• @Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
    6•3 months ago

    It is so hard to stay hydrated as you get older. I am considering getting a camelbak to wear at work and around the house.

  • ✺roguetrick✺
    4•3 months ago

    I have drank around 2 gallons/7.5 liters of fluid today after cycling all day. I think I’m on top of it.

      • @jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk
        3•3 months ago

        I don’t recommend it. I tried increasing my electrolytic capacity once and found some little pills that seemed ideal. I had to eat a lot of them because they were only labelled “microfood” or something like that.

        The hospital staff were all very unprofessional. They all giggled when they discharged me.

      • ✺roguetrick✺
        2•3 months ago

        Just from food. I’m heat adapted and exercise adapted and my sweat is decidedly not salty. I don’t use AC and went through that recent US east coast heat wave, so I’m comfortable at 90f/32C. I don’t lose a lot from sweat.

    • ✺roguetrick✺
      1•3 months ago

      Anyone with isotonic fluid loss. Alcoholics for instance. People who lose a lot of salt with their sweat(this is both an individual variation and a very well studied version of heat adaption, athletes and outdoor workers end up with b dilute sweat a week or two after they start experiencing heat stress). True dehydration (increased osmolality) triggers thirst but isotonic fluid deficiency may not