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today we’re going to talk about the six

mistakes that you could make

drinking water so let’s start with the

first one drinking too much water now is

this possible yes it is especially when

you force yourself to drink all this

water especially without the

electrolytes that help you

deal with this extra water and i know

there’s a lot of gurus out there that

say the most important thing you need to

keep drinking drinking drinking a lot of

water right

as that’s the absolute most important

thing you can do

you should drink a gallon of water a day

well that’s fine but are you exercising

are you sweating are you taking

electrolytes are you taking enough sea

salt what happens when you drink

too much water you can dilute

electrolytes specifically salt

and you can create a condition called

hypopatremia where there’s not enough

sodium in your blood

and that actually is a form of

dehydration so it is possible that

drinking too much water can put you in a

situation where you’re dehydrated and i

just want to make a point i’m not

against water you just need to drink the

right amount hopefully you have the

sensation of thirst that can tell you

when you’re thirsty now on the flip side

if you are prone to kidney stones you

should be drinking at least two and a

half liters of fluid a day because the

kidney stone develops in a super

saturated concentration of urine so if

you’re drinking enough water um it’s

almost impossible to develop a stone and

so should we all drink exactly eight

glasses of water a day it really depends

on a lot of variables that i’m going to

get into in this video so the point of

number one is just make sure you’re not

forcing yourself to drink

gallons of water because people have

died from the condition called

hyponatremia and i will put that link

down below all right number two

drinking water too quickly now this is

not like a major point it’s a minor

point but when you drink water too fast

sometimes the sodium in your blood

doesn’t have a chance to help balance

this fluid and that’s one of sodium’s

jobs is to help balance fluid inside and

outside the cell and so when you’re

forcing too quickly too much water in

your body

that can actually create some swelling

especially if it’s a lot of water

because of what happens to sodium sodium

will start going into the cell too fast

and you’ll be deficient outside the cell

so it creates this in balance situations

so when you drink water do it at a pace

that is not too fast all right number

three

having this idea that you’re getting all

your hydration from other fluids like

coffee

tea

maybe alcohol which completely

dehydrates you soda which is completely

dehydrating and yes there are certain

people out there that think that soda

hydrates you it doesn’t so when you’re

drinking like coffee and tea realize

that both of those have a mild diuretic

effect so they can be pushing fluid out

of your body and not necessarily

hydrating you and also if you’re on a

diuretic on top of that and you’re

pushing all this fluid out of your body

it can make you very dehydrated and so

what you drink is a factor to look at

and there’s other variables to look at

as well

what is the temperature outside if

you’re living in an environment that’s

very hot

you’re probably going to need more fluid

if you’re exercising and you’re sweating

a lot you’re going to need a lot of

fluids if you have a condition where

you’re not exercising but you sweat a

lot that’s another factor if you’re

experiencing diarrhea or vomiting both

of those conditions can very quickly

dehydrate you if you just started the

ketogenic diet and you’re dumping a lot

of extra fluid

that’s something to look at because all

that stored sugar in your muscles and

your liver also retains a lot of fluid

for every gram of stored glucose you’re

storing three grams of water so when

you’re on a high carb diet you’re

basically a fluid filled sponge

and when you start reducing your carbs

that fluid just starts coming out and so

if you’re not taking the right

electrolytes with enough fluid you can

potentially become dehydrated especially

when you start keto now another factor

that i want to bring up that a lot of

people don’t consider

is if you’re consuming a lot of

potassium as in an electrolyte drink

with a lot of potassium

if you’re not also taking enough sodium

potentially with all these other factors

you can become more dehydrated now the

only reason i’m bringing that up is

because i personally have a electrolyte

powder that’s high in potassium but it

also has a good amount of sodium and

salts so typically that’s not going to

be a problem but

if you’re exercising a lot and it’s hot

outside and you’re sweating and your

diet doesn’t have enough salt let’s say

you don’t put any salt you know it’s

something to look at because potassium

is balanced out with sodium you need the

right ratios but on the flip side

the most common situation is where

someone is not getting enough potassium

because they’re not eating enough

vegetables they’re heavier on the salts

they have more fluid retention they’re

usually always deficient in potassium

and so doing more potassium tends to

help them all right number four

drinking a good amount of water when

you’re eating that can dilute your

gastric juices like hydrochloric acid

and if you already have a weakness

within this area you don’t have enough

stomach acid or it’s not acid enough

which is very common especially if

you’re over the age of 45

drinking more water with your meals will

dilute your ability to digest

especially protein

and you may end up with gerd or acid

reflux so i always recommend if you’re

going to drink with a meal

just don’t overdo it it’s better if you

drink maybe a half hour before the meal

or a half hour

later but i don’t want to make this a

really big point if you are thirsty in a

meal go ahead and drink but the point is

if you’re already deficient in the

gastric juices

drinking more water will weaken your

stomach’s ability to digest protein all

right number five

drinking extremely cold water in large

amounts can inhibit the vagus nerve now

this is a minor point this is not a big

point some people can drink a lot of

cold water no problem but if your

digestive system is already weak let’s

say you have you get a lot of bloating

or you have a lot of digestive issues

and you drink a good amount of ice cold

water that can slow down the vagus nerve

which is responsible for digestion all

right and number six

drinking tap water now some people will

say that drinking tap water is safe

but they’re finding all sorts of things

in tap water that are not safe not to

mention the normal chlorine and fluoride

but also glyphosate which is

the chemical roundup ready that is

involved with the gmo foods you have

chemicals that affect fertility

hormones your brain you have chemicals

that are carcinogenic and on top of that

there’s a lot of nano

size particles very small particles of

plastics that you’re getting when you’re

drinking tap water so just get a good

filter to filter that out now since

we’re on the topic of water if you have

not seen my video

on how water affects your skin

you should check that out i put it right

here it’s a really important video