For the last year for everything I have been doing a concentration of about 1%(saline) salt to water ratio or 1 teaspoon per 16 ounces.
Not sure if it is catching up to me.
I took my blood pressure, multiple times with 2 different machines, and I am getting 160 over 100 with a pulse of 64. I am urinating a lot(about every 45 minutes) but then I also did a 70 mile ride yesterday(16 hours ago) and consumed quite a lot of fluids. 6 waterbottles and 12 teaspoons of salt.
Last year ran into this issue after a big event. Where after the event I drank a ton of water for a couple days and then my blood pressure went up to 150 over 100 with a pulse of 120. A couple days of this, I thought maybe I should try taking salt and see if it comes down, it did… 120 over 80 with in 20 minutes. However this time, after taking salt, it is staying up there.
Anybody with similar experience or insight… thank you in advance.
For the last year for everything I have been doing a concentration of about 1%(saline) salt to water ratio or 1 teaspoon per 16 ounces.
Not sure if it is catching up to me.
I took my blood pressure, multiple times with 2 different machines, and I am getting 160 over 100 with a pulse of 64. I am urinating a lot(about every 45 minutes) but then I also did a 70 mile ride yesterday(16 hours ago) and consumed quite a lot of fluids. 6 waterbottles and 12 teaspoons of salt.
Last year ran into this issue after a big event. Where after the event I drank a ton of water for a couple days and then my blood pressure went up to 150 over 100 with a pulse of 120. A couple days of this, I thought maybe I should try taking salt and see if it comes down, it did… 120 over 80 with in 20 minutes. However this time, after taking salt, it is staying up there.
Anybody with similar experience or insight… thank you in advance.
Classic case, typical of people who have been brainwashed by marketing from the sports drink industry.
- Drink when thirsty.
- You do not need to keep taking salt. There is far too much salt in the average western diet anyway.
Read Waterlogged by Tim Noakes.