Originally Posted by
Abe_Froman
Water will help that
Don't overthink it too much. Those products have salts in them that, if you go hours and hours, you can start to feel the effects of depleting them in your body. Research also says that that and the addition of sugar allows the fluid to be absorbed more quickly than just water on it's own. But really....I see limited benefit in water being absorbed 5% faster or whatever it is. As long as you don't stop drinking.
After a ride where I sweat a lot - which is another way of saying summer - I can drink as much water as I want and not be any less thirsty. They I don't sleep because I have to go to the bathroom every 20 minutes, the bladder buster. If I put Nuun tabs on the water, I'm not thirsty any more after a few glasses. Milk and Gatorade work too, but those have calories.