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You know, I'm not sure it was helpful for me to read about hyponatraemia in the paper the other week. I suppose the health warning (that depleting your salt levels is just as harmful a consequence of perspiring as dehydration is) was well-meant, but what it's actually given me is a faintly hypochondriac desire to eat crisps (‘just in case’) whenever I've been out in the blazing sun. Since this happens every lunchtime at the moment, I'm far from convinced that this is having a net positive effect on my health.

In other news, while walking to Tesco this lunchtime I saw a tiny little kid walking down the street, carrying a home-made foam rubber banana about a metre and a half long. The thing about reading surreal web comics[1] is that I'm never entirely sure I've remembered to return to the real world when I come out again…

[1] http://www.ozyandmillie.org/; blame Ben.

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a faintly hypochondriac desire to eat crisps (‘just in case’) whenever I've been out in the blazing sun

Alternatively you could just eat a small amount of salt instead.

That said, I'm now craving crisps as well :)

Or avoid the blazing sun. It's certainly blazing at present.

I always thought the word dehydration covered decreasing salt levels as well?

That's why rehydration medicine has salt in it and isn't just a glass of water.

I'm delighted by this new excuse to eat lots of crisps - thank you!

There was a long and interesting article about hyponatraemia in Runner's World last month- it was something I'd never heard of before then. It did say that the only people who have died of it are marathon runners and the mentally ill I think. A good excuse never to run a marathon anyway :-)