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Re: [RC] Secrets to Hydration??? help...... - heidiThe points I mentioned were in response to the subject Secrets to Hydration. I did not think it was a debate: Nope, not a debate. Merely pointing out that not all of us are built the same. 1. I can't drink FAST if the water is too COLD. I can drink room temperature water a quart at a time but not cold. Drinking lots quickly gets you back on the trail faster. The ONLY time I had someone help me on a ride was when I was breast feeding my youngest. A friend took care of the baby while I was on the the trail and then the horse for the holds while I breast fed the baby. So I have to drink fast. Again, just pointing out the difference. I CAN drink that sort of quantity fairly rapidly, but I can't do salty stuff. And I can also drink while trotting down the trail just fine, so I keep drinking small amounts regularly. One has to do what works for one's self, and I just wanted to point out that there is no one strategy that works for everybody. 2. SALT is important any time one is sweating a LOT. I avoid it most of the yr. I have found potatoe chips are easy to eat for light food as I do NOT feel hungry for the entire day and don't eat until hours later. Nausea is early symptom of dehydration. Yep about the nausea. But it is really the chloride part that is most apt to be deficient. For those of us who need low sodium intakes, we are far better off to learn to eat, even if we don't feel hungry. If as you say, you don't eat until hours later, then you DO become depleted. If, on the other hand, you eat like Angie or Stagg or me, then you get what you need in the food, and you don't have the problem. Just wanted people to realize that there is more than one way of getting to the same point. 3. We all wait for our horse to pee but how long does it take for us to get caught up with our fluids? I learned that lesson early in my riding career, when it took me until noon the next day to pee. If I'm not peeing at every vet check, I'm not taking care of myself. I make a note of it and drink more on the next leg. 4. I work ER and believe it or not, there is a diagnosis for humans called: water intoxication. It occurs with lack of salt/sodium in the diet and LOTS of water. Sometimes occurs with people on diuretics who don't eat properly. Yep. And again, the eating is key. The same is true with the horses who hoover up everything edible in sight--they are the ones who don't need the e-lytes. Some of us eat like that on rides, too--and that gives us the e-lytes that keep us from the above. Dif'rent strokes for dif'rent folks... Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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