Drink so much after a race? Wrong

LONDON - Almost half of joggers drinking too much during the race. The 36.5 percent of runners introduces the liquid according to a regular schedule, or to maintain a certain body weight, while 8, 9 percent more than it can actually drink. But it is not true, as many still believe, that when you run, the more you drink the better. A study led by researchers at Loyola University Health System, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine , showed that the athletes have still not very clear ideas on this subject and are unaware of the fact that the excess of liquid exposed to the risk of damage health potentially even fatal, for example in the case, rare but possible, to cause injury to the brain to an excessive reduction of sodium in the blood. Yet, according to researchers, more than enough to trust your sense of thirst.

THE STUDY "At the inquest online responded almost 200 athletes contacted personally by e-mail or through flyers distributed in three different races," Winger said Dugas, who led the research. "The 58 percent drink only when thirsty but still high percentage of those that do not follow this natural urge." And the reason for not drinking more is not aware of the risks linked to excessive dilution of the salts in the blood, but in 7 of 10 cases only the fear of gastrointestinal disorders caused by excess fluid. Until the late sixties, athletes were advised not to drink during exercise, since it was believed that the ingestion of liquids alter athletic performance. Later, as a result of scientific studies, passed the idea that all the fluids lost during what they should be reinstated, perhaps adhering to a schedule. "It is no coincidence that in our investigation this belief was more deeply rooted among the runners on in years," added Dugas.