This is shown in a new study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. Known, the Half Ironman athletes who were given capsules salt managed to reach the finish on average 26 minutes.
Half Ironman, is a sports competition that consists of 1.2 miles swimming, 56 kilometers of cycling and 13.1-mile run.
For this study, scientists from the Laboratory of Exercise Physiology at the University of Camilo José Cela, Spain studied 26 athletes competing in the Half Ironman competition. Half of the athletes mengasup drinks "sports drink" along with 12 capsules of salt, divided into three doses, while the rest drink "sports drink" along with 12 placebo capsules.
The result, which consumes additional salt successfully completed the race 26 minutes before the athlete of the group "sports drink".
Body lose sodium through sweat that comes out during long duration exercise. Salt supplementation was able to replace about 71 percent of sodium excreted through sweat, while the placebo group replaced only about 20 percent of the electrolyte.
