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Vic suggested using salt tablets for extreme sweating and I have to
admit I have never used salt tablets and dont use much salt on my food
either. I cannot seem to convince my doc that the sweating is a
serious problem; he simply says to drink a lot of water. However, it
has come close to killing me twice while caving so I can no longer do
any real caving. Caves are a near 100% humidity enviro and around
here are roughly 74 degrees so I sweat enough to have my coveralls
saturated very quickly. The last couple times I went, I got loopy and
got lost and simply didnt care.
When boating, I can carry a lot of water so I always have a liter in
hand. I never drink sodas and am not into sports drinks either. This
issue makes me not want to go boating by myself so I am looking for a
solution. Sweating is your bodies way to get cool so isnt suppressing
sweating a bad thing? One can normally cool off during boating too by
jumping in the water but when working on the boat in the heat, I just
dont want to take the time to do that until suddenly I realize, uh oh,
am doing stupid things...............
So, salt tabs or not?

I too had a similar issue when I was younger, working in a paper mill. Hot
and humid place as the rolls came off the rollers. I came down with a
splitting headache one day and got dizzy. An old timer came by with 2 white
pills and a huge soda. Told me not to come back to my station until I took
the pills and washed it down with a quart or two. In 30 minutes, I was ace.

I asked him why, the answer was the salt helps your body cool itself, you
run low you sweet too much and get dizzy with low sugars. While not
scientific, it sure worked. I repeated it a couple of times to be sure, and
each time the same results, but just didn't let it go as far as the first
time. I later learned the company even supplied them.

I later read the Kon-Tiki expedition book, good read. The one thing they
forgot to bring in their ocean trek was salt!!! In an ocean of it, and they
didn't have palatable salt. Go figure. While too much is bad for you, not
enough can also be devastating.

Like anything else, you have to prepare for what you are going to do. Diet
and liquids are part of it.