Is this one of those forum in-jokes, or are people actually singing the praises of £60/litre sea water?
Poopscoop - Member
4.8 out of 5 on the Amazon reviews too.Makes me despair on 2 levels.
The lack of morality to be able to come up with it and sell it.
Secondly that people actually buy it.
Probably a few rich guys on yachts laughing their heads off at the life they have made selling salt as a premium product.
This sums it up.
I love these threads they bumble along until someone tries a bit of science to justify their argument then I begin to despair at how technically illiterate we really are.
Science lifted directly from the front page of Elete's website.
Salt probably would’ve worked just fine, but meh, it’s convenient.
How the great suffering zarqon is salt inconvenient? It's salt not a ****ing buffalo.
I love these threads they bumble along until someone tries a bit of science to justify their argument then I begin to despair at how [s]technically[/s] illiterate we really are.
Salt is a sodium salt. Sperm is not the same as semen, or seminal fluid. Gender fluid is something else again. Snakes DO contain oil.
Snakes DO contain oil.
Which has real medicinal qualities.
The 'selling snake oil' adage comes from people selling liquids purporting to be snake oil that weren't, and were in fact useless, rather than snake oil itself being useless, because it isn't.
When I feel I need to replenish electrolyte levels I simply lick my hologram power band
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How the great suffering zarqon is salt inconvenient? It's salt not a ****ing buffalo.
Because I CBA taking a ****ing salt cellar to a race and grinding an indiscriminate amount of the stuff into a bottle. Bikes are comparatively expensive, and that stuff costs sod all in the grand scheme of things. I'm not justifying it, luckily I don't have to. YMMV.
Shall I add to the list of things I've spent more on?
- grips
- chains
- tyres (probably by a factor of 10)
- bottle cages
In fact the prizes I've sold (because they're usually terrible) have made me more money than I've spent on Elete. So I'm actually in profit!
I'm not sticking up for the product (I'd use cheap electrolyte powder) but surely sea salt is not the same as electrolyte mix?
Well, if you read the details, it contains a whole bunch of different elements, just like electrolytes, which are basically just salt replenishing materials.
Because I CBA taking a **** salt cellar to a race and grinding an indiscriminate amount of the stuff into a bottle. Bikes are comparatively expensive, and that stuff costs sod all in the grand scheme of things. I'm not justifying it, luckily I don't have to. YMMV.
Who says anything about a salt cellar? The salt I linked to comes in a small bottle containing salt crystals, from which you can just shake a couple into the palm of your hand then onto your tongue.
I’m failing to see any added complexity over and above what you already do, while saving £26 to do the same sodding thing!
#dearyme
grinding an indiscriminate amount of the stuff into a bottle
... which is a madness in itself. I have a salt grinder. Why?! It came with the pepper mill, who the hell needs freshly ground salt FFS. It's not like once it's ground it starts to go off.
In Lithuania you can buy special salty mineral water from saline aquifers in all the supermarkets. Mineral content varies by brand but up to 10% sea water.
Thing is it costs tupence as folk aren't daft there. You could import it, should make a fortune.
For optimum benefits and hydration, all four major electrolytes (in particular magnesium) are required in an ionically charged form; in fact electrolytes are only true electrolytes when they are ionically charged as they do not function properly otherwise.
Ok so my PhD is organic chemistry but this is nonsensical. Electrolytes,by definition, dissociate to ions when dissolved in water. If they don't they're not electrolytes. If your magnesium isn't in an ionic form then it's metallic, which I'd suggest would be ineffective in any sort of sports drink.
^I'm a chemical engineer working in the production inorganic chemicals and I concur that the above is bollocks.
