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#64: Beat The Wall! Race Day Nutrition with Andy Blow

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The Different Symptoms of Electrolyte Deficiency

electrolytes are minerals that are dissolved in your body's fluids and they come in electrical charge. If you're low in potassium, we've seen it with athletes in long races who've become what's called hypokalemic. You can even have heart arrhythmias with electrolyte, potassium imbalances. And I think there's a whole load of reasons why different people might suffer with electrolyte imbalances but the biggest one with athletes usually has got to do with not meeting their sweat losses after big training sessions.

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