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The Benefits of Hydration! A new study, published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, looked at the effect of increasing dehydration on athletic performance in adult basketball players. The 17 men who participated in the study did three hours of treadmill walking followed by a rest period, then 80 minutes of basketball drills. Each ath

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    "Players should be advised to implement adequate pre-game and in-game hydration strategies to prevent 2% or greater dehydration and its detrimental impact on basketball performance," the researchers concluded. There were no performance differences between trials using the carbohydrate-enriched drink and the water-electrolyte drink.

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