Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“the diuretic is just to make you pee and flush out whatever else you've taken
a diuretic in itself is not performance enhancing
well............I don't think so...........I'm no expert, but I can't see that the desire to pee regularly is much of an advantage in a bike race.”
“the diuretic is just to make you pee and flush out whatever else you've taken
a diuretic in itself is not performance enhancing
well............I don't think so...........I'm no expert, but I can't see that the desire to pee regularly is much of an advantage in a bike race.”
Or fast fix weight loss - but 2 weeks into the tour I imagine most of the excess weight has gone.
I think generally it is to speed up getting stuff out the system.
A bit like a modern masking agent?



