Full Transcript Introduction to Hydration 0:04 All right, welcome back. 0:05 Another episode of Sibling RX. 0:07 I'm Dr. 0:08 Roddy. 0:08 And I am Dr Yas and this is Winnie. 0:10 That's Winny. 0:11 Winni is here to talk about hydration. 0:13 She drinks a lot of water. 0:16 So hydration is number four in our Uh, five non-negotiables. 0:23 If you haven't had a chance to listen to the other three that we've talked about so far, they are, um, where are they, Justin? 0:30 In our playlist. 0:32 They're in the playlist, go over there, listen, to it, watch it. 0:35 And if you have questions, comments, please let us know. 0:38 We hope we're providing good content. 0:39 Again, want to thank everybody that's been listening and viewing and giving us comments or text messages and things like that. 0:46 That's really cool. 0:47 And again, if you have any questions or anything, just send us a message or comment in the thread and we'll get to it. 0:53 Yeah. 0:53 So that's great. 0:54 I mean, this is like a topic that requires no notes or no real research because it's just. 1:02 Drink water. 1:03 All right, we'll see you next time. 1:06 So obviously living in the desert, it's very easy to be dehydrated and whatnot. 1:13 Thinking that we're hydrating with Starbucks. 1:17 Are you looking at my shirt right now? 1:19 Aren't you loving my shirt right now? 1:23 It makes me gag a little bit. 1:24 I was waiting for her to comment on my shirts. 1:26 My shirt is so awesome. 1:27 It's so soft too. 1:28 Oh yeah, I'm sure. 1:30 Anyway, so I have a question for you. 1:32 Why don't we drink more water? 1:34 Why do you drink water than you do? 1:36 I drink a lot of water. 1:39 If I drank any more, it would be peeing all the time. 1:43 What's interesting is what people don' know is that we saw this in clinic all of the times. 1:48 with chronic migraine patients, hydration is huge.
Why Hydration Matters 1:51 And, and a lot of times they don't know they're dehydrated and they know that they need electrolytes and then we add electrolyte to their protocol and 2:01 it's like their headaches get better. 2:02 It's amazing. 2:03 That midday fatigue that happens when people are dehydrating, obviously your cognition, there's so many things that are off when your body's not hydrated. 2:12 I think the rule of thumb we used to always tell patients was 50% of your body weight in ounces of water. 2:17 So if you weigh 200 pounds, a hundred ounces a water that you should consume, it's a lot of. 2:22 Um, I know, uh, still in the clinics, we have kind of a chart in, in It's a chart color code. 2:31 If your urine is this color, you're dehydrated. 2:33 So the darker the urine, the more dehydrate it. 2:36 You're barring any other systemic kidney issues that you have or whatnot. 2:41 Right. 2:41 Or if you've just taken your vitamins clearly, your urine's going to be... 2:45 Yeah. 2:45 Which makes your... 2:46 If you just took your DIMM and you go to the bathroom, don't freak out. 2:49 It doesn't be wrong with you. 2:51 But I mean, if we think about it, this water bottle is 25 ounces. 2:56 You have to have four of those. 2:57 Yeah. 2:58 If you weigh 200 pounds, right? 3:00 I mean, I literally drink probably six of these a day. 3:02 So, yeah. 3:03 And here's what it's always interesting when people go, oh, don't like the taste of water. 3:08 You know, like, the way it tastes or because it doesn't taste like anything. 3:12 Put some lime in there, put a lemon in their squeeze, a drop a little drop of stevia or whatever. 3:18 Or even electrolytes. 3:19 Yeah, electrolyte that are good and not sugary that give it a bit of a flavor. 3:24 I know for me, I don't like to drink room temperature water or warm water. 3:28 Cold water, water with ice, that's more satisfying than something that is sitting around for a few hours. 3:44 pH of water, alkalinity. 3:48 Hydrogen water. 3:49 And I mean, there's so much. 3:53 Who's to say? 3:55 I know it's hard to see. 3:56 We should talk about that because there is bottle. 3:58 You go to the you know, you go the store and you're going to buy a bottle of. 4:01 Water or you. 4:02 Know, or there are so many different choices. 4:04 So many choices, but wait, let's back up, though. 4:06 Why is hydration so important? 4:09 It's just your body needs water to function. 4:12 Well, it's all of our cells that are made up of water, right? 4:14 Everything is needed. 4:15 And we are living in a world of dehydration. 4:18 Everything that we do, whether it is foods that were eating or out and about, especially like I said, living the desert, 4:23 is very easy to be dehydrated. 4:26 If you're not getting the optimal level of the water you definitely can feel it. 4:30 I don't think people really realize it until they get their daily quota in. 4:33 They go, wow, I felt better, slept better. 4:35 But you know you can go like a month without eating? 4:38 Yeah, but you can't even go more than five days without drinking water. 4:42 Water is really important. 4:43 Yeah. 4:44 Um, so the types of water, obviously the, the containers that comes in, that's always an issue. 4:52 Reusable hydro flasks or whatever people use are better than just plastic here, plastic there and all that stuff. 4:59 Of course, if you're Jumping on an airplane, you're in the airport, and you need to grab a bottle of water. 5:04 Grab a bottled water, take it with you. 5:05 Unless you are at LAX, then they have no plastic at lax. 5:09 Oh, really? 5:09 Yeah, they just pass that. 5:10 Is it that Irwan water? 5:11 It's like $45. I know, right? 5:14 For one small thing of like... 5:16 Although I did spend $40 on water at the Airport the other day. 5:21 Like literally for three bottles of water. 5:24 So the different types of waters, like the pH water, the alkalinity, electrolyte water...
Water Intake Guidelines and Signs of Dehydration 5:30 Hydrogen water? 5:31 I mean, ultimately, if you're a water connoisseur, it's great to drink what you like. 5:37 You know, they have even volcanic water and they super mineralized water. 5:43 I actually bought some at Sprouts. 5:45 It was, I can't remember the brand, but it was the most mineralize water that, because I follow this water guy on Instagram and he evaluates all the different waters. 5:58 And he recommended that if you have a certain amount of mineral in the water, that's the best for you. 6:06 So I looked for the amount And I can't remember what the amount was, but when I opened it up and I, I drank it and. 6:16 Salty. 6:16 No, it tasted like. 6:18 They took a rag and they just like, they cleaned the whatever. 6:23 And they took the rag, and just put it in that bottle. 6:26 It was so disgusting. 6:27 I couldn't drink it. 6:28 So gross. 6:31 Drink what tastes good. 6:32 Obviously not soda or anything. 6:34 But make sure it's just water. 6:37 If you have to add flavor to it, I drink amino acids in my water all day long. 6:43 Which is great for muscle building. 6:46 PH, if you like the way alkaline water tastes, great. 6:50 Drink it. 6:51 If you don't, don�t drink it if. 6:52 You like sparkling, whatever. 6:54 Just drink good quality spring water. 6:58 Distilled water is actually really good for you. 7:02 I know in dental offices, they use distilled for all the cleanings. 7:06 Super good. 7:07 Very, very hydrating to your cells, your mitochondria. 7:11 So that's really good for you. 7:14 You drink a cup of water in the morning when you first get up? 7:16 Always. 7:17 Yeah, I need to start doing that again. 7:18 I used to do that. 7:20 Just go straight to coffee now. 7:21 But it's supposed to really help you in a lot of different ways, right? 7:26 Well, because when your sleeping, you're dehydrated. 7:32 fasted and you're, you've been sleeping plus your body is recovering. 7:37 So it's working all night while you, while your sleeping. 7:41 Um, drinking the water just helps replenish. 7:43 You feel better even before. 7:44 I just put a, I put glass on my bedside. 7:49 before I go to bed. 7:50 And then I know in the morning when I take my thyroid medication, I drink the rest of that water and that's it. 7:56 When we talked about movement a few episodes ago, we talk about how important it is for kids to see their parents move and be active and all that stuff. 8:04 This is just another thing that I think it's important to get your kids educated on the importance of hydration because most of them are sitting in that 8:14 line at Dutch Bros and they can enjoy all the things that teenagers or kids enjoy. 8:18 It's really, really important that they know that if there's an option, when you go to a restaurant between what would you like to drink? 8:23 Would you a lemonade or water? 8:25 You know, just making sure that, they understand the importance of getting water in on a daily basis.
Types of Water and What to Drink 8:30 Again, living where we live in Arizona, it's hot, kids are active. 8:34 They're outside, They are playing sports. 8:36 Super important to make sure not only they're drinking enough water or have enough with them, but also maybe throwing some electrolytes in there so they 8:43 are getting all the other nutrients they need to properly hydrate. 8:48 Yeah, I mean my kids, my girls, they always only have drink water. 8:53 You know, the only time they've had even juice is at other people's homes. 8:58 So we don't even... 8:58 When they come over to our house, we just give them a Coke. 9:00 Yeah. 9:01 I know. 9:02 And Gatorade. 9:02 Gaterade, yeah. 9:03 With a red dye floating... 9:04 I just have it outside. 9:06 Just holding it like here when they came out. 9:09 IV. 9:09 Don't tell my mom. 9:10 All right. 9:13 But going... 9:14 So you were saying, going back to... 9:17 making sure you're drinking enough water, um, old people and even not old. 9:24 Um, one of the things that really is, gets affected by water is blood pressure. 9:29 Yeah. 9:30 So if you dehydrated, yeah. 9:31 If they're not hydrated enough, their blood, pressure drops and then they faint. 9:36 Then they break a hip and they hit their head. 9:39 Or they. 9:39 Hit their. 9:40 Head. 9:40 Uh, so that's a huge issue. 9:42 I'm when, uh, Sid was, uh, recovering from surgery. 9:46 She's not a big water drinker. 9:48 Sawyer, her twin, my twin sister drinks water, like chugs it all day long. 9:53 But Sid is, she drinks. 9:55 Water, but she doesn't drink anything else, so when she was recovering. 10:01 From surgery, She didn't eat a lot and she. 10:06 Was sleeping all. 10:07 Day. 10:08 And she was dehydrated. 10:10 And so every time she got up to move, she fainted. 10:13 So she would fall. 10:15 I had to basically monitor her 24-7 to make sure she doesn't fall and hurt herself. 10:28 people that are elderly that kind of limit their water intake, primarily because they don't know that they're supposed to be drinking water. 10:34 But then it's also the, well, I got to get up and pee a million times a day. 10:38 And they might have, you know, other things going on. 10:40 So I understand that, but I think that's important to get that hydration in as best as possible. 10:47 I know we're talking about water, but hydration and getting an IV is helpful too. 10:54 If you're suffering from something, if you have a cold or flu and you ran a race and your depleted and dehydrated, IVs are another good way to really rehydrate 11:04 your body, get those minerals and all those good things in to get your back at that state of balance. 11:10 Everything's about homeostasis and balance and function. 11:13 So that's important. 11:16 What else about water? 11:17 I mean, it's a pretty easy topic. 11:20 Pretty basic topic, yeah. 11:24 I think you have to enjoy yourself, right? 11:26 But you also know the things that you need to do. 11:29 If you like to go get a coffee in the morning or afternoon, or if you're eating a favorite meal, you'd like a certain drink, 11:39 do it and enjoy yourself, but always make sure you're getting your water levels in because you just going to function better. 11:45 Yeah. 11:46 And even, even if you going out for the night and you were going have some alcohol, making sure your drink water between drinks really helps your, 11:56 your hangover, right? 11:59 You're not it because hangovers dehydration, so it really helped. 12:04 I mean, Chris does that really well, like in between and he's never hungover. 12:09 Yeah, just making sure you're hydrating. 12:12 So easier to drink water when it's hot out. 12:14 In the wintertime, it is harder for people to stay hydrated because they're cold or whatever it it. 12:19 But it still important year round, not just in the summer months when its hot and we're walking around dehydrated. 12:25 We're walk around hydrated. 12:27 12 months out of the year.
Hydration Habits for Families and Recovery 12:29 So you got to do whatever you can to get the water in. 12:31 Great for recovery, muscles, you know, and recovery from ailments and sprains, strains, your muscles need it. 12:39 And how about, I don't mean to laugh, but how bout the people that visit here in the summer and they decided to go hike camelback. 12:48 Camelback at three in afternoon with a thimble of water in their pocket. 12:53 I don't get that. 12:54 And it's not even the water you drink while you're doing it. 12:57 You have to hydrate 48 hours before you even like something like that, yeah. 13:03 It's interesting. 13:04 Well, one thing I do anymore in restaurants is I will not, even if I get sparkling water or any drink, I never let them put ice in my drink. 13:14 Do you know why? 13:15 Because the ice isn't filtered. 13:17 It's not filtered? 13:18 Yeah. 13:19 And you should never, even if you live, I mean, maybe if live in a mountain town, it's fine to drink the water out of the tap, 13:28 but anywhere else, they say that the Water in California tastes great. 13:34 Okay, well I'm never touching that water. 13:36 Like I will never touch any tap water unless I'm in a mountain town. 13:40 No, and it's true because when we go to Flagstaff, the water there is so good. 13:44 We don't ever buy water. 13:45 But I mean like a real mountain, town, not Flagsta. 13:48 Seriously, you can literally drink the tap. 13:50 Put it in the fridge, nice and cold. 13:52 The water is great. 13:53 Here, there's like all kinds of shit floating in your water if you know. 13:56 Yeah, but it is not even that. 13:59 It's really like, all the pesticides and runoff that goes into the sewage system and the the city plumbing and all of it. 14:11 Even if you're in a mountain town, that stuff still gets in there, but it's just the ice. 14:18 I will only order bottled water. 14:21 Your phone is always gonna... 14:24 I know, I thought I put on Do Not Disturb. 14:29 The water that is in a glass bottle, not in plastic bottle because, you know, all the microplastics and everything, but just getting really good quality water. 14:40 When you drink good-quality water, water you can tell the difference. 14:44 you know, you finish that whole bottle of mountain spring water is you're going to feel so much different than if you were to drink like, 14:53 Nestle, a bottle water and plastic. 14:56 Yeah. 14:57 Get it in, obviously drinking out of something that is a good source is good, but if can't just getting it and somehow. 15:03 Absolutely. 15:04 I mean, always want to avoid the microplastics. 15:06 But if and definitely everyone should know this by now, if they don't never leave a plastic in your car with water and then drink the water. 15:17 Or if you buy cases of water, don't leave it in the garage or in a garage. 15:22 Well, yeah, in Arizona. 15:23 Yeah. 15:24 But yeah. 15:25 Never, never drink that water is just filled with microplastics. 15:28 And then, you know, before you have like where they say the average person walks around with like five credit cards worth of of plastic and their body. 15:36 It's crazy. 15:37 They're finding micro plastics and semen in men in like all different ages. 15:43 Wow. 15:43 Yeah. 15:44 That's crazy. 15:45 Great. 15:46 Well, um, key is to hydrate as much as you can. 15:49 Obviously 50% of your body weight in ounces of water a day. 15:52 If you don't like the flavor, change it. 15:55 Put something in there, put some lemon, puts them, they have flavorings that are, that non, uh, you know, non-toxic type flavoring. 16:03 You can get amino amino acids, can you get different, Um, electrolytes powders put in their, their all really good options. 16:12 Um. 16:13 But just making sure that you're getting enough water, half your body weight in ounces is ideal. 16:19 And then, you know, if you can, just make sure it's not in a plastic bottle. 16:23 Yeah, for sure. 16:23 Awesome. 16:24 Well, until next time, our last non-negotiable is probiotics. 16:31 Yes. 16:32 Free and probiotic coming in the next couple of weeks or so. 16:37 Something like that. 16:39 Again, thanks for listening. 16:41 Please make Share this, like us, subscribe, all those things. 16:46 We're, again, very appreciative of the people that are engaging with us on this.
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