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What Causes Leg Cramp?
Whether you are out walking or running, at your office desk or just laying down to sleep, leg cramp can be an annoying, sometimes incapacitating, part of day to day life...

How To Stop Cramps
Anyone who has experienced any form of cramps knows how uncomfortable it can be...

What Causes Cramp?
Cramp is one of those uncomfortable experiences we’re all familiar with...

Leg Cramps At Night
Leg cramps can be especially unwelcomed when they strike when you're sleeping...

Debunking Some Common Dehydration Myths
Staying adequately hydrated may be a simple matter of drinking enough fluids, but there are a surprising number of myths and misconceptions around the topic.

How To Protect Kids From Dehydration In Hot Weather
Young children are particularly prone to dehydration during hot weather, and they need some extra care and attention. Here are some useful tips to bear in mind.

Is Sickness In Children Always A Stomach Bug?
Not all bouts of sickness, which can be eased with ORS hydration tablets, are due to stomach bugs, and they may be the result of food poisoning or allergies.

Dehydration during pregnancy
Many expecting mothers face a level of dehydration. Dehydration is the result of the body losing water faster than the one taking in...

How To Perform A Dehydration Test
During dehydration your body experiences a drop in salt, glucose and potassium levels....

Everything You Need To Know – Dehydration and Diarrhoea
To perform our best, our body requires the correct internal balance of water. Therefore, we need to avoid dehydration at all costs...

What Are The Hidden Dangers Of A Hangover?
Drinking too much can lead to a pounding headache, nausea, thirst, fatigue, and a more anxious and irritable mood than usual. There are also hidden dangers.

How To Deal With A Dose Of Freshers’ Flu
It’s almost time for students to return to university after the long summer break, and that can mean that they are exposed to a whole range of bugs and viruses.

How To Keep The Whole Family Happy And Hydrated This Summer
Even when you know it’s a good idea, keeping up the fluid intake of kids who are far more interested in playing can be a challenge. Here are a few top tips!

What Are The Dangers Of Low Electrolyte Levels?
Electrolytes are minerals that occur naturally in the body and the food we eat. Here’s a look at what electrolytes do and what happens when levels are depleted.

What Holiday Destinations Have The Highest Sickness Rates?
The worst destinations for getting sick have been revealed but those who fall ill can take ORS hydration tablets to speed up recovery and enjoy their holiday.

How Do Electrolytes Help Kids When They’re Ill?
Electrolyte tablets can help children and adults to feel better and recover faster, and to understand why we need to know why dehydration makes us feel worse.

Electrolyte Replacement
Electrolytes are vital for your body to work at its best. Hard work, whether it’s exercise or labour, drains your electrolyte reserves and that leads to a reduced ability to perform at your best...

What Are Electrolytes?
After exercise (or illness!) you’ve probably picked up a sports drink that promises to replace your electrolytes...

Top Tips On Curing A Bank Holiday Hangover
To avoid suffering from a horrible hangover on your extra day off work over the bank holidays, take rehydration tablets, get plenty of sleep, eat and exercise.

How to Cure a Hangover
Hangovers occupy a special place in the mythology of drinking – they’re the inevitable consequence of a good time, the dark shadow cast by a fun night out...

The Hangover Kit
If you enjoy a good night out, you may well be familiar with the unpleasant aftermath of too much drinking: the hangover...

How to Prevent a Hangover
As far as hangovers are concerned, the old saying is true: an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure...

What Is The Best Cure For A Hangover?
Have you ever laid in bed, the light was shining in through the window; you’re extremely thirsty for a glass of water, but had absolutely no appetite for food?

Top Tips For Staying Happy And Hydrated This Festive Season
We may be on the eve of party season, but that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your usual standard of wellbeing for the sake of getting into the spirit.

How A Marathon Proved The Obvious Importance Of Hydration
The 1904 Olympic Marathon in St Louis was the worst endurance event ever because it sought to prove the stupidest sports hydration hypothesis ever conceived.

How Much Water Should You Drink While Exercising?
When the weather is warmer and we are also exercising, we lose more fluids and minerals through our sweat. Therefore it is important to stay well hydrated.

Tips For Staying Cool And Hydrated On Summer Walks
It’s essential to replace lost fluids when exercising in hot weather to avoid becoming dehydrated. Here are some tips for staying safe on hot weather walks.

What To Pack In Your Holiday First Aid Kit?
Don’t forget, if you’re somewhere hot, you will feel dehydrated anyway, and diarrhoea or sickness will make this ten times worse, so it is essential to rehydrate yourself as much as possible to feel well again.

Why Staying Hydrated During The Summer Is So Important
During the summertime temperature rise and it is therefore even more important to make sure you are drinking enough fluids to prevent dehydration.

How Hydration Tablets Help You Recover From Illness
It is no fun being ill, so once you start to get better you will want to recover as quickly as possible. Hydration tablets can have a big role to play.

HOW TO STAY HYDRATED ON LONG HAUL FLIGHTS
It comes as no surprise that flying is one of the most popular and convenient ways to get around...

Stay Hydrated
Staying hydrated is an important aspect of day to day life, however it is often something we neglect...

HOLIDAY HYDRATION
Staying hydrated whilst on holiday can prevent your trip from being ruined...

Hydration
Whether you’re heading to the gym, working in the garden, or sitting and working at an office job, hydration is something you have to be aware of...

5 Easy Ways To Hydrate This Winter And Why
The weather is chilly and the days are darker, while the season of feasting and spending time with loved ones is behind us...

How to stay hydrated without relying on water
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again; you need to stay hydrated to ensure you’re performing at your best...

What the colour of your urine says about you
From dehydration to diabetes, the colour of your pee can tell you a lot about what’s going on in your body...

5 ways to stay hydrated every day
Water makes up around 60% of the average adult’s body, so it’s vital to your wellbeing that you stay well hydrated...

Is your child getting enough to drink? Here’s all you need to know about hydration.
Feel like your child isn’t telling you that they are thirsty or a little hot? This is because children have immature thirst mechanisms, and often don’t recognise when they are thirsty...

7 hydration myths you need to stop believing
Struggling to drink eight glasses of water a day? Want to find out the truth about hydration? Read on to find out why everything you believe about hydration could be wrong…

10 SIGNS YOUR'RE NOT HYDRATED ENOUGH
Keeping hydrated is key to a healthy body and mind, to keep our performance levels up, and to enable us to handle the daily grind...

WHY O.R.S SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN YOUR HAND LUGGAGE
A wise person once wrote, you should focus on the journey, not the destination. Alas, when it comes to staying hydrated, you need to do both...

102-Year-Old Completes Half-Marathon!
The annual Great North Run took place this year amid a sweltering September heatwave, and medics issued extra warnings to the participants to stay hydrated.

37 Questions with Ledley King
Spurs legend takes us on a tour of The incredible Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and takes a shot at answering 37 unexpected questions.

Spurs Nutritionist explains O.R.S benefits
Emma tester, Spurs Nutritionist, delves into the benefits of hydration and the science behind hydration for performance. Explaining why Spurs players use O.R.S Hydration before, during, and after training to perform at their max and recover quickly so they’re ready to go again.

Post-Workout Recovery
Are you hitting the gym? You may want to consider the importance of the post-workout recovery period...

Why Do Sports Teams Use Hydration Tablets?
You loose strength, you lose speed, you’re in a greater risk of injury. Hydration is vital to performing well week in and week out...

The Importance of Hydration
Whether you run short distances or you regularly run huge marathons, having electrolyte balance and being sufficiently hydrated is of paramount importance...

Hydration For Cyclists
Any physical exercise, such as cycling, means that we end up expelling water from our bodies...

WHY O.R.S HYDRATION ARE THE PERFECT ADDITION TO ANY WORKOUT
O.R.S is a natural electrolyte which uses science to accurately provide athletes with electrolytes, minerals and vitamins which are lost during exercise...

Seven times when water isn’t enough
Keeping hydrated is essential and water is not the only part of the solution....

How To Properly Prepare For Running A Marathon
Marathons are no easy feat and take a lot of planning and preparation before you are able to complete one safely and without causing any harm or injury.

The History Of The Revived Historic Marathon
Marathons are the ultimate test of endurance, requiring training, resilience and rehydration tablets to survive, but one historic race is a bigger challenge.

How To Prepare For Your First Ultramarathon
Preparing for a marathon is intense, requiring cardio training, muscle strength and rehydration tablets. Training for an ultramarathon is even harder.

The importance of hydration during marathon training
Hydration has three important roles in marathon training; preparation, performance and recovery. Read on to find out more.

What To Do 24 Hours Before The London Marathon
From ensuring you pack rehydration tablets for after the race to choosing the right set of shoes here is what you need to do the day before the London Marathon.

Why Staying Well Hydrated Will Keep Your Skin In Good Shape
To keep our complexion looking healthy it’s important to follow a good skincare routine. The biggest factor in maintaining youthful skin is staying hydrated.

How To Help Your Kids Cope With A Hot Holiday Destination
The prospect of flying off somewhere hot and sunny is exciting, but if you have young children it’s important to make sure they can cope with the conditions.

How To Survive When Your Child Has A Vomiting Virus
Sickness bugs are not usually very serious and will clear up in a couple of days, but it’s important to make sure that young children do not become dehydrated.

Best Rehydration Methods
Every once in a while we find ourselves dehydrated. It is in such times that we should know how to rehydrate ourselves...