[Ansteorra-chirurgeon] Hydration
Gavin MacGiollaRua
ldgavin at gmail.com
Tue Aug 26 15:02:15 PDT 2008
Found this on another list...
<http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/08/26/cl.get.fluids/index.html>
is an interesting article on getting enough water. It mentions, in
part, that food provide more or less water (depending on type and
cooking). I was also struck by these paragraphs:
Caffeine considerations
You may have heard about the dehydrating effects of caffeine. But
leading health authorities including the Institute of Medicine and
the American College of Sports Medicine say that's a myth. While
caffeine does signal our kidneys to rid our bodies of excess
water, it does so for only a short time, so we still retain more
fluid than we lose after sipping a caffeinated beverage.
The Institute of Medicine reports caffeinated beverages contribute
to our daily water needs as much as noncaffeinated drinks. In a
study published in 2007 in the International Journal of Sport
Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, when researchers asked cyclists
to bike for two-plus hours under hot, humid conditions, they found
a caffeine-infused sports drink was as hydrating as a traditional
sports drink.
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