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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Linda Geddes

Electrolyte sachets are everywhere – but will they cure a festival hangover?

Two women on people's shoulders in the middle of a busy festival crowd.
Holland & Barrett is promoting electrolyte sachets and magnesium water as ‘festival essentials’. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

The tickets are bought, the line-ups have been announced and it’s nearly time to drag last year’s tent out of the cupboard for a wipedown – and to evict a few dead earwigs. And this summer, there’s one more festival accessory that partygoers won’t be travelling without: electrolyte tablets.

Touted as a faster route to rehydration than water, and a way to replace vital salts lost during heavy drinking and partying, the focus on festivals is the latest twist in a global boom for electrolytes, as everyone from triathletes to YouTubers sings the praises of these super-hydrating mineral supplements.

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