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Leibowitz, Larry wrote:
What does the salt do?

Since all life ultimately came from the sea, all life is dependent on a slightly salty environment.

We excrete salt in basically everything: urine, tears, and (more to the point) sweat. If we sweat too much, and we don't replace the salt we excrete, then we become salt-depleted. I'm told that the early symptoms involve extreme, unquenchable thirst. And the more we drink, the more salt we flush out of our systems, making us even more salt-depleted, in a vicious cycle.

Gatorade was developed as a means of replenishing not only salt, but other minerals flushed out in sweat. I'm told that unsweetened, unflavored Gatorade is quite beastly-tasting. Then again, I don't drink it in any flavor, so I have no direct experience.


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