Electrolytes

Sliced Bread

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Do drinks and powders with electrolytes help to hydrate you better?

Listener Rob got in touch as he?s recently taken up a new sport and wants to know if electrolytes can help his performance and recovery. He?s seen lots of adverts on social media for drinks and powders containing electrolytes that claim to hydrate you better than just plain water. But do they?

To find the answers, Greg speaks to Graeme Close, Professor of Human Physiology and Head of the Research Institute for Sports and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University.

All our investigations start with YOUR suggestions. If you've seen an ad, trend or wonder product promising to make you happier, healthier or greener, email us at [email protected] OR send a voicenote to our WhatsApp number 07543 306807

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0:00.0	Hello, podcast fan.
0:03.0	Consider this your invite to the UK's biggest podcasting party.
0:06.7	We're heading to Sheffield from the 4th to the 6th of July
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0:47.2	Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that investigates the wonder products promising to make you happier, healthier or greener.
0:56.0	Each episode, I run one of your suggested wonder products through the evidence mill to find out if it is indeed the best thing since sliced bread or marketing BS.
1:01.0	And this week I'm joined by Rob Smith from Lemington Spa. Hello Rob.
1:02.0	Hi Greg.
1:03.0	Welcome to the studio.
1:04.0	Thank you.
1:05.0	Tell us the wonder product that you'd like us to investigate today and why you would like to know if it is SB or BS.
1:10.0	Yeah, so today I'd love to look at hydration products.
1:13.6	Seemingly drinking water is not enough anymore.
1:16.6	I lead a fairly full life, busy, professional career, and at home, my wife and I have just had twins.
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