Solute Model or Cellular Energy Model: Practical and Theoretical Aspects of Thirst During Exercise
Abstract
Most physiologists would agree that repaying the water debt incurred through evaporative cooling is part of the physiological cost of work in the heat. Pitts and coworkers (44) emphasized that, during work in the heat, men never voluntarily drink as much water as they lose and usually replace only two-thirds of the net water loss. Rothstein et al. (52) observed that this occurred even when water was available, and called this phenomenon voluntary dehydration . Some physiologists feel that voluntary dehydration occurs because thirst is an inadequate stimulus to drinking (29). On the other hand, Vokes (58) contends one of the best examples of a perfectly functioning homeostatic system is water balance . One of our goals is to reconcile the fact that under certain conditions, both of these statements are correct. We will also try to switch the readers interest from water to salt for, although man may drink, water cannot be held until the missing osmoles are made good (29). This may be seen as at least one explanation of why thirst is inadequate and there are others. Keywords: Sodium; Dehydration; Heat stress physiology; Rehydration.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 16, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA206143
Entities
People
- Lawrence E. Armstrong
- Patrick C. Szlyk
- Roger W. Hubbard
Organizations
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine