PowerBar Nutrition Truth‼️ How much sodium do you really need? 🤔 Our bodies require a certain level of sodium in the bloodstream to preform. Unfortuntely this is also the electrolyte lost most when we sweat. This is why it’s not only important to drink enough water, but also replace electrolytes lost. In fact, drinking only water for longer, harder events could be dangerous and lead to Hyponatremia, which is when your blood sodium levels become to diluted and can be potentially life threatening. On average, we lose approx 1000mg (1gram) of sodium per liter (or 2 lbs) of sweat so it’s important to replace as much of that as possible. The key is to look to your sports nutrition to contain those electrolytes needed. Powerbar’s powerbarsport PowerGels for example have 210mg each. If you’re taking 2 or 3 an hour, you’re getting 400 to 600mg just from your fuel. Combine this with the PowerBar IsoActive drink mix which contains 380mg per serving and you’re very well covered for your c...