Lunchtime! I am taking part in a dehydration study at Mayo Clinic today and tomorrow. They gave me rationed meals today so that they could control the exact amount of sodium and water that I ingested in a 24 hour period.They expect me to eat all of the food and beverage provided, and no more or less during my 24 hour preparation period. I was not allowed to drink alcohol or caffeine 24 hours prior to the study, give blood within the previous 30 days, nor strenuously exercise or participate in any of the aforementioned activities during the day of. I also ate a breakfast and a dinner, but those were in the CRU kitchen. They were mildly upset at breakfast when I did not lick the butter off of my knife.
