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The other day I was joking with a co-worker about a poster on hydration that we used to have. The company PR department had compiled info from the county health department, and made up a poster that warned employees of the need to stay hydrated. We lost the poster when we moved to a new facility. "How am I supposed to remember to drink water?" I joked. My co-worker then told me about the hydration poster at his child's school, which include a chart of urine colors, intended to help people evaluate their status.
Somewhere along the line, nannyists decided that people were not drinking enough water and so needed to be harangued about it. The good news of course, was that six-figure-salaried nannyists were needed to make up posters, websites, answer reporters' questions, etc.
But as the posters proliferated, little noticed was that another problem had emerged: hypotremia, which basically is caused by drinking too much water.
Hyponatremia, also called water intoxication, is generally the result of drinking excessive amounts of plain water which causes a low concentration of sodium in the blood. Once a rare occurrence at sporting events, it is becoming more prevalent as participation increases and more novice exercisers are entering endurance events.
Tim Noakes is an MD and well-known to distance runners as a writer. He has a new book out entitled "Waterlogged", where he writes about hyponatremia. Here's an article from Running Times magazine which gives an excerpt from the book. The article's title says it all. Noakes advice is "Drink to thirst." Drink to Thirst | Running Times Magazine
Maybe now we need a new series of posters telling us not to hydrate too much. Cha ching--yet another layer of 6-figure-salaried bureaucracy.
The other day I was joking with a co-worker about a poster on hydration that we used to have. The company PR department had compiled info from the county health department, and made up a poster that warned employees of the need to stay hydrated. We lost the poster when we moved to a new facility. "How am I supposed to remember to drink water?" I joked. My co-worker then told me about the hydration poster at his child's school, which include a chart of urine colors, intended to help people evaluate their status.
Somewhere along the line, nannyists decided that people were not drinking enough water and so needed to be harangued about it. The good news of course, was that six-figure-salaried nannyists were needed to make up posters, websites, answer reporters' questions, etc.
But as the posters proliferated, little noticed was that another problem had emerged: hypotremia, which basically is caused by drinking too much water.
Tim Noakes is an MD and well-known to distance runners as a writer. He has a new book out entitled "Waterlogged", where he writes about hyponatremia. Here's an article from Running Times magazine which gives an excerpt from the book. The article's title says it all. Noakes advice is "Drink to thirst." Drink to Thirst | Running Times Magazine
Maybe now we need a new series of posters telling us not to hydrate too much. Cha ching--yet another layer of 6-figure-salaried bureaucracy.
Please tell us your qualifications for thinking this is all bunk.
The other day I was joking with a co-worker about a poster on hydration that we used to have. The company PR department had compiled info from the county health department, and made up a poster that warned employees of the need to stay hydrated. We lost the poster when we moved to a new facility. "How am I supposed to remember to drink water?" I joked. My co-worker then told me about the hydration poster at his child's school, which include a chart of urine colors, intended to help people evaluate their status.
Somewhere along the line, nannyists decided that people were not drinking enough water and so needed to be harangued about it. The good news of course, was that six-figure-salaried nannyists were needed to make up posters, websites, answer reporters' questions, etc.
But as the posters proliferated, little noticed was that another problem had emerged: hypotremia, which basically is caused by drinking too much water.
Tim Noakes is an MD and well-known to distance runners as a writer. He has a new book out entitled "Waterlogged", where he writes about hyponatremia. Here's an article from Running Times magazine which gives an excerpt from the book. The article's title says it all. Noakes advice is "Drink to thirst." Drink to Thirst | Running Times Magazine
Maybe now we need a new series of posters telling us not to hydrate too much. Cha ching--yet another layer of 6-figure-salaried bureaucracy.
Let me see if I have this right. Your company had a poster warning of dehydration, and that somehow links to amateur athletes not watching their fluid balance at endurance events?
Let me see if I have this right. Your company had a poster warning of dehydration, and that somehow links to amateur athletes not watching their fluid balance at endurance events?
Yes, you have it exactly right.
For some time there was a notion that active people, whether athletes, workers, or schoolchildren, should try to 'stay ahead of thirst.' Hence the need for posters and statements from 'experts' reminding us to drink water.
According to Tim Noakes, this was wrong. A much better approach is to drink to thirst, whether for athletes, workers, or schoolkids. Check out the Running Times link I posted.
Stupid thread, where is your proof that liberals are responsible for this. Most of the runners I know tend to be on the conservative side, some are Limbaugh fans.
This is only exacerbated by the fear of consuming sodium at any level.
Exactly, and how many minions of the nanny state are out there trying to instill exactly that fear? Remember the Dem legislator from NY who wanted to ban the use of salt by chefs in restaurants?
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