After a run or ride, I typically drink a half quart or so of gatorade and or some water.
After showering, and ready for relaxation, I like to have a pot or two of tea, usually decaf black tea or Earl Grey.
Anyone have any thoughts on tea for rehydration?
mark
Hmm, I have no idea. I drink mint tea because it reminds me of the Sahara. I drink a lot of tea. I wonder…
When I would get tired of Gatorade years ago I would switch to Nestea Ice Tea as my drink for long bikes/runs. I love the flavour of that stuff.
Tea, as is coffee, is a diaretic and therefore will not aid hydration, in fact the opposite.
It depends on if he is drinking a decaf type tea. I think that many herbal teas would not be a diuretic.
Herbal teas wouldn’t you are right.
I have read that Tea stops the body from asorbing Iron
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Would not absorbing iron be a case of dehydration? I’m not sure.