Dietary Sodium Intake, Sweat Sodium, Salt Appetite and Exercise

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Dietary Sodium Intake, Sweat Sodium, Salt Appetite and Exercise

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Background: Dietary sodium intake plays an important role in the regulation of fluid and electrolyte homeostasis within the human body. Both a high sweat sodium concentration and sweat rate can induce considerable sweat sodium losses during exercise. Excessive sodium loss is an important factor involved in the aetiology of exercise associated hyponatremia (EAH); a plasma sodium concentration <135mmol.L-1 during and/or after prolonged exercise, with reported prevalence rates higher amongst fem...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2015

Creator

Carr, Rosanna

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/5478

Related subjects

exercise / salt / sodium / balance / appetite / sweat

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