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Which electrolyte shortfall presents as fatigue first?

Asked 7 Apr 2024Modified 2.3 years agoViewed 48k times
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Scale weight, waist circumference and a repetition maximum, all logged weekly.

I would like to know the limits of what can be inferred from this.

What I am trying to avoid is over-reading a single result, which I have done before.

How should I read this, and where are the traps?

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5I have seen exactly this failure mode twice and both times it was the diluent. – tadhg_o_riordan 19 days ago
6The distinction between purity and content cannot be repeated often enough here. – Dr_Wren_Halliday 2 months ago
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