Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
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Water-Induced Hyperhydration Increases Total Body Water to a Greater Extent than Glycerol-Induced Hyperhydration: A Case Study of a Trained Triathlete
Eric Goulet1, , Susan Labrecque2, Michel O. Mélançon1, Donald Royer1
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1 Faculté d'éducation physique et sportive, Département de kinanthropologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boulevard Université, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, J1K 2R1
2 Clinique de Médecine et Sport, Centre Sportif de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boulevard Université, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, J1K 2R1

Eric Goulet
✉ Faculté d'éducation Physique et Sportive, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boulevard Université, Québec, Canada, J1K 2R1
Email: egoulet@interlinx.qc.ca
Publish Date
Received: 03-05-2002
Accepted: 02-07-2002
Published (online): 01-09-2002
 
 
ABSTRACT

Glycerol-induced hyperhydration (GIH) prior to endurance exercise is a strategy that is increasingly used by athletes. Compared with water-induced hyperhydration (WIH), GIH has been shown to reduce diuresis, thereby increasing total body water (TBW). It has never been demonstrated that WIH proved to be more efficient than GIH for increasing TBW. Therefore, we report the case of a trained triathlete in whom WIH, compared with GIH, increased TBW during a 110-min hydration protocol. On two separate days the subject ingested, in a randomized double blind fashion, either 26 ml.kg-1 body mass (BM) of water or 26 ml.kg-1 BM of water with 1.2 g glycerol.kg-1 BM. Compared with GIH, WIH increased TBW by an additional 511 ml. It is proposed that WIH was effective in decreasing urine output and, therefore, in augmenting TBW, because the water ingested during this treatment was integrated into the body fluid pools relatively more slowly than that ingested during GIH. Practically, this finding implies that it could thus be possible for researchers and athletes to find out that on occasion WIH increases TBW more than GIH over a period of hydration of 2 h.

Key words: Fluid balance, gastric emptying, hydration, intestinal absorption, nutritional ergogenic aid


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