?  I LOVE eating
food!  ...just saying!

Toga


On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 11:09 AM, b j <xthrow at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Every body works differently.  I had a pretty healthy trail diet, but I
> still found that I appreciated having some electrolyte capsules handy in my
> hip pocket for when I'm really sweating and guzzling water.  Electrolyte
> capsules are generally only missing the sugar that's found in electrolyte
> drinks, so I'd have a squirt bottle of honey handy too.  And you're not
> restricted to salt sticks.  If you search for salt tablets or electrolyte
> capsules and look at the ingredients, you'll generally find a few products
> that contain Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium.  I think I bought mine
> at a large online vitamin company.
>
>
> -Porsche / Rhiannon
>
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> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 16:38:08 -0800
> From: shelly skye <shelbel26 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Electrolytes
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> I am wondering if anyone knows of a good source of electrolytes that isn't
> full of sugar or sugar substitutes, and won't break the bank. I've used
> Emergen-C in the past but I don't know if there are others out there.
> Thanks.
> Shelly
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