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Login Help  Nutrition for the Heat  By Bob Seebohar  It’s
getting warmer! Heat, sometimes combined with humidity depending
on where you live, can throw you a good curve ball during these
summer months of training and competition. We have all heard
stories about athletes being taken to the hospital during a race
for dehydration, or collapsing before the finish line or seeing
white spots with a tongue feeling like sandpaper. I will say
that those are extreme cases and ones that can be easily
prevented with a little know-how nutrition for the heat know-
how.  Sweat rate can increase up to 2-3 times in hot conditions.
The risk of developing a heat illness increases dramatically and
the body processes nutrients differently when the thermostat is
turned up. All of these can lead to lousy training sessions or
DNF’s during competitions.  Use the following nutrition
recommendations to make your next quality training session or
race in hot and possibly humid c