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One must not drink too much water while exercising or sweating a lot, says a segment in a 2003 news broadcast I just watched

I want to memorialize with a post little things like this, and sometimes big things when I come across them during my Learning and Aesthetic adventures.

Oh how fun, currently now watching a feature length doc on THE COLD WAR, what a super interesting and frightening time period!!

The key to being well informed according to my (at this stage very simplistic) opinion, is to not have an opinion formed about anything until there has been processed a wide variety of kinds of sources, and viewing what some comments were when there are comments on them.

Comments made by regular people in the moment, always considering the time when they said it, for with each thing, minute and glaring is of importance.
MrAlmostCrazy
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Greenthumb · 56-60, MNew
This is why many pro athletes swish water around in their month and spit it out. Doing this brings faster benefits of the H2O by absorbing into the tissue of the mouth and going directly into the blood stream. It takes about 30-60 minutes if you just swallow it.
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PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@Greenthumb Not quite accurate. Water is absorbed through the small intestine and drinking lots of water during intense physical activity can cause stomach cramps. This is a double edged sword because it can help with muscle cramps.

What is usually going on with athletes here is with high carb energy drinks your body has sensors that detect sugar in your mouth and you can trick your body into a temporary energy boost this way.
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PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@Greenthumb For anyone who is thinking of trying this trick your body is spending more energy because it is expecting more fuel to be incoming quickly. So you get a burst of energy but when that sugar doesn't make it to your stomach it also can mean the crash later will be more harsh.

In cycling they call it bonking when your body hits a wall when it suddenly runs out of carbs while still exerting yourself.
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MrAlmostCrazy · 46-50, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow @Greenthumb Thanks to you two for shedding light on this, I appreciate it, and hope others can also. :)
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