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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;camionneur, post: 8088928, member: 127644&quot;]Well the thing is, both salts (sodium &amp; potassium) and sugar are required for hydration, or you can develop a severe fluid imbalance.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;</i><a href="http://www.chefinresidency.com/2012/04/make-your-own-gatorade-stay-hydrated.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chefinresidency.com/2012/04/make-your-own-gatorade-stay-hydrated.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Why not</i></a><i> just drink water?&nbsp; Whether you’re sweating or ill with diarrhea, you’re not just losing water.&nbsp; You’re also losing electrolytes necessary for all the functions of the body.&nbsp; The most important of these are sodium and potassium.&nbsp; If you lose a lot of electrolytes and drink a lot of plain water to rehydrate, dangerous things can happen.&nbsp; In athletes, severe hyponatremia (low blood sodium) can lead to death&quot;... </i>Iodine is also <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11480505" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11480505" rel="nofollow">lost in sweat</a>, etc. So iodized salt would be a good idea, if iodine isn&#039;t in your diet or multivitamin otherwise. Too much salt isn&#039;t good, but neither is too little. Same goes for sugar (your <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK28048/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK28048/" rel="nofollow">brain needs</a> glucose to function, and it helps with that fluid balance also).</p><p><br /></p><p>Eating beets with salt will lower bp, in my experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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