There are several possible disadvantages: unnecessary expenses; reducing the drink's palatability and gastrointestinal symptoms due to excess sodium in the drink; the risk of developing hypertension in susceptible people (especially due to the use of electrolyte supplements by people engaged in recreational fitness). It is important to understand that the electrolyte needs of the average person who trains for 1-1.5 hours in a temperate climate (or indoors) and athletes who train for 2 or more hours in hot and/or humid conditions, losing huge amounts of sweat and sodium, are very different.