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Re:Is water always the best choice on a hot day? by toiletaccount on Saturday August 14, 2021 @06:40PM (#28184556)
you'd have to drink so much water to get symptoms of hyponatremia you practically have to set out to make it happen. most people puke before it gets too bad. if you do get it and your wits are still about you, suck on a bouillon cube, or eat a tablespoon of gatorade powder.

anyway i prefer boss coffee. the boss of all bosses. or bickle.

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Re:Is water always the best choice on a hot day? by cafard on Sunday August 15, 2021 @08:50AM (#28188366)
A DC cop died of hyponatremia some years ago. I remember being amazed at the amount of water he had drunk.

[edit: changed "killed himself with" to "died of"; the man wasn't suicidal]

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Re:Is water always the best choice on a hot day? by NathanielK on Saturday August 14, 2021 @06:53PM (#28184630)
It's fairly common in athletes. 13% of the marathon runners tested [0] had hyponatremia. This was at the Boston Marathon, a fairly exclusive race with experienced runners.

[0] https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa043901

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Re:Is water always the best choice on a hot day? by cafard on Sunday August 15, 2021 @08:56AM (#28188412)
Runners with slower times, over 4 hours, seemed to be more likely to suffer. The announced qualifying times for the 2022 Boston Marathon include 3:55 for women 50 to 54 and 3:50 for men 60 to 64.
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Re:Is water always the best choice on a hot day? by alisonkisk on Sunday August 15, 2021 @08:29AM (#28188219)
Running a marathon (or any endurance evening) is an extreme activity that is in the category of "make it happen". It burns double or more the calories of any pro sport.
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Re:Is water always the best choice on a hot day? by aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA on Saturday August 14, 2021 @07:09PM (#28184718)
The Tommy Lee Jones coffee.
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