With hot weather upon us all around the country, it's time to talk about hydration and controlling our body heat. Keeping your fluids up is important all year round, but it becomes even more important during Summer, when our bodies struggle to keep their core temperature within safe levels and we can find it hard to replace what we lose.
Let's start off with a few technicalities, then get into what they mean for you.
- The stomach can only empty up to about 800ml of fluid per hour
- Every Kilogram of bodyweight lost during exercise equals approximately 1 Litre of fluid loss
- You can lose about 40 ml of fluid per minute just through sweating
- Human thirst comes on slowly, you may already be dehydrated by the time you're thirsty1
- There are things you can do to maximise the benefits of every drink you have (read on to see how)
