Welcome to the Doctor Burg, Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast.

Now, your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level.

Doctor Eric Burg.

Alright, so in this video we're going to discuss the symptom of excessive thirst, okay?

Now, the first thing I want to say is that a lot of people are drinking water,

just out of a habit.

Either they've been told to drink a lot of water or it's just a natural thing they're doing

but they're not really thirsty.

And that could be a problem.

If you're drinking a gallon of water or more, you're not exercising.

You may develop something called hyponatremia, which is a situation where you have low sodium in the body.

Think about this.

When you're drinking all this water without electrolytes and without salts,

you're actually diluting sodium.

So you're creating a sodium deficiency and that can set you up for all sorts of issues.

So number one, just drink when you're thirsty, okay?

And of course, if you're exercising, you're going to be drinking a lot more.

Number two, and this is probably the most common reason why someone has excessive thirst.

They have diabetes or they're pre-diabetic or they have blood sugar issues

because they have insulin resistance.

Realize this, wherever the sugar goes, the water follows.

So if you have all this sugar in your body and it's going into your bloodstream

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