[TFDA] TONIGHT - Forest Hills (Durham) - TGTTF @ 6 PM - If You Think Heat Stroke Is Fun, You'll LOVE Tonight ...
David Kaminski
kaminski.david at gmail.com
Wed Aug 6 09:24:33 EDT 2008
With apologies...
I re-read John's recipe which calls for adding the 2 Tablespoons of salt and
Morton's Lite to the large container of Country Time Lemonade mix and then
adding 2 tablespoons of this mixture to a quart of water. This is certainly
more reasonable.
Pardon my earlier reply.
David
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:14 AM, David Kaminski <kaminski.david at gmail.com>wrote:
> John,
>
> Hyponatremia is a concern for any prolong heat exposure, but also worrisome
> is Hypernatremia (too high of a salt level).
>
> I'm stunned by the dangerous quantity of salt you are suggesting people
> consume for a 2 hour long Ultimate game in the evening.
>
> Your recipe includes 2 Tablespoons of table salt and 2 Tablespoons of
> Morton's Lite (50% Na+). The end result is 40-45 grams of sodium. That is
> roughly 15 times what is needed and dangerous. In addition to the
> possiblility of hypernatremia, most who drink such a high concentration of a
> sodium drink will likely suffer GI distress.
>
> Most people would be fine with plain water for the short duration of the
> game. Encouraging people to use Gatorade or other sports drinks is
> reasonable. Suggesting a recipe with a teaspoon of Morton's Lite is
> reasonable, but your recipe will not serve people well.
>
> Respectfully concerned,
>
> David Kaminski
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:28 PM, John Eyles <jge at cs.unc.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> > CDC's FAQs about Extreme Heat
>> > http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/faq.asp
>>
>> It is disappointing (but not surprsing) that this link barely mentions the
>> need to replace electrolytes (it does, briefly, in item #17).
>>
>> I've posted this stuff before, but it doesn't hurt to repeat ...
>>
>> I am very familiar with issues of exercise in extreme heat, having become
>> a pretty active Grand Canyon backpacker in my post-ultimate days. There
>> is
>> a condition called hyponatremia, which is a dangerous lowering of the
>> sodium
>> levels in your body (from the Latin "natrium", hence the chemical symbol
>> "Na"
>> for sodium). It kills more people than dehydration but has symptoms that
>> mimic heat-exhasution in some respects. And MDs don't seem to be that
>> good
>> at recognizing it - they think it's something that just happens to really
>> sick
>> people in the hospital; I have seem people in the GC who had hyponatremia,
>> and
>> doctors who happened along the trail suspected hypoglycemia. (At least
>> they
>> didn't say "dehydration" and prescribe more water, without electrolytes !)
>>
>> Low patassium can mess you up too. Cramps, for example.
>>
>> I like to get a thing of Country Time pink lemonade mix (I think it's the
>> 8 quart size, maybe the size of a grapefruit) and add two tablespoons each
>> of Morton's Lite Salt (half potassium chloride) and regular salt (or one
>> of
>> the sea salt type products available at Whole Paycheck, probably has some
>> good trace minerals). Put 2 tbsp or so of this mix in a liter of water.
>> You'll feel a lot better, I promise. (Bruce Aiken, an artist, aka. pump
>> system engineer, who lived along the North Kaibab trail in Grand Canyon
>> for
>> 30 years, regularly served pitchers of this mix to passing hikers, and
>> probably saved a lot of people).
>>
>> John
>>
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