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Hydration: Are You Drinking Enough Water?

Science Vs

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Water Loss Can Be a Big Deal for Your Heart

One study in cyclists saw that after they were riding for roughly an hour without drinking water, their blood volume had dropped compared to when they were allowed to drink. As your heart is pumping harder and harder, you can start to feel tired and doing any kind of exercise can become really hard. Your turds get all hard, like a wombat, and you can get a bit constipated. But what happens when you push this even further and get people super dehydrated? Well, Zavros told me about a study from back in the 1940s. Researchers took a squad of 20 soldiers and got them to walk in the Californian desert for hours. Not surprisingly, the soldiers

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