{"id":3158,"date":"2026-07-03T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/hydration-isnt-complicated-just-drink-water\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:00:00","slug":"hydration-isnt-complicated-just-drink-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/hydration-isnt-complicated-just-drink-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Hydration isn\u2019t complicated: Just drink water"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A billboard reading \u201cTime for Powerade Hydration break\u201d in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round Of 32 match between Germany and Paraguay at Boston Stadium on June 29, 2026 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. \" data-caption=\"Powerade is appropriate for World Cup athletes, but unless you\u2019re also sweating buckets, water is usually enough. | Photo: Megan Briggs \/ Getty Images\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo: Megan Briggs \/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/gettyimages-2283910763.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tPowerade is appropriate for World Cup athletes, but unless you\u2019re also sweating buckets, water is usually enough. | Photo: Megan Briggs \/ Getty Images\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This is <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/optimizer-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Optimizer<\/a><em>, a weekly newsletter sent from <\/em>Verge<em> senior reviewer<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/authors\/victoria-song\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Victoria Song<\/em><\/a><em> that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they&rsquo;re going to change your life. Opt in for <\/em>Optimizer <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn4d2vv935lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe is melting<\/a>, the eastern US is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/29\/weather\/record-heat-wave-us-east-climate-hnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trapped in a \u00ab\u00a0heat dome,\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> the Midwest has the corn sweats to look forward to, and if you&rsquo;ve never felt the oppressive, sticky misery of monsoon season in Asia &#8211; consider yourself blessed. But as folks duke it out on social media about who has it hotter (and <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/europes-great-ac-debate-highlights-hot-takes-and-hysteria.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whether air conditioning is ethical<\/a>), it&rsquo;s time to address a <em>nonnegotiable<\/em> truth of surviving summer: hydration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surely, stayi \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/column\/960832\/optimizer-hydration-electrolytes-health-heat-wave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Powerade is appropriate for World Cup athletes, but unless you\u2019re also sweating buckets, water is usually enough. | Photo: Megan [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}