MOre great stuff here, but the sodium intakes I was talking about are in the range of 800 to 1000mg per hour...That is what a lot of pros used to do, and are doing today..I always suspected that if taken in pill form, that it wouldn't upset the stomach osmality so much..I used to think why not just put the salt pills in my water bottles, saves the hassle of popping pills while riding. Just assumed that they all go to the same place, but I remember having trouble when I did that, vs just taking the pills..ANd many are coated these days, or in capsules, so makes sense that they might travel farther along before they dissolve, and thus not raise the sodium levels so much in the stomach..
I see your point as to the race across america guy, but perhaps he was taking sodium without knowing if he really needed it in the first place, and thus over such a long period, overdosed. I've taken that much over longer period of times, and had no problems at all.....Of course I don't retain sodium very well at all......
I see your point as to the race across america guy, but perhaps he was taking sodium without knowing if he really needed it in the first place, and thus over such a long period, overdosed. I've taken that much over longer period of times, and had no problems at all.....Of course I don't retain sodium very well at all......