Thanks to Laura Roberson Menshealth.com
Soup up your engine.
Is chicken noodle soup the food of champs? Eating a salty snack before your cardio workout may help prevent dehydration, says a new study in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.
Men who ate chicken noodle soup containing 1,362 milligrams of sodium before cycling in the heat drank and retained more water during the ride than those who just downed H2O beforehand.
“They lost less water through urine, even though they drank more,” says study author Neil Johannsen, Ph.D., of Iowa State University. This suggests a hydration-promoting change in kidney function.
Hate the idea of soup in the summer? Sip on tomato juice instead.
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