month before contacting the main author, Dr Christopher Almond. His study was large and meticulous, making it probably the best yet in the field of exercise-associated hyponatremia. He and his colleagues obtained pre-race and post-race body weights
on hydration in the UK, agrees with Valtin. You hear this advice from magazines, but where is it actually coming from? Not the Department of Health. Tim Lawson, director of Science In Sport, a sports nutrition company, believes that the eight glasses rule