Jonas+loves+Salt+and+Sweat

Water – water is one of the most important things that your body needs every day in order to maintain hydration and resist heat stress. A well-hydrated body can maintain homeostasis much easier than one that is dehydrated when you sweat the body loses water through the skin. When the body loses to much water through sweat the volume of water in your blood decreases which makes your blood pressure drop, which reduces the amount of blood flow to the different muscles and organs (like the skin) in the body which makes your heart rate increases, and because of this loss of blood coming which cause a loss of heat through the skin so the body overheats. Since water is the main component of blood it is also responsible for the movement of oxygen to the different parts of the body, and so without adequate hydration, the cardiovascular system is strained as well.

Salt -  salt also known as sodium is one of the main extracellular electrolyte and it is responsible for regulating water balance, pH, and osmotic pressure. When we sweat our sweat is salty which is why sports drinks contain salt in them that we can replenish those electrolytes and also it is because the salt makes you mare thirsty, which encourages you to drink more which is good because usually you can always use more hydration

http://www.saltinstitute.org/27.html http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article889.html


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