Originally Posted by
wirehead
Not quite...
You need some subset of the electrolytes that you excrete while sweating if you are going to be sweating a bunch. So you have to use the no sodium salt substitute (potassium chloride) salt (sodium chloride) maybe some other electrolytes, and then you have to figure out how to make it not taste bad.
There is more than one way to skin a cat. You do not have to replace electrolytes in your drinking water. I sweat profusely. On hot days, I will consume table salt. Sodium is the major electrolyte lost and that works pretty well.