do you need to take electrolytes?

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Electrolytes, salts and minerals that can be found in our blood, are essential to our survival; they help us balance our body fluids and enable muscles and nerves to work correctly. (They do so via tiny pulses of electrical current, hence their name.) Today they are also sold in hydration aids such as sachets, tablets or gels, containing sodium, which…