rugbymatt

No coffee here, move along......

rachelk

Without wanting to stir things :angel_smile

I thought it was recommended NOT to drink coffee or tea in the heat because they're diuretics and can increase the risk of dehydration?

rugbymatt

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=617161

lynnxa

see - I was going to point that out too


but I couldn't be bothered to get in the argument

it's just too damn hot to argue!

rachelk

The best thing for me is not plain water, but those isotonic drinks. Whatever comments bil may have, my personal experience tells me I feel far better for drinking them.

I was surprised to find they weren't so readily available in the UK last year - I imagined that Aquarius in particular, as a CocaCola brand would be on sale everywhere.

The ones I found there tasted far more sugary and sticky than the ones available here.

rugbymatt

Interesting point rachel, whenever I have played rugby we were always told to replenish the lost salts, which is what isotonic drinks essentially are.


Liquids and salt, liquids and salt, what we lose we must replace.

rachelk

They were recommended to me because my blood pressure, while normal, is low within the normal range. In the heat I get low pressure and sometimes dizzy spells. Drinking these drinks last year seemed to prevent that and I also felt less drowsy in the heat, which may be purely an effect of the glucose, I know.

jestomi

Well i go away for a couple of days and wow an argument and some good constructive stuff,,,Gibraltar the last time i was there in 1988 my pal and i stopped as we got in for a quiet drink in a ub then crash bag wallop one guy started laying into another entertaining but has left me thinking would i take my kids there??? Its probably moved on since then?
Matt you are right........

Rachel,,liquids and salt, as an ex pro bike racer i raced in some hot countries,,i used to find a couple of bags of crisps and plenty to drink before did the trick. Now in Florida i play a bit of competetive football ,still eat the crisps moring of the game and also beans on toast plus drink loads water i drink not those isotonic things,you dont know how much salt is in them, get some crisps or something where you can taste it ,salt will raise your blood pressure stop the dizzy spels. My wife gets dizzy spels but ive told her to leave the hair dye alone!!!!!

Cheers Geoff.

Dick Dasterdly

I go along with the bag of crisps theory.
Apart from quite liking them, they do greatly help to retain water in the body for much longer periods,rather than the straight in one end and straight out the other end effect with no solids at all, or an even faster loss of water with stimulants such as coffee.

rachelk

Jestomi, Crisps may be great for salt but isotonic drinks you can have on the go without getting your fingers all greasy and, speaking of that grease......