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Sep 18, 2026
Hope BlackHOST
So let's talk about the major ones when it comes to your electrolytes.
Hope BlackHOST
And that first one is sodium.
Hope BlackHOST
Sodium is the major positively charged ion in the extracellular fluid that your body holds.
Hope BlackHOST
It plays a critical role in maintaining fluid balance and blood volume.
Hope BlackHOST
And it's involved in nerve impulses, muscle contraction, and blood pressure regulation.
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Hope BlackHOST
High blood pressure equals heart disease.
Hope BlackHOST
Therefore, salt is bad.
Hope BlackHOST
Except physiologically, it's rarely that simple, guys, right? Sodium is essential.
Scott SherrGUEST
If you have brain fog, drink water.
Scott SherrGUEST
But a little bit of a nuance there is that water is better absorbed if it has a little bit of mineral with it, especially sodium.
Scott SherrGUEST
Sodium is salt, and a little bit of salt is going to make that hydration get into the body a little bit more.
Scott SherrGUEST
So Sodium is also a mineral that I forgot to mention, but it's a very, very important one too.
Karla Marie ManlyHOST
I'm like, I don't want to be doing this all day.
Karla Marie ManlyHOST
So then I drink less.
Karla Marie ManlyHOST
And so if we actually have something with sodium in it and other minerals that help us actually retain the water in a good way and absorb all of those wonderful minerals, because our food supply, things are so processed now, we are not getting the minerals that we might have gotten if we were living off the land when the land was clean.
Scott SherrGUEST
Exactly.
NathanHOST
Because...
NathanHOST
Their releases are Pinto, Zima, and Sodium.
GrayHOST
That's great.
GrayHOST
Man, these spicy meatball guys, they're on to something, dude.
John RojasGUEST
And then I include the potassium as well.
John RojasGUEST
And so sodium and potassium are two electrolytes that our body uses to regulate fluid.
John RojasGUEST
Sodium will regulate fluid to the tissue outside of the muscle.
John RojasGUEST
Potassium will pull fluid to inside the muscle.
John RojasGUEST
So potassium will give you a harder, fuller look.
Neal BarnardGUEST
Okay, let's talk about sodium.
Neal BarnardGUEST
A lot of people are concerned about sodium for blood pressure, of course.
Neal BarnardGUEST
Sodium also retains water, so it can make you gain water weight.
Neal BarnardGUEST
It's also, um, causes your kidneys to lose, um, uh, to lose some calcium, so sodium's got a lot of problems with it.
Neal BarnardGUEST
You do need a little bit of sodium, but you don't need too much.
Wardah AhmedHOST
I think you have a point there, but I think we kind of have to go to this point of these stores opening in general.
Wardah AhmedHOST
Did you see the story about Natrium? Natrium, it's this brand and they're very famous for their body washes.
Wardah AhmedHOST
Whether it's the glow oil one or whether it's the glycolic acid.
Wardah AhmedHOST
I don't know anything about it.
Ed DeleskyHOST
Nikki, why don't you dive in there?
Nicole AruffoHOST
Sodium is the first one.
Nicole AruffoHOST
So the saltier the meal, your body will hold on to all that water.
Nicole AruffoHOST
The salt sucks the water temporarily.
Alan McCubbinGUEST
We could only find five studies that have ever looked at this.
Alan McCubbinGUEST
A lot of them have methodological issues, but that aside, only one of them found a positive effect of sodium.
Alan McCubbinGUEST
And I think where that comes from is the fact that, again, sodium Sodium, the way it works in the body, it's about the relationship between sodium and water, not just the actual amount of sodium itself that seems to be important here.
Alan McCubbinGUEST
So in that one study where you do see a difference, it was actually during a 70.3 event in Spain, I think it was.
Alan McCubbinGUEST
And they basically took a bunch of participants, split them in half, gave half of them salt capsules, half of them placebo capsules, and then off you go and do your 70.3. And the ones that took the salt capsules were... faster.
Alan McCubbinGUEST
The carb intake was similar in both groups, but the fluid intake in the group that had the sodium capsules was higher than the group that had the placebo capsules.
Alan McCubbinGUEST
And we see that in other studies.
Alan McCubbinGUEST
We didn't see it in my five-hour study, but other Sodium studies have seen this same effect.
Steven CabralHOST
I still do it to this day, because I run more low blood pressure, which is a good thing, right? So, that's that.
Steven CabralHOST
Meaning, like, it's a good thing until it's not, right? If your blood pressure is too low, you're going to feel lightheaded, you're going to feel weak, you're going to feel lethargic, you're Sodium helps bring up blood pressure, and potassium and magnesium help bring it down.
Steven CabralHOST
But be careful supplementing with potassium.
Steven CabralHOST
We get it through foods with our individuals that we work with.
BeauHOST
Stanlow processes 20% of UK fuel needs, even a minor pause could cause a national crisis.
BeauHOST
Natrium makes vital dialysis chemicals, both Indian owned.
BeauHOST
Worrying, isn't it? It's worrying.
BeauHOST
You're quite right to flag all this stuff up.
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