Drinking guidelines for exercise: What evidence is there that athletes should drink "as much as tolerable", "to replace the weight lost during exercise" or "ad libitum"?

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 781-796

  Noakes, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Exercise performance; Exercise associated hyponatraemia; Fluids; Heat illness; Hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEHYDRATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID THERAPY; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SPORTS MEDICINE; WATER RETENTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DRINKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORTS;

EID: 34147185590     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600875036     Document Type: Article

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