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The salts that turn your sweat into a science problem and your cramp into a betrayal.
means Minerals like sodium, potassium, and calcium that carry electrical charge to fire your nerves and muscles.
from From Greek elektron (amber, which sparked the word electric) plus lytos (loosened) — literally the loosened, charge-carrying bits dissolved in fluid, coined by Faraday in the 1830s.
Brawndo's claimIdiocracy mocked them; sports drinks did it first.
Heart mathPotassium imbalance can literally stop your heartbeat.
Water dangerDrinking too much can fatally dilute them.
Sweat taxYou lose sodium fastest, not just water.