LETTER
Manufactured arguments: turning consensus into controversy does not advance science
Gatorade Sports Science Institute, 617 West Main Street, Barrington, IL 60010, USA;bob_murray@quakeroats.com
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In a recent article by Noakes and Speedy,1 the authors enthusiastically manufactured a number of arguments in an apparent attempt to bolster their opinion that malfeasance is afoot in the world of athlete hydration. Their primary contentions were:
- that the aetiology of exercise-associated hyponatraemia is in dispute;
- that the 1996 position stand of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends that athletes drink as much as they can tolerate, an advice that predisposes athletes to hyponatraemia; and
- that the ACSM made this recommendation to please a corporate sponsor.
Simply stated, each is a manufactured argument, in that the aetiology of exercise-associated hyponatraemia is well established, the ACSM wording is taken out of context, and the inference that there was a conspiracy to benefit corporate coffers at the expense of the athlete welfare is ludicrous and without basis. With that preface in mind, the Noakes and Speedy article warrants a
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