October 27, 2025 • 14 mins
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Your water bottle might be working against you—or it might be the missing link. We unpack how sodium, potassium, and magnesium actually drive hydration, muscle contraction, and nerve function, then map those fundamentals to real training lives: long runs, hot studios, desert heat, and the everyday desk-to-gym grind. No fluff, no extremes—just a clear path to smarter hydration.
We start with the physiology and a high-heat deployment story that shows why plain water can leave you woozy when sweat pours. From there, we pressure-test popular sports drinks, zero-sugar blends, and high-sodium packets against what your body really needs. You’ll learn when electrolytes improve performance, how to spot overhyped formulas, and why dose and context matter more than brand. We also tackle blood pressure worries with nuance, showing how both too little and too much sodium can backfire and how to use a simple home cuff to personalize your intake.
If you train longer than 45 to 60 minutes, sweat heavily, or eat low-carb, you’ll hear practical ways to benefit—like a DIY salty lemonade with adjustable sodium and optional coconut water for potassium, plus separate magnesium for cramps and recovery. If your workouts are short and your meals balanced, you’ll learn why water and salting food may be enough. By the end, you’ll have a simple framework for choosing, dosing, and timing electrolytes without overspending or overdoing it.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Electrolytes, are they actually worth it?
Or just expensive flavoredwater?
Okay, so electrolytes have beenquite trendy.
I think there's been a lot offitness trends, and if you're
not maybe super involved in thehealth and fitness space, you
may not realize this.
Um, but I think there's been acouple things that have come
(00:22):
into play.
Things like running, um, runningmarathons, ultra marathons, the
highrox training, that hasbecome popular recently.
So, with that, I believe uheducation around electrolytes
because you are sweating forlonger durations, so
replenishing your electrolytesnot only with just water, but
(00:43):
the nutrients and the mineralslike sodium, potassium, and
magnesium is important.
So these are important, but aswith everything, there comes a
little nuance because I don'tknow if you saw, but there's
also a couple news stories aboutpeople drinking too many
electrolytes to the point wherethey get hospitalized because
they were taking too much andthey didn't need it.
(01:05):
So I'm going to educate youtoday to see if, based on your
current, you know, lifestyle andfitness regimen, if
supplementing with electrolytesis worth it for you, um, or if
you can skip it.
Alright, so let's get started.
So, like I said, electrolytes,what are they?
(01:27):
They're basically just mineralslike sodium, potassium, and
magnesium that keep your bodybalanced.
They help regulate hydration,nerve function, and muscle
contraction.
And let me give you um anexample on the extreme end of
the spectrum for people whowould need electrolytes.
(01:47):
This is a personal story from myhusband.
So we kind of heard the one endwhere the this woman, I remember
specifically, I don't rememberthe actual details, but this
woman was drinking electrolyteslike as her only form of drink,
and she ended up beinghospitalized because she had
like too many electrolytes inher system and it was dangerous.
But on the other end of thespectrum, for people who need
it, so when my husband wasdeployed to the Middle East, it
(02:10):
was over 120 degrees in thedesert where he was at, and they
had to wear, you know, fullgear.
Uh they're made of this thickcanvas, not super breathable.
You're wearing a helmet, you'recarrying all this stuff, and
you're walking around in thatheat.
And the water they had overthere was actually not plain
water because if you just drankplain water, your body flushes
(02:34):
everything out, right?
When you drink water, you're youpee, it helps you flush out
excess salt and minerals, um,well, and it flushes out all
your electrolytes.
So if you're not replenishingthem, you actually get more
dehydrated from drinking toomuch plain water, um, and it can
make you feel like crap.
So that can actually besomething because there is that
trend of um, you know, drinkwater, drink water, drink water.
(02:57):
And I feel like we were drinkinglike a lot of water there for a
little bit, but we weren'tthinking, like, are we peeing
out too much of ourelectrolytes?
Um, but, anyways, back to myhusband, he uh all the water
bottles they had, they had thisuh electrolyte solution in it.
He said it did not taste thatgreat, but whatever they put in
there, they did it becauseyou're sweating so much that it
(03:19):
just it kept you at bay, it keptyou from not passing out, it
replenished your electrolytes,replenished your fluids.
Um, and a very simple form.
This is kind of why you see likethe Gatorade ads, you know.
And Gatorade actually, comparedto a lot of um electrolyte
blends nowadays, is not thatgreat.
When I look at the back, it's uhyou know, very minimal salt and
(03:41):
very minimal sugar.
And if you get the sugar free,you're not even getting the
sugar, which again, this willalso depend on your individual
needs.
There's different blends ofelectrolytes.
So if you did want some sort ofelectrolytes, you can actually
get it based on your needs.
I'm going to drop some of thosethings here in a second.
So let's kind of go into thepros of electrolytes, okay?
(04:03):
Because I listed some pros here.
So they can help if you'resweating a lot.
So we kind of covered this abit.
So if you're somebody who is abig sweater, um, you know,
you're going to be running alot, doing longer-term exercise.
Um, usually, if you'reexercising over like 45 minutes
to an hour and you're sweating alot, it could probably benefit
(04:25):
like regularly to do a littlebit more electrolytes.
Also, it can be a one-off thingif you're a little bit sweatier
that day and you want to justget that boost of a little bit
of electrolytes, that could helpas well.
You don't have to drink it andconsume them every single day.
Um, I know for me personally, Iwas actually worried with
electrolytes because you know,you always hear, oh my god, a
(04:48):
lot of sodium is going to makeyour blood pressure higher.
And that was one of the bigconcerns for me with
electrolytes because I always Ihave normal blood pressure, but
I think I get white coatsyndrome and I'm always like
borderline.
And I was like, oh man, if Ihave extra salt, like my my
heart rate's gonna go up evenhigher.
Well, me, I I am a big sweaterwhen I work out, and I'm
(05:10):
teaching at least three to fourclasses a week.
I'm always dripping sweat on topof my own workouts, so I was
like, okay, and and also mydiet, which is something else
you can think of, I don't add alot of salt to my diet.
I I eat, you know, healthyfoods.
Of course, I go out to eat onceor twice a week, and that
probably has a buttload ofsodium in it.
Um, but for the most part, mysodium intake is low.
(05:33):
And laugh at me if you want.
But what I did was I actuallychatted with Chat GPT and I
said, This is what I eat everyday, and feel free to do this
yourself.
This is kind of what I eat.
Here, here's the general foods Ieat.
How much sodium am I intaking?
And this is my activity leveland my height and weight and
everything.
And again, take with a grain ofsalt, no pun intended, because
(05:54):
you know, chat GPT can be wrong,you gotta fact-check it.
But it did break down how muchsodium I was taking in, and it
said for me with my thyroid,which again I fact-checked all
this.
Um, you do tend to need a littlebit more sodium if you have
thyroid issues, and and due tome sweating more, moving more,
not salting my foodintentionally, I could uh
benefit to consume more salt.
(06:16):
And there actually is moreresearch out there saying that
if you under consume salt, thatcan also raise your blood
pressure.
So you gotta kind of find thissweet spot.
Now, if you're somebody who haspre-existing conditions, you
know, you're prone to high bloodpressure, um, any heart issues
or things like that where you doneed to limit your salt intake,
then yes, follow thoseguidelines, follow your doctor's
(06:39):
advice.
But some people, it could be thereverse where you need a little
bit more.
Um, so me personally, what Istarted doing, I'm gonna share
my little salty lemonadeconcoction because here's my
individual story that maybe youcan relate to is when I see the
big brands like Element, um,liquid IV, they have crazy
amounts of sodium.
(07:00):
I think they have like athousand milligrams, maybe a
little bit more.
I felt like I didn't quite needthat much.
So, what I do is I take a truelemon lemonade packet.
It's 10 calories, uh, one gramof sugar, no salt.
It just tastes like lemonade.
I put that in my water, and thenI take a fourth of a teaspoon of
salt.
It took me a while to get up tothat.
I've been using a little bit ofa pinch.
(07:21):
Then I found the fourth of ateaspoon, which is about 500
milligrams of salt.
So definitely more reasonable.
And I mean, if you use elementor something, you could
technically just use half thepacket.
I just like it simple.
I liked the salty lemonade.
Um, something else that I didthat's really cool.
I haven't shared these yet, butI think it's McCormick.
They came out with thesefinishing salts that I love.
(07:42):
So that I also do this too.
I have a brown sugar one, orbrown butter sugar, or salt,
whatever, and then I have awatermelon lime one.
And you're supposed to literallyjust sprinkle it on top of like
food or whatever.
So when I have my pancakes inthe morning, I put brown butter
salt on it, and then thewatermelon lime salt, sometimes
I'll use that as my fourth of ateaspoon in my lemon water for a
(08:04):
nice little like lemonwatermelon lime twist.
And it's so good.
I love it.
Um, and what I did, I've beendoing it for a couple months
now.
Uh, I feel good, I feelenergized, I have good energy.
I got my blood work taken at thedoctor's office, it's still
normal.
I have an at-home blood pressurecuff.
My my blood pressure has notchanged, so my little experiment
(08:25):
worked.
So that's something that youcould do as well.
Maybe monitor your bloodpressure.
Um, you can get a cuff reallycheap off Amazon, or if your
local like pharmacy or grocerystore has it, you can check it
out there and see where it's at.
Start adding the salt inregularly after you know six to
eight weeks or so.
Take your blood pressure again.
Is it still the same?
Then you're probably okay.
And and the goal here too is tomake sure you're hydrating
(08:47):
enough with water as well.
Because remember that one womanwho was just like straight
electrolytes, like in thehospital, right?
We want to we want to balance itwith a lot of water.
Um, you know, maybe just yourfirst drink of the day should
have a little bit ofelectrolytes in it, and then the
rest could be plain water,right?
So just some things to thinkabout there.
That's my personal experiencewith it.
(09:08):
Um, some other pros toelectrolytes is it could be
useful if you have a low-carbketo diet since your body
flushes sodium more quickly, andit can actually reduce muscle
cramps or fatigue for somepeople, which is true.
It's particularly the magnesium,um, which I take a magnesium
pill for since I'm just usingthe salt part because we did
(09:30):
talk about potassium and things.
Um, I have a multivitamin, I eata banana every day.
I haven't really had issues withmuscle cramping since I have
been doing this, um, especiallywith the magnesium.
But getting back to thedifferent brands that you can
look into, you know, again, theyhave different blends of
vitamins and minerals.
Like, for instance, body armor,which I really like, is
(09:52):
considered an electrolyte drink.
But what I like about it is Irecommend that to people who
want to limit their salt becauseuh body armor, at least the
light versions, I think theregular versions are the same
way, they don't have any anysodium in them, but they have
other vitamins and minerals.
Um, again, proceed with cautionbecause if you take a
multivitamin and the body armor,depending on how big of a drink,
(10:15):
because they have a ton ofdifferent sizes, you could be
getting too much of a certainvitamin or mineral.
So just make sure to cross-checkit with whatever you're taking.
But like, if you don't take anyvitamins and your diet's kind of
like meh, like having a bodyarmor could be potentially
helpful, right?
I like it, it tastes good, um,it's easy.
There's so many now coming out.
(10:35):
I feel like it's starting to geta little bit gimmicky, like
people are hopping on the trend.
At the end of the day, you know,just evaluate your needs and see
ultimately what you need, likeexactly kind of like what I did.
I was like, I don't, I'm not amarathon runner, like I'm not
doing two-hour-long workouts, Idon't need like a thousand plus
milligrams of salt.
Um, I just want to have thislittle boost because I feel like
(10:55):
I'm undergetting it in my dietand things, and it works.
So that's what I do.
Um, and then let's kind of gointo the cons of electrolytes,
okay?
So if you're just somebody who'slike a casual workout person,
you don't sweat a lot, you'rejust you know working a desk
job, maybe maybe you don't evenhave a s a steady routine, you
just work out maybe a day, aweek, and then two days a week,
(11:18):
and it's whatever.
You probably don't need itunless you were eating a super
low salt diet, like very blandfoods, like unseasoned,
unsalted, potentially it couldbe beneficial.
Um, but you probably don't needit, okay?
And then some drinks are ofthose pre-mixed ones, are loaded
with sugar, fillers, or theunnecessary extras.
(11:40):
So that kind of gets back to thebody armor.
Um, I don't think it's a baddrink, but for the wrong person,
it could be.
Um, like there's a good amountof zinc in there, and you can
actually consume too much zinc,and it does have potentially
negative side effects.
There are some vitamins andminerals that, like, if you
quote unquote overdose on them,you just pee them out, but
(12:01):
there's others that build up inyour system.
So you have to kind of do yourresearch there and see if you're
really interested in takingelectrolytes to do what's best
for you.
Um, at the very least, though, Ithink for anybody who's
interested, I would just mixyour own blend because then you
can control what's in it.
Like, you could just do a littlepinch of salt where you're
probably only getting like100-200 milligrams of salt.
(12:22):
Um, you know, you can addcoconut water for potassium and
additional electrolytes.
Like they have a ton of littlelike cocktails out there that
you can look up uh to make yourown tasty little drink.
Okay, so that would be myrecommendation if you're you're
sketched out about getting maybea pre-mixed one.
Okay.
Um, and then the other thing isthey can be overpriced.
(12:42):
When when water in a balancedmeal might do the job, right?
Like salting your food andeating enough potassium and
magnesium, you can get all ofthese things through your diet,
right?
But again, the drinks there forthe convenience, and me too,
personally, I just like thesalty lemonade.
Like the taste encourages me todrink more water, so it works
for me.
And this always goes back toevaluate your current situation,
(13:05):
look at your body and yourneeds, and see what works best.
Um, and if you're actuallyreally confused, I have no
problem.
If you want to shoot me amessage like on Instagram, you
could drop it in the podcasthere and and kind of give me a
rundown of your lifestyle, I'dbe happy to kind of give you
some recommendations and guideyou in the right direction with
that to to kind of help confirm,hey, you probably could benefit
(13:28):
from this, or maybe you don'tneed electrolytes, right?
But I'm hoping that this podcastepisode alone will definitely
help.
But what what do I think theverdict is, right?
Are electrolytes worth it?
I think at the end of the daythat it's worth it if you're
someone who trains hard, yousweat a lot, um, or you're on a
lower carb diet and maybe don'tget as much sodium in your diet.
(13:53):
I would skip it though, ifyou're doing a light workout,
you're already hydrated throughfood and water, you have a
balanced diet, you don't haveany issues, like you're not
feeling any fatigue, um, bloodpressure's good, all that stuff.
I I wouldn't stress it, right?
So, yeah, that is my thoughts onelectrolytes.
Me personally, I love using theelectrolytes in moderation.
(14:17):
I make my own concoction.
I have tried all the brands,I've I've experimented, and at
the end of the day, I alwayscome back to my salty lemonade.
So if you find something thatworks for you, um, whether it's
through diet, whether it'sthrough drink, I think whatever
you're gonna be able to stick toand fit your needs is the best
option.
So thank you for tuning in,guys.
Uh, that is it for today'spodcast, and I will catch you in
(14:40):
the next one.
Electrolytes, are they actually worth it?
Or just expensive flavoredwater?
Okay, so electrolytes have beenquite trendy.
I think there's been a lot offitness trends, and if you're
not maybe super involved in thehealth and fitness space, you
may not realize this.
Um, but I think there's been acouple things that have come
(00:22):
into play.
Things like running, um, runningmarathons, ultra marathons, the
highrox training, that hasbecome popular recently.
So, with that, I believe uheducation around electrolytes
because you are sweating forlonger durations, so
replenishing your electrolytesnot only with just water, but
(00:43):
the nutrients and the mineralslike sodium, potassium, and
magnesium is important.
So these are important, but aswith everything, there comes a
little nuance because I don'tknow if you saw, but there's
also a couple news stories aboutpeople drinking too many
electrolytes to the point wherethey get hospitalized because
they were taking too much andthey didn't need it.
(01:05):
So I'm going to educate youtoday to see if, based on your
current, you know, lifestyle andfitness regimen, if
supplementing with electrolytesis worth it for you, um, or if
you can skip it.
Alright, so let's get started.
So, like I said, electrolytes,what are they?
(01:27):
They're basically just mineralslike sodium, potassium, and
magnesium that keep your bodybalanced.
They help regulate hydration,nerve function, and muscle
contraction.
And let me give you um anexample on the extreme end of
the spectrum for people whowould need electrolytes.
(01:47):
This is a personal story from myhusband.
So we kind of heard the one endwhere the this woman, I remember
specifically, I don't rememberthe actual details, but this
woman was drinking electrolyteslike as her only form of drink,
and she ended up beinghospitalized because she had
like too many electrolytes inher system and it was dangerous.
But on the other end of thespectrum, for people who need
it, so when my husband wasdeployed to the Middle East, it
(02:10):
was over 120 degrees in thedesert where he was at, and they
had to wear, you know, fullgear.
Uh they're made of this thickcanvas, not super breathable.
You're wearing a helmet, you'recarrying all this stuff, and
you're walking around in thatheat.
And the water they had overthere was actually not plain
water because if you just drankplain water, your body flushes
(02:34):
everything out, right?
When you drink water, you're youpee, it helps you flush out
excess salt and minerals, um,well, and it flushes out all
your electrolytes.
So if you're not replenishingthem, you actually get more
dehydrated from drinking toomuch plain water, um, and it can
make you feel like crap.
So that can actually besomething because there is that
trend of um, you know, drinkwater, drink water, drink water.
(02:57):
And I feel like we were drinkinglike a lot of water there for a
little bit, but we weren'tthinking, like, are we peeing
out too much of ourelectrolytes?
Um, but, anyways, back to myhusband, he uh all the water
bottles they had, they had thisuh electrolyte solution in it.
He said it did not taste thatgreat, but whatever they put in
there, they did it becauseyou're sweating so much that it
(03:19):
just it kept you at bay, it keptyou from not passing out, it
replenished your electrolytes,replenished your fluids.
Um, and a very simple form.
This is kind of why you see likethe Gatorade ads, you know.
And Gatorade actually, comparedto a lot of um electrolyte
blends nowadays, is not thatgreat.
When I look at the back, it's uhyou know, very minimal salt and
(03:41):
very minimal sugar.
And if you get the sugar free,you're not even getting the
sugar, which again, this willalso depend on your individual
needs.
There's different blends ofelectrolytes.
So if you did want some sort ofelectrolytes, you can actually
get it based on your needs.
I'm going to drop some of thosethings here in a second.
So let's kind of go into thepros of electrolytes, okay?
(04:03):
Because I listed some pros here.
So they can help if you'resweating a lot.
So we kind of covered this abit.
So if you're somebody who is abig sweater, um, you know,
you're going to be running alot, doing longer-term exercise.
Um, usually, if you'reexercising over like 45 minutes
to an hour and you're sweating alot, it could probably benefit
(04:25):
like regularly to do a littlebit more electrolytes.
Also, it can be a one-off thingif you're a little bit sweatier
that day and you want to justget that boost of a little bit
of electrolytes, that could helpas well.
You don't have to drink it andconsume them every single day.
Um, I know for me personally, Iwas actually worried with
electrolytes because you know,you always hear, oh my god, a
(04:48):
lot of sodium is going to makeyour blood pressure higher.
And that was one of the bigconcerns for me with
electrolytes because I always Ihave normal blood pressure, but
I think I get white coatsyndrome and I'm always like
borderline.
And I was like, oh man, if Ihave extra salt, like my my
heart rate's gonna go up evenhigher.
Well, me, I I am a big sweaterwhen I work out, and I'm
(05:10):
teaching at least three to fourclasses a week.
I'm always dripping sweat on topof my own workouts, so I was
like, okay, and and also mydiet, which is something else
you can think of, I don't add alot of salt to my diet.
I I eat, you know, healthyfoods.
Of course, I go out to eat onceor twice a week, and that
probably has a buttload ofsodium in it.
Um, but for the most part, mysodium intake is low.
(05:33):
And laugh at me if you want.
But what I did was I actuallychatted with Chat GPT and I
said, This is what I eat everyday, and feel free to do this
yourself.
This is kind of what I eat.
Here, here's the general foods Ieat.
How much sodium am I intaking?
And this is my activity leveland my height and weight and
everything.
And again, take with a grain ofsalt, no pun intended, because
(05:54):
you know, chat GPT can be wrong,you gotta fact-check it.
But it did break down how muchsodium I was taking in, and it
said for me with my thyroid,which again I fact-checked all
this.
Um, you do tend to need a littlebit more sodium if you have
thyroid issues, and and due tome sweating more, moving more,
not salting my foodintentionally, I could uh
benefit to consume more salt.
(06:16):
And there actually is moreresearch out there saying that
if you under consume salt, thatcan also raise your blood
pressure.
So you gotta kind of find thissweet spot.
Now, if you're somebody who haspre-existing conditions, you
know, you're prone to high bloodpressure, um, any heart issues
or things like that where you doneed to limit your salt intake,
then yes, follow thoseguidelines, follow your doctor's
(06:39):
advice.
But some people, it could be thereverse where you need a little
bit more.
Um, so me personally, what Istarted doing, I'm gonna share
my little salty lemonadeconcoction because here's my
individual story that maybe youcan relate to is when I see the
big brands like Element, um,liquid IV, they have crazy
amounts of sodium.
(07:00):
I think they have like athousand milligrams, maybe a
little bit more.
I felt like I didn't quite needthat much.
So, what I do is I take a truelemon lemonade packet.
It's 10 calories, uh, one gramof sugar, no salt.
It just tastes like lemonade.
I put that in my water, and thenI take a fourth of a teaspoon of
salt.
It took me a while to get up tothat.
I've been using a little bit ofa pinch.
(07:21):
Then I found the fourth of ateaspoon, which is about 500
milligrams of salt.
So definitely more reasonable.
And I mean, if you use elementor something, you could
technically just use half thepacket.
I just like it simple.
I liked the salty lemonade.
Um, something else that I didthat's really cool.
I haven't shared these yet, butI think it's McCormick.
They came out with thesefinishing salts that I love.
(07:42):
So that I also do this too.
I have a brown sugar one, orbrown butter sugar, or salt,
whatever, and then I have awatermelon lime one.
And you're supposed to literallyjust sprinkle it on top of like
food or whatever.
So when I have my pancakes inthe morning, I put brown butter
salt on it, and then thewatermelon lime salt, sometimes
I'll use that as my fourth of ateaspoon in my lemon water for a
(08:04):
nice little like lemonwatermelon lime twist.
And it's so good.
I love it.
Um, and what I did, I've beendoing it for a couple months
now.
Uh, I feel good, I feelenergized, I have good energy.
I got my blood work taken at thedoctor's office, it's still
normal.
I have an at-home blood pressurecuff.
My my blood pressure has notchanged, so my little experiment
(08:25):
worked.
So that's something that youcould do as well.
Maybe monitor your bloodpressure.
Um, you can get a cuff reallycheap off Amazon, or if your
local like pharmacy or grocerystore has it, you can check it
out there and see where it's at.
Start adding the salt inregularly after you know six to
eight weeks or so.
Take your blood pressure again.
Is it still the same?
Then you're probably okay.
And and the goal here too is tomake sure you're hydrating
(08:47):
enough with water as well.
Because remember that one womanwho was just like straight
electrolytes, like in thehospital, right?
We want to we want to balance itwith a lot of water.
Um, you know, maybe just yourfirst drink of the day should
have a little bit ofelectrolytes in it, and then the
rest could be plain water,right?
So just some things to thinkabout there.
That's my personal experiencewith it.
(09:08):
Um, some other pros toelectrolytes is it could be
useful if you have a low-carbketo diet since your body
flushes sodium more quickly, andit can actually reduce muscle
cramps or fatigue for somepeople, which is true.
It's particularly the magnesium,um, which I take a magnesium
pill for since I'm just usingthe salt part because we did
(09:30):
talk about potassium and things.
Um, I have a multivitamin, I eata banana every day.
I haven't really had issues withmuscle cramping since I have
been doing this, um, especiallywith the magnesium.
But getting back to thedifferent brands that you can
look into, you know, again, theyhave different blends of
vitamins and minerals.
Like, for instance, body armor,which I really like, is
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considered an electrolyte drink.
But what I like about it is Irecommend that to people who
want to limit their salt becauseuh body armor, at least the
light versions, I think theregular versions are the same
way, they don't have any anysodium in them, but they have
other vitamins and minerals.
Um, again, proceed with cautionbecause if you take a
multivitamin and the body armor,depending on how big of a drink,
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because they have a ton ofdifferent sizes, you could be
getting too much of a certainvitamin or mineral.
So just make sure to cross-checkit with whatever you're taking.
But like, if you don't take anyvitamins and your diet's kind of
like meh, like having a bodyarmor could be potentially
helpful, right?
I like it, it tastes good, um,it's easy.
There's so many now coming out.
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I feel like it's starting to geta little bit gimmicky, like
people are hopping on the trend.
At the end of the day, you know,just evaluate your needs and see
ultimately what you need, likeexactly kind of like what I did.
I was like, I don't, I'm not amarathon runner, like I'm not
doing two-hour-long workouts, Idon't need like a thousand plus
milligrams of salt.
Um, I just want to have thislittle boost because I feel like
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I'm undergetting it in my dietand things, and it works.
So that's what I do.
Um, and then let's kind of gointo the cons of electrolytes,
okay?
So if you're just somebody who'slike a casual workout person,
you don't sweat a lot, you'rejust you know working a desk
job, maybe maybe you don't evenhave a s a steady routine, you
just work out maybe a day, aweek, and then two days a week,
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and it's whatever.
You probably don't need itunless you were eating a super
low salt diet, like very blandfoods, like unseasoned,
unsalted, potentially it couldbe beneficial.
Um, but you probably don't needit, okay?
And then some drinks are ofthose pre-mixed ones, are loaded
with sugar, fillers, or theunnecessary extras.
(11:40):
So that kind of gets back to thebody armor.
Um, I don't think it's a baddrink, but for the wrong person,
it could be.
Um, like there's a good amountof zinc in there, and you can
actually consume too much zinc,and it does have potentially
negative side effects.
There are some vitamins andminerals that, like, if you
quote unquote overdose on them,you just pee them out, but
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there's others that build up inyour system.
So you have to kind of do yourresearch there and see if you're
really interested in takingelectrolytes to do what's best
for you.
Um, at the very least, though, Ithink for anybody who's
interested, I would just mixyour own blend because then you
can control what's in it.
Like, you could just do a littlepinch of salt where you're
probably only getting like100-200 milligrams of salt.
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Um, you know, you can addcoconut water for potassium and
additional electrolytes.
Like they have a ton of littlelike cocktails out there that
you can look up uh to make yourown tasty little drink.
Okay, so that would be myrecommendation if you're you're
sketched out about getting maybea pre-mixed one.
Okay.
Um, and then the other thing isthey can be overpriced.
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When when water in a balancedmeal might do the job, right?
Like salting your food andeating enough potassium and
magnesium, you can get all ofthese things through your diet,
right?
But again, the drinks there forthe convenience, and me too,
personally, I just like thesalty lemonade.
Like the taste encourages me todrink more water, so it works
for me.
And this always goes back toevaluate your current situation,
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look at your body and yourneeds, and see what works best.
Um, and if you're actuallyreally confused, I have no
problem.
If you want to shoot me amessage like on Instagram, you
could drop it in the podcasthere and and kind of give me a
rundown of your lifestyle, I'dbe happy to kind of give you
some recommendations and guideyou in the right direction with
that to to kind of help confirm,hey, you probably could benefit
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from this, or maybe you don'tneed electrolytes, right?
But I'm hoping that this podcastepisode alone will definitely
help.
But what what do I think theverdict is, right?
Are electrolytes worth it?
I think at the end of the daythat it's worth it if you're
someone who trains hard, yousweat a lot, um, or you're on a
lower carb diet and maybe don'tget as much sodium in your diet.
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I would skip it though, ifyou're doing a light workout,
you're already hydrated throughfood and water, you have a
balanced diet, you don't haveany issues, like you're not
feeling any fatigue, um, bloodpressure's good, all that stuff.
I I wouldn't stress it, right?
So, yeah, that is my thoughts onelectrolytes.
Me personally, I love using theelectrolytes in moderation.
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I make my own concoction.
I have tried all the brands,I've I've experimented, and at
the end of the day, I alwayscome back to my salty lemonade.
So if you find something thatworks for you, um, whether it's
through diet, whether it'sthrough drink, I think whatever
you're gonna be able to stick toand fit your needs is the best
option.
So thank you for tuning in,guys.
Uh, that is it for today'spodcast, and I will catch you in
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the next one.
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