We don’t need to replace sodium during endurance efforts after all?

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Maybe this one, I didn’t listen to the podcasts

Perceived dehydration impairs endurance cycling performance in the heat in active males

Highlights • We used a gastric feeding tube to deliver water into the stomach during exercise without participants knowledge. • Dehydration ∼1.6% was induced, but participants were told they were ‘euhydrated’ or ‘dehydrated’ before a performance test. • Endurance performance was decreased by ∼6% when participants were told they were dehydrated. • Previous and future studies looking at low levels of dehydration might be confounded by participants knowing they hydration status due to o…