NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Bottled Water, Potassium Chloride, Cramp
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When you excrete more water than you take in. Can be measured using change in body weight. Symptoms begin when you have 1-2 % decrease in body weight: loss of appeite, crankiness, headaches, faintness, iredness, dry eyes and mouth, dark urine. Can result in sleepiness, nausea, headache, decreased concentraion. Greater that 7% can lead to delirium. The darker the urine, the greater the level of dehydraion. Infants and children: small body size, can"t ask for a drink. Hockey players lose 3. 5 litres of water in sweat per game. Most oten caused by too much luid without enough sodium in the body. Drinking water contains dissolved minerals: diferent water sources have diferent minerals, people like what they"re used to. Is botled water healthier: botled water is not ecofriendly, tap water has minerals which can be good for you. This electrical charge allows them to do what they do: electrical charge depends on mineral.
