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Follow-up: How much fluid is actually needed, and how you would know
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Adding salt to food is the intervention most consistently reported as helping and is also the one least likely to cause harm.
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c.vermeulen, post #3: The most useful posts here describe what was measured, what was changed, and what happened, in that order. The mechanism is plausible, which is not the same as established. Go to post
Where there is a genuine question, a measurement answers it and a supplement does not. Blood tests for the common electrolytes are routine and cheap.
I am confident about the direction and much less about the magnitude.
j.teixeira, post #2: The opening post describes the usual case. This is about the unusual one. Constipation and hydration: dehydration makes constipation worse. Increasing fluid intake is the first intervention for constipation alongside other measures. Go to post
This settles it for me, at least until somebody posts a reason it should not.
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