Subject: Re: [RC] Secrets to Hydration???
help......
> The 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.
