Journal
NUTRIENTS
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu13020505
Keywords
hydration status; water– electrolyte balance; acid– base balance; fluids osmolarity; team sports; nutrition; women in sport
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- Development of Academic Sport [N RSA3 03553]
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The study revealed that, despite differences in the osmolarity of the consumed drinks, the impact on water-electrolyte and acid-base balance indicators was not very significant.
Although it is recognized that dehydration and acidification of the body may reduce the exercise capacity, it remains unclear whether the qualitative and quantitative shares of certain ions in the drinks used by players during the same exertion may affect the indicators of their water-electrolyte and acid-base balance. This question was the main purpose of the publication. The research was carried out on female field hockey players (n = 14) throughout three specialized training sessions, during which the players received randomly assigned fluids of different osmolarity and minerals contents. The water-electrolyte and acid-base balance of the players was assessed on the basis of biochemical blood and urine indicators immediately before and after each training session. There were statistically significant differences in the values of all examined indicators for changes before and after exercise, while the differences between the consumed drinks with different osmolarities were found for plasma osmolality, and concentrations of sodium and potassium ions and aldosterone. Therefore, it can be assumed that the degree of mineralization of the consumed water did not have a very significant impact on the indicators of water-electrolyte and acid-base balance in blood and urine.
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