S10 EP23: #WaterTok: Hydration or Sensation?
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Is hydration creation your thing? Unicorn cotton candy water is a thing now and we are questioning, once again, how did we get here? Today we are looking at the latest health and hydration trend to hit the interwebs: #Watertok. It has over 220 million views and some of the leading influencers have over a million followers.
We all know water is vital for survival. Some may find it quite boring and so that’s a bummer! And at times, we may need some help getting it down the gullet. So why not make it more fun and tasty and have a good time sharing water recipes in the process, because in the end, it’s just WATER! Or is it? Today we look at the good, the bad, and the ugly surrounding this mixology trend. Does it fall more into the “healthy” or “harmful” category? Have a listen, be informed and as always, fill your cup to replenish your body and mind in the way that works best for you!
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:08:45) What is #Watertok?
(00:20:40) A means for weight loss surgery patients with water nausea to tolerate water intake
(00:27:12) The importance of hydration down to a cellular level
(00:35:09) Consuming artificial flavors, sweeteners, dyes and coloring on a daily basis
(00:41:25) Concern for gut biome health and its delicate balance
(00:48:19) Using flavored water as a weight loss tool is part of toxic diet culture
(00:49:40) Recognize new trends, be informed and choose your own path
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| 0:00.0 | using water and like flavoring it with all kinds of shit and then saying this is how I'll put off |
| 0:07.5 | eating or this is how I will satisfy this food craving. That is a bad relationship with food. |
| 0:14.4 | And I'm never going to say that a beverage should be any kind of good alternative for food, |
| 0:22.7 | even if it's a food that you consider it to be non-nutricious. |
| 0:28.8 | Hi, guys, and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. I'm Kelsey. Welcome back, |
| 0:33.7 | guys. I'm Rachel. And we are going to ruin your joy today. We're taking all the fun out of everything. And we know it. We know it. We just can't help ourselves. Today we're here to ruin your joy. Here's the thing. There's a lot of topics where we come in and you guys think we're going to go one way |
| 0:58.9 | and tear something down. |
| 1:02.7 | And we totally surprise you. |
| 1:05.4 | We totally come in on the other end and you're like, oh, it is okay. |
| 1:10.1 | It's totally fine. And I'm not saying we're going to go |
| 1:13.3 | the different direction with like nothing is okay because of moderation for all. But, |
| 1:18.3 | you know, today's probably not one of those days. So if you are one of my emotional support water bottle giles. Have you seen those memes? Here's her. Yeah. Yeah. Have you seen those |
| 1:35.7 | memes where it's like the girl's just carrying like a large barrel? It's like how big can our emotional water like like, bottle get? Like, it's, um, you know, |
| 1:47.4 | we go big. Those, you know, we like it big. Have you seen the, like, husbands pretending |
| 1:52.4 | their, their wives with their, like, giant Stanley? Then they get, they get, like, trash barrels. |
| 1:58.1 | And they're like, what? I just bring bring i just say to stay hydrated like it kills |
| 2:03.7 | me like i just think it's so oddly accurate then they one guy had um this like uh he had a trash |
| 2:14.9 | barrel that he had taped a handle too it was his Stanley and then he had like |
| 2:19.9 | this like small round thing it was supposed to be a cup holder and he's like it just doesn't fit |
| 2:23.9 | it doesn't make sense why it doesn't fit four pounds of stuff in a two pound bag uh no i like |
| 2:33.7 | so there's a thing. |
| 2:35.4 | There's a hydration craze. |
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