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0:00.0	Feeling a little run down from too many late nights or maybe just a bit too much holiday cheer?
0:06.8	Well, you may have been hearing about IV drip bars, promising to speed up your recovery.
0:13.7	But are these hangover cures and vitamin infusions really helping you?
0:17.6	Or are they just draining your wallet?
0:25.9	Music really helping you, or are they just draining your wallet? Hello and welcome to the Nutrition Diva podcast, where we take a closer look at nutrition
0:31.1	news, trends, and research so that you can make smarter choices about what you eat
0:36.3	and how you take care of your body.
0:38.8	I'm your host, Monica Reinagle, and today I want to talk about the rise in intravenous vitamin and hydration therapies
0:46.6	that are being sold directly to consumers. So I want to take a look at what's actually in those IV bags,
1:02.4	what the science says about their potential benefits and risks, and when or whether this kind of therapy really makes sense.
1:09.6	Intravenous therapy has been an important tool in the medical toolkit for nearly two centuries.
1:13.3	It started out as a way to rehydrate patients who were dying of cholera. And today, it is a standard hospital procedure. It's used to
1:19.3	deliver fluids and electrolytes, medications, and nutrients to people who cannot take them in orally,
1:26.9	or for whatever reason, need really rapid treatment.
1:30.2	So when someone arrives at the emergency room dangerously dehydrated, for example,
1:35.5	or maybe unable to keep any fluids down, an IV line can absolutely be life-saving.
1:43.2	But in recent years, this procedure has somehow migrated
1:47.9	from the ER into the wellness marketplace. Boutique Ivy drip lounges are now promising to
1:57.3	revive you after a long flight, or boost your immunity, or erase the effects of a night
2:03.3	of drinking, all while you relax in a recliner with cucumber water and soft lighting.
2:10.3	Now, many of these clinics are founded or staffed by physicians, often emergency room physicians,
2:21.2	who've discovered that offering these hospital-grade interventions to otherwise healthy people can be a lucrative business model. But do the benefits
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