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Diuretics make a person pee a lot. And if you can stand being thirsty for a while, peeing a lot can make a person lose some weight, quickly but temporarily.
It's a fairly common trick in sports where people compete according to weight class. The athlete who is the heaviest in the class, probably also is the strongest.
So athletes train to be a little bit heavier than allowed, then try to squeeze by the weigh-in by various tricks.
Then they quickly drink quite a lot of water to get their strength back in time for the competition.
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prolonged use of diuretics may lead to deficiency in which electrolyte?
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