If you drink something that is about the same ionic concentration as your blood, you can absorb a lot of it safely.
If you drink something much much saltier than your blood it will pull water out of your blood cells.
If you drink something with very few ions it will hydrate your blood cells, but drinking too much can burst your blood cells as they try to absorb to much.
That's why I only drink units of whole blood. On average, the under-hydrated and over-hydrated people that contributed to that unit cancel each other out, so I know I'm always working towards optimal cell hydration. Never to much or too little.
Last point is definitely a myth.
Yes you can die if you drink an insane amount of water, but a healthy person with a healthy diet can live purely on distilled water.
As far as I am aware it's also still a topic of debate if a healthy person could drink seawater. Not forever, but quite a while. (Have not looked into that for a while tho)
Tldr: our bodies are insanly good at keeping us alive
well potassium is one of the main ingredients in fertilizers, also it has good amount of nitrogen compounds and composts quite fast so i would say that bananas do have what plants crave
Powerade has about 50% more electrolytes AKA salts than Gatorade does.
But that's also part of the trick. It's not just sodium chloride. The potassium is monopotassium phosphate, a salt. Sea water is 3.5% salt and almost all of it is sodium chloride. Gatorade is only about .25% salt. Sea water has 14x the amount of salt as Gatorade
Fun Fact: 0.9% will cause red cell lysis as well. It's not actually isotonic, and it's probably a hidden cause of unnecessary deaths and definitely results in inferior transfusion product quality at minimum.
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Little_mouse@lemmy.ca · 128 pts · 286d
If you drink something that is about the same ionic concentration as your blood, you can absorb a lot of it safely.
If you drink something much much saltier than your blood it will pull water out of your blood cells.
If you drink something with very few ions it will hydrate your blood cells, but drinking too much can burst your blood cells as they try to absorb to much.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 286d
Damn lucky I've been somehow drinking exactly the right amount of stuff so that I haven't died yet
FoxyFerengi@startrek.website · 34 pts · 286d
Just don't enter any water drinking contests and you'll be fine!
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 286d
What about blood drinking contests, since that will match your daily contents?
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 286d
Found the vampire.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 286d
I remember that. Same city my office is in.
RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 286d
That's why I only drink units of whole blood. On average, the under-hydrated and over-hydrated people that contributed to that unit cancel each other out, so I know I'm always working towards optimal cell hydration. Never to much or too little.
ErmahgherdDavid@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 286d
I only drink brawndo. It's got what plants crave
Bonsoir@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 286d
https://lemmy.ca/post/47329671
Stitch0815@feddit.org · 7 pts · 286d
Last point is definitely a myth. Yes you can die if you drink an insane amount of water, but a healthy person with a healthy diet can live purely on distilled water.
As far as I am aware it's also still a topic of debate if a healthy person could drink seawater. Not forever, but quite a while. (Have not looked into that for a while tho)
Tldr: our bodies are insanly good at keeping us alive
greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 286d
I think I heard that cats can survive on seawater(not well, but better than dead). For some reason they just have baller kidneys.
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com · 52 pts · 286d
But it’s got what the plants crave
mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 286d
Gatorade doesn't, that's Brawndo.
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 286d
It’s got electrolytes.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 47 pts · 286d
Isn't gatorade a combo of salt, sugar, water and potassium? So basically, a banana with some salt on it and lots of water.
blarghly@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 286d
fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net · 6 pts · 286d
There’s no way Gatorade has more potassium than a banana, it has like 2% your DV or something miniscule like that.
Frozengyro@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 286d
Yea, a banana has roughly 5.5x the amount of potassium
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 286d
I highly doubt a banana has what plants crave
general_kitten@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 286d
well potassium is one of the main ingredients in fertilizers, also it has good amount of nitrogen compounds and composts quite fast so i would say that bananas do have what plants crave
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 286d
It has what plantains crave.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 286d
You're onto something
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 286d
You don't think someone could make their own?
blarghly@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 286d
That's defintiely something someone could do. I've done it myself. It's just not the same as a banana.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 286d
What was your recipe? That's my point. The original gatorade was I think oj, salt and sugar, yeah?
village604@adultswim.fan · 3 pts · 285d
Technically potassium is a salt too.
DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 284d
Once I heard neurons described as "salty bananas" because of their concentrations of K+, Na+, and Cl- ions.
Therefore, Gatorade is made of neurons.
Meron35@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 286d
someguy3@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 286d
Apparently the old Gatorade (before commercialization) was so salty it was gross.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 286d
Powerade has about 50% more electrolytes AKA salts than Gatorade does.
But that's also part of the trick. It's not just sodium chloride. The potassium is monopotassium phosphate, a salt. Sea water is 3.5% salt and almost all of it is sodium chloride. Gatorade is only about .25% salt. Sea water has 14x the amount of salt as Gatorade
otacon239@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 286d
Currently, one of the slogans on the bottle is “Hydrates better than water”. Do they know what ‘hydrates’ means?
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 26 pts · 286d
When they start an IV line, they use 'normal saline' [0.9% NaCl] and not pure water.
orangeyouglad@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 286d
because osmotic pressure destroying your cells is bad for you
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 6 pts · 286d
Fun Fact: 0.9% will cause red cell lysis as well. It's not actually isotonic, and it's probably a hidden cause of unnecessary deaths and definitely results in inferior transfusion product quality at minimum.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 1 pts · 286d
RFK Jr. has entered the chat
orangeyouglad@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 286d
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 286d
Salt helps you retain water long enough to absorb it
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 286d
But it’s what people crave!!
Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 286d
But its what the plants crave!
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 286d
Go for the good stuff made for studs https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/32674571
stoy@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 191d
My favourite mineral water is Vichy Catalan, it tastes slightly salty, and it is amazing after a long sweaty walk in the hot sun of Barcelona.
I am a Swede and here it isn't that necessary for most of the year, but I will buy a few bottles for the summer.