ELECTROLYTE AND PLASMA CHANGES AFTER INGESTION OF PICKLE JUICE, WATER, AND A COMMON CARBOHYDRATE-ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION
Context:nHealth care professionals advocate that athletes who are susceptible to exercise-associated muscle cramps (EAMCs) should moderately increase their fluid and electrolyte intake by drinking sport drinks. Some clinicians have also claimed drinking small volumes of pickle juice effectively relieves acute EAMCs, often alleviating them within 35 seconds. Others fear ingesting pickle juice will enhance dehydration-induced [...]