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Rehydration Drinks
Why Hydration is Important
In addition to heat illness prevention strategies like acclimating to your work environment and wearing effective body cooling gear, hydration is one of many aspects of an all-encompassing heat safety plan. We all know drinking water helps maintain your body temperature when you’re working in the heat. But drinking cool water and rehydrating beverages filled with electrolytes can help hydrate your internal organs, lower your heart rate, and improve your focus so you can work at your best ability, too.
Heat safety experts recommend hydrating before, during, and after work to stave off dehydration. This means using your sense of thirst as your cue to drink cool water and rehydrating beverages isn’t enough! It’s also important to keep factors in mind that can lower your body’s ability to regulate body heat, as well, such as having a few alcoholic drinks the night before work or taking over-the-counter medication in the morning.
Working intensely in the heat can also weaken your ability to regulate heat in addition to depleting your electrolytes and glucose. If you’re over-exerting yourself on extremely humid and hot days, you might be producing more heat internally than you’re losing. When this happens, the temperatures on the jobsite coupled with working to the point of over-exertion can cause a potentially deadly heat stroke or other heat illnesses. This is why it’s incredibly important to hydrate around the clock if you’re working in hot or humid conditions.
Rehydration Drinks
While cool water will always be a go-to hydration staple, Magid offers a variety of Sqwincher® hydrating products like liquid concentrate, powder packs, and freezer pops, all available in tasty flavors like cherry, grape, orange, and lemon-lime. These delicious flavors make the products easier to consume so you can fully rehydrate while on your break or on the job. But the benefits don’t stop with flavor alone!
Mineral Benefits
Popular energy drinks and sodas often contain high amounts of sugar and caffeine, the latter of which can dehydrate you because of its diuretic properties. Rehydrating beverages are formulated with a unique combination of electrolytes and carbohydrates to help you replenish any lost minerals or salts from working in hot or humid conditions. For example, Sqwincher products often have twice as much potassium (which helps maintain fluid balance), extra magnesium (which can boost exercise performance), fewer calories, and half the sodium of popular sports drinks.
Winter Dehydration
While dehydration is a common hazard when working in hot environments, you can still be susceptible in cold environments, too! Factors like fluid loss from sweat and respiration, lack of thirst due to cold temperatures, and more frequent urination can all cause you to become dehydrated without even realizing it. Like in warm environments, one of the best ways to prevent winter dehydration is to drink cool water and electrolyte-replacing beverages like Sqwincher.
Stock up on Sqwincher hydration products and don’t forget to pick up rehydration accessories like liquid concentrate pump spouts and 12 oz. paper cups to make workplace hydration even easier!
