If someone else uses them, you’re still a mug.

You could get the same results with a glass of tap water and a pinch of salt.

I’ve now followed the link.

Thirty quid for a bottle of sea water, to add near-homeopathic amounts into drinking water? **** me, I’m in the wrong business.

The low salt salt is about 60% potassium and costs a couple of quid from most supermarkets.

Bloody good stuff that. It is expensive, but you add 2.5ml to a bottle, so that’ll last a good while. Hideously overpriced, but definitely reduced my cramping in races. #SnakeOilVictory

Potassium salt and magnesium salts are both good for different things I think

I think zinc chloride too

as would mny other things that are cheaper

Do some reading. The RDA for potassium is pretty high IIRC and most people probably don’t reach it, let alone those that sweat it out during exercise.

From the website.

Indeed.
This is a nice example of a pretty profitable low overhead business.

I don’t think you sweat just normal salt. Electrolyte tabs are potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium salts.

Whilst electrolytes have been used for many years by athletes and sports professionals, existing products and brands will typically contain only one or two electrolytes, usually in a non-ionically charged form which are not easily assimilated by the body. 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.

Sweating and physical stress deplete magnesium which works with other electrolytes to prevent muscle cramps and helps the body to properly utilize oxygen, so magnesium replacement is essential for sports people. elete contains a perfectly balanced ionically charged combination of magnesium and the three other major mineral electrolytes (potassium, sodium and chloride), as well as over 60 other naturally occurring trace and ultra trace elements.

pork scratchings

I did a degree in chemistry, and unless you’re explaining this really badly, you’re wrong.

You stick sodium chloride in water you get Na+(aq) and Cl-(aq), you mix it with potassium bromide you get K+(aq) Br-(aq), the cool trick is if you separate it out (not that easy, it’s probably eutectic) you get Sodium Bromide and Potassium Chloride.

I was under the impression that the theory that it’s down to a lack of salts, electrolytes etc had been thoroughly debunked as the cause of cramps?

Oh Ffs.

That is all I can say.

@ Vinney

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Whilst+electrolytes+have+been+used+for+many+years+by+athletes+and+sports+professionals%2C+existing+products+and+brands+will+typically+contain+only+one+o&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=4jPlWdaUBKfH8AfBtoSYBg

Please quote your sources.

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.

Ah yes the obecalp effect

Fart in a jar anyone?