• ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Anyone with isotonic fluid loss. Alcoholics for instance. People who lose a lot of salt with their sweat(this is both an individual variation and a very well studied version of heat adaption, athletes and outdoor workers end up with b dilute sweat a week or two after they start experiencing heat stress). True dehydration (increased osmolality) triggers thirst but isotonic fluid deficiency may not

  • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
    6·
    20 hours ago

    It is so hard to stay hydrated as you get older. I am considering getting a camelbak to wear at work and around the house.

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
        2·
        17 hours ago

        Just from food. I’m heat adapted and exercise adapted and my sweat is decidedly not salty. I don’t use AC and went through that recent US east coast heat wave, so I’m comfortable at 90f/32C. I don’t lose a lot from sweat.

      • jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk
        3·
        20 hours ago

        I don’t recommend it. I tried increasing my electrolytic capacity once and found some little pills that seemed ideal. I had to eat a lot of them because they were only labelled “microfood” or something like that.

        The hospital staff were all very unprofessional. They all giggled when they discharged me.