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  2. Your body needs electrolytes. Should you take a supplement?

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    Popular sports drink Gatorade, for example, was developed in 1965 as a way for student-athletes to replenish electrolytes. Powerade hit the market in 1988 as Coca-Cola’s entry into this new market.

  3. Osmoregulation - Wikipedia

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    Osmoregulation is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of an organism's body fluids, detected by osmoreceptors, to maintain the homeostasis of the organism's water content; that is, it maintains the fluid balance and the concentration of electrolytes (salts in solution which in this case is represented by body fluid) to keep the body fluids from becoming too diluted or concentrated.

  4. Management of dehydration - Wikipedia

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    Most electrolyte imbalances are adequately treated by ORS. For example, a child who has been given an excess of sugar or salt like that which is in commercial soft drinks, sugared fruit drinks, or over-concentrated infant formula, may develop hypernatraemic dehydration.

  5. Electrolyte imbalance - Wikipedia

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    Electrolytes have different functions, and an important one is to carry electrical impulses between cells. [9] [10] [11] Kidneys work to keep the electrolyte concentrations in blood constant despite changes in the body. [6] [8] For example, during heavy exercise, electrolytes are lost in sweat, particularly in the form of sodium and potassium. [8]

  6. Dietitians Say These Electrolyte Powders Can Keep You ...

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    Electrolyte powders can be used before, during, and after exercise to help replace fluids lost during periods of long exercise or heavy sweating. Hearst Owned How Do Electrolyte Powders Help ...

  7. Wait, Exactly What Do Electrolytes Do? Two Experts Explain

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  8. Fluid replacement - Wikipedia

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    Fluid replacement or fluid resuscitation is the medical practice of replenishing bodily fluid lost through sweating, bleeding, fluid shifts or other pathologic processes. . Fluids can be replaced with oral rehydration therapy (drinking), intravenous therapy, rectally such as with a Murphy drip, or by hypodermoclysis, the direct injection of fluid into the subcutaneous tis

  9. ‘I’m an OB/GYN, and I Swear by This One Tip for ... - AOL

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    With the drop in estrogen that accompanies menopause, you begin to lose bone. In fact, you can lose as much as 20% of your bone density within the first five years after menopause, which puts you ...