I get the feeling that you guys need a small lesson in something called chemistry.

malaysiaPotato : sabar, sabar.

The more I read the forums here, the more I think we'll need some sort of nutrition FAQ out.

This week so damn busy. Will do one general one next week.

A simple way to describe electrolytes is a substance with some sort of charge in it. Either positive or negative.

The sodium, potassium, chloride and bicarbonate could be calculated in one element e.g. sodium Na or with the charge, Na+.

In chemistry terms, they are known as salts because when they dissolve in water, e.g. NaCl, they dissolve into components known as electrolytes i.e. with charges of Na+ and Cl-. Table salt is NaCl. But like I said, the chemistry definition is somewhat different when it comes to salts.

This is probably a layman explaination. For details, you would have to look up chemistry links. I could have some loopholes somewhere coz this is Form 4 chemistry which was like so long ago.

At the end of the day, it's all about personal choice too.

The thing with bodybuilders is that normal nutrition rules do not necessarily apply to them in all cases. That's what I gather from malaysianPotato.

I suspect that the answer may lie in one of the many bodybuilding.com posts. The short time I had to glance too it, it had a lot of good information, including the mistakes to avoid that I'm currently seeing.

When you guys want to argue, argue with a bit more facts lah.

Ah me bad. Sorry for that.

When I see questions like these, I think it's time to update this link :

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/350964

There's always a danger of quoting someone else's work and not maintaining it well, especially when nutrition information changes every few months.