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Drink before you dry out

1% dry is enough to feel worse. Drink during.

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How to use it

Losing just over 1% of your body weight in sweat is enough to lower mood and focus and bring on headaches. Drink during every session, not only after. Pale-yellow urine is the check.

How sure we are

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

Sources

At 1.36% dehydration, healthy young women had worse mood, more fatigue, lower concentration and more headaches; most thinking tests didn't change (Armstrong et al. 2012, 25 people, crossover RCT, 🟡) · via Louisa Nicola.

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