{"id":8069,"date":"2014-03-18T15:24:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T15:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/03\/18\/hyponatremia-how-to-kill-oneself-by-drinking-water\/"},"modified":"2014-03-18T15:24:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T15:24:35","slug":"hyponatremia-how-to-kill-oneself-by-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/03\/18\/hyponatremia-how-to-kill-oneself-by-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyponatremia: How to Kill Oneself by Drinking Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a 'Zone Man,' I am well aware of the dangers of dehydration and heat stroke especially when out for an infernal hike<\/a>.  Although a U.S. gallon of water weighs 8 1\/3 lbs, those are pounds I don't leave home without. Some will be surprised to learn that even with water there can be too much of a good thing. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thales take note<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n

The danger is increased if you drink pure water. Since my reverse osmosis water purifier delivers water that is around 95% pure, I add electrolyte replacements such as Gookinaid to my water or else bring along salty snacks.
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In fact, the sort of greasy, salty, sugary  crud that you shouldn't eat at home makes for good trail food.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As a 'Zone Man,' I am well aware of the dangers of dehydration and heat stroke especially when out for an infernal hike.  Although a U.S. gallon of water weighs 8 1\/3 lbs, those are pounds I don't leave home without. Some will be surprised to learn that even with water there can be too … Continue reading “Hyponatremia: How to Kill Oneself by Drinking Water”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-fitness","category-hiking-and-backpacking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}