salt pills

[catboogie]

since the other salt thread took off, i wanted to ask something else i've been curious about since i have started taking a LOT more salt pills lately.

how many salt pills do you guys take at a time?

i live in the south of the US and it gets very hot down here. however, i don't as a habit take salt pills even during very hot days. i only take them after (or if i remember before) i exercise on hot days because this seems to put me over the edge with the sickly/weird feeling that i think means i need salt.

so i have been taking 3 at a time around exercise time. and i think it has helped. (my pills, thermotabs, have 287 mg of Chloride, 180 mg of Sodium, and 15 mg of Potassium--in case you guys want to share what is in the kind of salt pills you take.)

what about the rest of you?

laura

btw, when are they going to come out with sugar-free gatorade??

 

[CowTown]

The only times I have taken salt pills was when I was doing outdoor activities, in crazy heat that had me perspiring like a mad woman. I would usually get to the point where I felt a weak and needed a pick me up (or a nap!). That's when I would pop a salt pill and water and I'd be replenished within about 15 minutes and then could carry on. One time I took a pill when I didn't quite need it yet, and I threw up. So for me, I would only take them with high impact exercise and in the heat.