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I've been drinking so much coconut water (with pulp) this week. I've been craving it like crazy and realized that it's straight up my drink of choice when the temp is 75F and over.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

75f isn't very hot. That's 23c, there are many parts of the world where people would consider it very cold, and be bundling up sweaters.

You can acclimate, drink water and SALT! The salt is critical. It helps you regulate your own body temperature. You don't need the sugar.

[–] meekah 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I know you lose electrolytes through sweat, and it's probably pretty important to replace those one way or another, but I'm confused about salt helping you regulate your body temp. How does that work?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Your body moves water around using salt. Salt's just another word for electrolytes. When you're hot, you need more salt than you normally do. So drinking electrolyte water like Gatorade is good for you. But sugar is bad for you. So drinking salt water is much healthier than drinking sugar water with salt

If you don't have enough salts, you can't regulate your temperature as easily, and you might get mild forms of heat stroke.

[–] meekah 2 points 7 months ago

Ah, moving around water using the salt makes sense. Thanks!

[–] trolololol 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Pfff I wouldn't take off my jacket with 23

Now 40C that's a bit too much for me. I'd chill myself with a semi frozen beers