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Salt-water-sugar in correct amounts works where sports drinks and 'just water' can fail, especially for elders and people on diuretics.
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Heavy sweating loses sodium and potassium, not just water. Replacing fluids with only plain water over long hours can dilute sodium and cause headache, cramps, confusion or worse.
Low-sugar ORS with salt restores what sweat removes. A home version follows a measured recipe — a litre of safe water, six level teaspoons of sugar and half a level teaspoon of salt — mixed accurately, not guessed.
Outdoor workers, adults over 65, children, people with kidney or heart disease, and anyone taking diuretics, laxatives or SGLT2 diabetes medicines (which increase fluid loss) need planned breaks, shade and hydration.
People with hypertension or heart failure should not force large fluid volumes — a doctor should set daily limits, especially in monsoon and summer.
ORS recipe reflects standard WHO-style guidance; individualised volumes require medical advice.
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