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#291 PRO HYDRATION STRATEGIES for PEAK PERFORMANCE - Dr James DiNicolantonio

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How Salt Loading Can Acutely Boost Performance

salt loading does, is it acutely boosts blood valume. We lose water from our blood valume to dissipate heat by cooling off. Your tank, your blood volume drops dramatically within just five, ten minutes of vigorous cise. And we know that because if you actually give ite solutions to athletes and you hold their blood volume normally, you don't see decreases in performance. The adaptations to constant dehydration can actually expand base line plasma volume - giving you a larger beas fe tank of fuel to cool yourself off.

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