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Advantages and disadvantages of mineral salts capsules
In many of the articles we are developing in the FEED YOUR DREAMS BLOG We have talked about the importance of a correct hydration for sports activities.
In general, Everything related to nutrition is important But, as we have stressed to satiety, although in the energy aspect we can afford the occasional license because we have plenty of reservations in the body, On the issue of liquid there is hardly any margin of error And it is essential that we control well what we ingest and do it periodically because, if not, the machinery stops and, not only that, but the consequences can be more serious than some are thought.
When we talk about hydration, we should visualize Not only the liquid in itself but also the mineral salts and ions that the body needs In order to carry out the metabolic processes that allow us to continue performing physical activity and, not only that, but to live.
For this replacement, there are countless alternatives and the most common
It is a very comfortable and practical form and works very well, but it is not exempt from inconveniences (eg implies continuously ingesting some amount of carbohydrates), hence, over time, the drinks "Only salts”, where the amount of carbohydrates is non -existent or very small (e.g. 226ers isotonic Drink).
But the thing has not stopped there but, From a time to this part, the pill format or capsule is becoming more and more popular that, after a somewhat dubitative start, it has become an increasingly common type of product (eg the two options it offers 226ers: Sub9 Salts Electrolytes and Salts Electrolytes).
Reasons do not have plenty because it is a very practical format but, like everything else, it has its advantages and disadvantages as we will see below.
Advantages
- They do not need to dissolve in liquid but can be taken directly.
- We can dissolve them in fluid as if they were a salvage of salts.
- They eliminate dependence on other liquids except water. Very important in competition since, even knowing which isotonic drink will prepare, it may not be correctly mixed, at an inappropriate temperature, etc.
- They occupy very little space and are easy to carry, something vital in long competitions or training.
- We control exactly how much mineral salts we ingest in each shot.
- They have no flavor, so we can take them combined with anything else (gels, bars, liquids, ...).
- The impact on the digestive system is very small.
- They do not generate waste that we have to throw in bins or containers (and take them on them until we reach those sites).
- With a little practice, we could ingest them practically without liquid.
- We can even take them with the stomach in bad conditions, when we are not hungry or barely happens to us food.
- We take it completely, all "one" (when swallowing the capsule), not progressively as p. eg. With prepared drinks.
- They do not always come in individual containers but are usually marketed in boats with which homelands must be invented to take them during training or competitions. One of the few options that are (if not the only one) in individual packaging are Sub9 Salts Electrolytes.
- We need added fluid to swallow them because, if we do not take it, they can generate nausea or vomiting when they reach the digestive system due to the excess concentration of salts.
- In order to have the content of the salts, more time is needed, until it reaches the stomach and the capsule dissolves.
- The organism does not have feedback of what we have ingested. That feedback sometimes helps, both in the face that we are aware that we have ingested the salts and to take away the feeling of needing them.
- That lack of feedback or the ease of taking has led some to pass from dose (it would not be the first case of someone who, in the face of being stressed or when it begins to notice the symptoms, takes a little time and in the end it goes from salts, so that the remedy is worse than the disease).
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