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Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Electrolyte Powder: Benefits, Uses and Purposes

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

I want to clear up some confusion about electrolyte powder and explain why it’s so beneficial.


Electrolytes are electrically charged minerals. One of the main purposes of electrolytes is to power the nervous system, which powers the muscles and organs.


Electrolytes are responsible for important functions in the body, including:

• Nerve transmission

• Muscle contraction

• Fluid movement (hydration)

• pH

• Energy


Electrolyte deficiency can impact the body in many different ways. Side effects of electrolyte deficiency can include:

• Weakness

• Fatigue

• Brain fog

• Dehydration

• Palpitations

• Dizziness

• Cramps (especially at night)


Top causes of electrolyte deficiency:

• Consumption of refined carbs or sugar

• Diuretics

• Stress

• MSG

• Excess water consumption

• Vomiting

• Diarrhea

• Diabetes

• Sweating


Generally, two types of electrolytes are available: sport and regular. My Sports Hydration Electrolytes, for example, contain a different balance of potassium and sodium than my regular Electrolyte Powder.


This is because when you exercise and sweat, you need more sodium. It wouldn’t be a problem if you took my regular Electrolyte Powder while exercising, but you must take extra sea salt during the day.


Sodium and potassium are two vital electrolytes for the body, and it’s crucial to have them in the correct balance. The daily requirement for potassium is 4700 mg, which can be challenging to get from the diet alone.


You need to consume at least seven to ten cups of salad daily to get the potassium you need. This is why many people choose to enhance their diet with electrolyte powder.


If we look closer at different electrolyte powders, mine has more potassium and sodium by far. Other top brands only contain three electrolytes and insane amounts of sugar.


Compared to Dr. Berg Sports Hydration Electrolytes, which contain five electrolytes in much higher amounts, with trace minerals and zero sugar. It has organic stevia, natural flavoring, and no hidden maltodextrin.

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's a lot of confusion on electrolyte powder.

0:03.7

So I just want to clear this up.

0:05.3

It's actually a very interesting topic just to understand what an electrolyte really is.

0:10.3

So what is it?

0:11.3

Well, an electrolyte is an electrically charged element or mineral.

0:16.0

What does that mean? It's basically a mineral that is free allowing it to be an ion.

0:22.6

And what is that?

0:23.6

Well, normally if you've ever taken chemistry,

0:25.4

you'll see that it has either a negative or positive charge

0:29.3

around this mineral.

0:30.8

Without getting too tactical, all you need to know is these minerals when they're free are

0:36.1

ions, which means they can conduct electricity in water, so they have certain charges.

0:42.4

And then the body can use these different charged minerals to allow movement.

0:48.0

You can kind of think of it like a battery. In a battery you have minerals which are flowing electrons from one point to another creating this current.

0:57.4

So electrolytes contribute to this electrical phenomena that occurs in the body.

1:03.3

So I just want to give you a quick demo

1:05.0

to really make sure you get this concept

1:06.7

before we move on.

1:07.8

So check this out.

1:09.4

We have a light source, we have a power source,

1:12.1

it's plugged into the wall over here. You can see the cords and we have an incomplete circuit, okay, electrical circuit. We cut the wire and we put the wire into distilled water. Distilled water is water without minerals and without

1:28.4

electrolytes. Electrolytes are electrically charged minerals. Okay, so we have no conductivity here.

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