How science-backed hydration can transform mine-site efficiency

Analysis conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology involving more than 400 healthy adults found that just 3% hydration loss caused attention to drop by 52%, motor coordination by 40% and executive function by 24%.

These effects are comparable to being over the legal alcohol limit.

In professional sport, every performance detail is measured, from hydration to recovery. But on mine sites, where focus, coordination, reaction time and physical effort are even more critical, hydration is often treated as an afterthought.

That’s something Toni McQuinn, founder of Brisbane-based hydration company Body Armour, is working to change.

“It’s pretty common for operators, or as we call them, industrial athletes, to be handed sugary hydration drinks filled with artificial colours and sweeteners,” McQuinn says.

“These are outdated products designed decades ago that haven’t evolved, but the science has.”

Read the full article over on The Australian Mining Review
🔗 Rethinking Hydration - The Performance Shift Mining Needs 

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