BRAWNDO!!! IT’S GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE! ELECTROLYTES!
Milk? Fucking mlk??? The drink of psychopaths and weird kids at school? I’d rather shrivel up and die looking like a pice of beef jerky than hydrate with mlk
Food hydrates you best
2/3 of the world is lactose intolerant so milk can’t be the best for hydration
But water does hydrate you, and its free/cheaper than anything else.
BRAWNDO!!! IT’S GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE! ELECTROLYTES!
Hahahaha!! I love that movie!!!
We don’t have time for handjobs.
Didn’t the University of Florida figure this out in the 60s and why Gatorade exists?
Not only does it quench your thirst better, it tastes better, too, idiot!
The fastest hydration is via the WHO oral rehydration solution, which is far too sugary and salty for everyday use
Yes, all the ways in which human lose water they also lose electrolytes (“salts”). More with sweat, but still some with urine. So, re-hydrating should include at least some of those. This has been known for decades, tho ravers often forget it and have died from hyponatremia.
Most people get enough salt for the day through food though.
Yes, all the ways in which human lose water they also lose electrolytes
All except one: you also lose water through exhalation, particularly in dry air. It’s basically never going to be the main way you lose water, though
^This person has witnessed Arrakis
My husband and I were having lunch in a diner last weekend and by the bar they had a display cooler selling Smart Water. I over heard the lady next table over tell her friend: “oh I need to get some of that before we go. ITS GOT ELECTROLYTES!” she said, unironically. I nearly choked on my lunch. Lol
But tap water has electrolytes, right? That’s why we get electrocuted.
100% pure water does not conduct electricity, but who uses that?
Tap water has too few electrolytes to restore your electrolytic balance after losing water (via sweating or urination). But yeah, it does technically contain electrolytes.
Milk was a baad choice
Beer
If I remember correctly, this type of study is inherently flawed because it just measures how long fluids stay in your body before you urinate, which is a useless metric. There is no benefit to a fluid staying in your system for a longer amount of time than the equivalent amount of a different fluid. Please correct me if I am wrong.
IIRC you’re supposed to drink until you urinate in order to confirm proper hydration. Drinking milk until I pee sounds tough.
I do actually love cold buttermilk on a hot day
Real Cutting edge stuff here in this paper from March 2016:
A randomised trial to assess the potential of different beverages to affect hydration status: development of a beverage hydration index
Ronald J Maughan, Phillip Watson, Philip AA Cordery, Neil P Walsh, Samuel J Oliver, Alberto Dolci, Nidia Rodriguez-Sanchez, Stuart DR Galloway
Published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in March 2016.
Abstract
Background The identification of beverages that promote longer-term fluid retention and maintenance of fluid balance is of real clinical and practical benefit in situations in which free access to fluids is limited or when frequent breaks for urination are not desirable. The postingestion diuretic response is likely to be influenced by several beverage characteristics, including the volume ingested, energy density, electrolyte content, and the presence of diuretic agents.
Objective This study investigated the effects of 13 different commonly consumed drinks on urine output and fluid balance when ingested in a euhydrated state, with a view to establishing a beverage hydration index (BHI), i.e., the volume of urine produced after drinking expressed relative to a standard treatment (still water) for each beverage.
Design Each subject (n = 72, euhydrated and fasted male subjects) ingested 1 L still water or 1 of 3 other commercially available beverages over a period of 30 min. Urine output was then collected for the subsequent 4 h. The BHI was corrected for the water content of drinks and was calculated as the amount of water retained at 2 h after ingestion relative to that observed after the ingestion of still water.
Results Total urine masses (mean ± SD) over 4 h were smaller than the still-water control (1337 ± 330 g) after an oral rehydration solution (ORS) (1038 ± 333 g, P < 0.001), full-fat milk (1052 ± 267 g, P < 0.001), and skimmed milk (1049 ± 334 g, P < 0.001). Cumulative urine output at 4 h after ingestion of cola, diet cola, hot tea, iced tea, coffee, lager, orange juice, sparkling water, and a sports drink were not different from the response to water ingestion. The mean BHI at 2 h was 1.54 ± 0.74 for the ORS, 1.50 ± 0.58 for full-fat milk, and 1.58 ± 0.60 for skimmed milk.
Conclusions BHI may be a useful measure to identify the short-term hydration potential of different beverages when ingested in a euhydrated state.
I remember once reading that having one beer and then changing to water would be a good rehydration strategy.
And I definitely believe it. Feels like that anyway. But.
Oh man I’d like a cold beer.
Save water, drink beer!
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