▲ 901 ▼ Additional hot take: it's too hot and only getting worse (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 days ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 242 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 6 points 3 days ago (1 child) Potassium is an electrolyte. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bedwyr@piefed.ca -2 points 3 days ago (1 child) I know, that's why I mentioned it, along with salt, which is an electrolyte as well. If you have a decent diet, you don't need to supplement electrolytes, according to The Guardian, and my experience. But if you do notice muscle cramps, you want to try to up your potassium to see if that's the problem, which is what I was trying to say. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 2 points 3 days ago Gotcha, but I still have to disagree. As a hot, sweaty person like the OC, getting enough potassium (or even sodium at times) for cycling in hot weather through diet alone would require massive quantities of food. The amount of sweating that can happen when one doesn't have the physique for long-distance running is nuts! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca -2 points 3 days ago (1 child) I know, that's why I mentioned it, along with salt, which is an electrolyte as well. If you have a decent diet, you don't need to supplement electrolytes, according to The Guardian, and my experience. But if you do notice muscle cramps, you want to try to up your potassium to see if that's the problem, which is what I was trying to say. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 2 points 3 days ago Gotcha, but I still have to disagree. As a hot, sweaty person like the OC, getting enough potassium (or even sodium at times) for cycling in hot weather through diet alone would require massive quantities of food. The amount of sweating that can happen when one doesn't have the physique for long-distance running is nuts! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 2 points 3 days ago Gotcha, but I still have to disagree. As a hot, sweaty person like the OC, getting enough potassium (or even sodium at times) for cycling in hot weather through diet alone would require massive quantities of food. The amount of sweating that can happen when one doesn't have the physique for long-distance running is nuts! permalink fedilink source parent
