Summer is prime time for outdoor sports, family vacations, BBQs, festivals and long days in the sun. While you are enjoying those activities and the hot weather, it’s easy to be hit by dehydration—and most people don’t see it coming. Summer is also prime time for dehydration, electrolyte imbalances and even heat stroke—all of which are more common than you might think. Let’s explain.
Today, more than 50 percent of all children and adolescents in the U.S. are not getting the hydration they need, according to research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. And that number jumps even higher when you put them, or adults for that matter, on the playing field. In a study in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism of 11- to 16-year-old children participating in a summer soccer camp, nine out of 10 of them were under-hydrated, putting them at risk of serious health complications.
This summer, keep your family on top of its game with these six hydration-boosting tips:
1. Help Yourself to Hydration-Boosting Nutrients
To stay hydrated, you and your family often need more than water. You also need electrolytes and carbohydrates, explains Jennifer Williams, a research scientist with Abbott.
While both nutrients can help your body absorb whatever fluids you drink, electrolytes – sodium, chloride, potassium, magnesium and calcium – are especially important because they are critical to healthy nerve and muscle function. And, all of these electrolytes can be lost through sweat, she says.
Fortunately, electrolyte drinks like Pedialyte contain both electrolytes and carbohydrates, which Bede advises consuming when exercising for longer than 60 minutes or during any activity performed in extreme temperatures.
Today, more than 50 percent of all children and adolescents in the U.S. are not getting the hydration they need, according to research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. And that number jumps even higher when you put them, or adults for that matter, on the playing field. In a study in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism of 11- to 16-year-old children participating in a summer soccer camp, nine out of 10 of them were under-hydrated, putting them at risk of serious health complications.
This summer, keep your family on top of its game with these six hydration-boosting tips:
1. Help Yourself to Hydration-Boosting Nutrients
To stay hydrated, you and your family often need more than water. You also need electrolytes and carbohydrates, explains Jennifer Williams, a research scientist with Abbott.
While both nutrients can help your body absorb whatever fluids you drink, electrolytes – sodium, chloride, potassium, magnesium and calcium – are especially important because they are critical to healthy nerve and muscle function. And, all of these electrolytes can be lost through sweat, she says.
Fortunately, electrolyte drinks like Pedialyte contain both electrolytes and carbohydrates, which Bede advises consuming when exercising for longer than 60 minutes or during any activity performed in extreme temperatures.
Read More: http://www.nutritionnews.abbott/nutrition-as-medicine/6-tips-to-stay-hydrated.html
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