Should we drink water after exercise? Science Rejects Old Theory

It has long been said that you have to drink water after exercise to stop yourself from getting tired. But scientists have rejected the old theory, saying that doing so can cause you to suffer from painful spasm.

Instead, the consumption of more electrolytes may be the key to the ban, as reduced levels of salt and minerals stimulate the problem.

Australian researchers gave exhausted males various types of beverages to test their resistance to leg cramps.

Researchers at Edith Cowan University in Perth caused 10 men to run for routine work in a hot room until they sweated up to two percent of their body weight. When they finished, half of them were given normal water to hydrate, and the other half were given alcoholic beverages.

Electronics are minerals in the blood, which include salt, potassium, bicarbons, and chloride.

A week later, the same experiment was repeated, and the men had no first drink. And those given electrolytes had a reduced approach to painful experience.

They tested each of the volunteers' sensitivity to spin by channeling an electric current into their muscles. The less electricity needed to stimulate muscle spasm, the more vulnerable they were, while those who drink water responded to currents weaker than other men.

Team research did not explain how many electrolytes can cause cramps, but it appears less to be quantity, they reduce the body's ability to regulate muscle contractions.

Otherwise, research was published in the BMJ Open Sport & Exerciase Medicine magazine.