Digital Social Hour
The Truth About Electrolytes: Don't Fall for This Myth | Brendan Ruh DSH #878
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The truth about electrolytes might surprise you! 🤯 Join Sean Kelly on the Digital Social Hour as he uncovers the myths and facts behind electrolytes with expert Brendan from Santa Cruz Medicals. 🥤 Discover why sodium, potassium, and magnesium are crucial for athletes, and how the right balance can revolutionize your workouts. 🚴♂️ Brendan shares eye-opening stories about common misconceptions surrounding salt and reveals the science-backed benefits of raw milk and red meat in our diets. 🥩🥛 Don't miss out on this episode packed with valuable insights on gut health, mental wellness, and practical tips for a balanced lifestyle. 🌟 Tune in now and join the conversation! Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets. 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀 Keywords: Digital Social Hour, Sean Kelly, Podcast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Electrolytes, Brendan, Santa Cruz Medicals, Health. #carnivorediet #electrolytes #electrolyteimbalance #redmeatmyths #drericberg #drericberg #nutritionmythsbusted #electrolytes #potassium #dietitian CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Santa Cruz Medicinals 00:52 - Liquid IV Issues 03:22 - Benefits of Raw Milk 04:59 - BetterHelp Review 06:49 - Xanax Concerns 08:51 - Shampoo Myths 11:12 - Red Meat Truths 14:22 - Organic Food Value 15:32 - Seed Oil Controversy 19:05 - Brain Scan Insights 19:30 - Jiu-Jitsu Fascinating Story 23:06 - Acupuncture Benefits 24:26 - Eggs and Cancer Risk 26:13 - Understanding Parasites 28:05 - Accutane Effects 29:54 - Sunscreen Efficacy 31:20 - Veganism Discussion 34:05 - Supplement Intake Guidelines 37:40 - Xylitol Benefits 38:26 - Sugar Impact 39:14 - Brandon’s Products Guide APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Brendan Ruh https://www.instagram.com/santacruzmedicinals/ SPONSORS: BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com/DSH LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are the benefits of electrolytes for athletes?
Red meat and high-quality sources of protein should be what your diet is built around. I hate how limiting some of these diets are. Yeah, they're insane. And, you know, it's because it just attracts a lot of people. The answer is to eat real food. We know the answer. There's a species-appropriate diet. You can make little tweaks. Human beings can thrive off a lot of different things.
It's a simple answer. All right, guys, finally made it happen. We got Brendan from Santa Cruz Medicals here today. We got the electrolytes in here. Yeah, we're sipping on the electrolytes. Which flavor did you grab? I got dragon fruit and it tastes amazing, man. It dissolves really easily. That's our best seller. I'm sending like pallets to Amazon at this point.
Dude, so Amazon's crushing it for you? Amazon is crushing it. Yeah, I just, you know, people love Amazon Prime.
they just love it so easy one day like when i get comments like i ordered your electrolytes and i got them the next day i just i love that dude sometimes like hours oh i live right next to one so yeah yeah same day delivery nothing's like it's not so how does this differentiate from like zip fizz from uh the other electrolyte drinks yeah so the big thing with electrolytes is you're losing sodium and potassium at about a 3.5 milligram to one milligram ratio
We in this country have scared people about salt intake. I'm sure you've heard it. Limit your salt intake. Oh, when people say they're trying to get healthy, they're trying to reduce their amount of sodium. That's not really right for people who are athletic. And have you heard about the study that they did on the Philadelphia Eagles? No.
Okay, so during training camp with the Eagles, they attached these devices to them and monitored their sweat loss to figure out what they were actually losing in their sweat. Now, given this was like, you know, a hard training session, this was outdoors, they're probably sweating a lot, and these are some big boys. They were losing three on the low side to 30 grams of sodium. That's a lot. Wow.
You're losing, and there's other studies that show an average workout, hard workout, for athletes, seven to eight grams loss in an hour training session. With that said, the government tells you to only eat 2.2 grams of sodium per day. You play basketball, you're saying. So like you're a big dude and you're probably losing multiple grams of sodium. Crazy.
So replacing that with the right ratio, because that's what you really want is this ratio of electrolytes. It's not just like you need one electrolyte. There's a bunch. Mm-hmm. That's what we have in there. The right ratio of sodium, potassium, and magnesium, the right forms, no artificial sweeteners, no bullshit, man. Like liquid IV, everyone's heard of liquid IV.
They got bought by Unilever and now it's just cane sugar, not enough sodium, poor forms of magnesium. It's just stupid. Good marketing, though. Really good marketing. Yeah, and, you know, they're tasty. Like when people just drink sugar water, which is, you know, a lot of Americans just like to drink processed sugar. Right.
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Chapter 2: Why is sodium intake important for health?
Yeah, I think red meat's one of the most controversial things for some reason. It baffles me as somebody who's studied where we come from and our ancestors. First of all, what I have to say to everybody is your ancestors ate red meat. They hunted big game. They relied on bone marrow. They relied on organs. And I'm not one of these people eating raw liver with my hands outside.
Sometimes I've done it for fun, but I'm not promoting that. We love red meat. It's deep within us to love red meat. Now, people say, well, I saw a headline saying red meat causes cancer or red meat clogs your arteries. I saw that one. Those studies are done by surveying a bunch of people.
OK, so they're going to go survey 500,000 people in the United States and they're going to say, do you eat red meat? They're going to go. Yes, I eat red meat. Where's that red meat coming from? Are they eating grass-fed steaks and working out like you and I are? No. They're eating McDonald's, eating processed food.
Then they follow those people for a little bit, and they say, oh, the group that ate red meat had a slightly higher cancer rate. Red meat causes cancer. It's insane. It's insanity. We are designed as omnivores. I've seen you have a lot of people on the podcast that are either fruititarians or... They only eat raw food or you have everybody on. The fact is we are omnivores.
Our intestinal tract, the length of our intestinal tract is right between an herbivore and a carnivore. We have a high stomach acidity, not insanely high as much as pure carnivores, but pretty close.
We are designed to eat a variety of foods and that is what I promote on my page and through everything I say is eat a variety of good foods, but red meat and high quality sources of protein should be what your diet is built around. Yeah. Yeah. I hate how limiting some of these diets are.
Yeah, they're insane. And, you know, it's because it just attracts a lot of people. Right. When they say, oh, this only this. I have the answer. No, the answer is to eat real food. We know the answer. There's a species appropriate diet. You can make little tweaks. Human beings can thrive off a lot of different things. It's a simple answer.
Yeah. Yeah. I know you have some beef with Paul Saladino, right?
Yeah, yeah, I got a little beef about the plant defense chemical thing for sure. What was that about? Well, he says to avoid vegetables and greens because of plant defense chemicals. Beans too, potatoes he even avoids. I just cannot see that being a rational piece of advice for a large population at all. First of all, we have always consumed plants.
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Chapter 3: Is raw milk a healthier option?
There's plenty of studies on this. You don't want... low cortisol in the morning. People shouldn't be afraid of cortisol. It's our stress hormone, but that's not a bad thing. It's sort of good. We have a natural cortisol rhythm. It goes up in the morning and should drop down throughout the day. For a lot of people, we're busy 5, 6 p.m. We still haven't really gotten into that rest and digest.
I like to pop some ashwagandha then, and it brings me into that rest and digest state. That's good to know. Yeah, a lot of people wake up and pop those in. And magnesium, do you take that in the morning or night?
Magnesium, it doesn't really matter about timing. People say magnesium helps their sleep, but it's probably just because magnesium helps your brain health overall. Magnesium isn't going to cause a big lowering of cortisol. It can help with the Krebs cycle. So I'm a fan of taking it midday sometimes. I'll just take it when I can.
Are you intense inside your house with the lighting and the air filters and all that? Pretty intense. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. My fiance is in Vegas with me right here. And we always just joke like, you know, it's like nighttime. We start to make it dark in the house. We have like the amber lights, you know, we have a circadian rhythm, dude. And like, you know, light effects are melatonin secretion. So people, you know, I can't sleep. Bro, you are staring into the sun, basically. What do you think?
You're giving your body every signal that it's daytime and to fire up all these neurotransmitters that keep us protected during the day. So yeah, make your room dark at night, your house dark at night. Some of those red lights can definitely simulate fire. What I tell people, man... We can't outrun our evolution. You can't outrun your biology.
Whether you like it or not, whatever you believe in, for hundreds of thousands of years as homo sapiens, we evolved a certain way. We did certain things. We were by the fire in the evening. There was no artificial light, okay? There were certain foods that we ate. There was community and connection that we had. You can't outrun that shit.
And we have so many people today trying to outrun various aspects of that, and it always comes back and bites them in the ass. Absolutely. You are not a fan of vaping also. No. Why?
No. I mean, are you a fan of vaping? I'm not. Yeah. I mean, I think vaping is one of the biggest epidemics with these young kids. We just had some video game streamers out and we're trying to get them healthy. And one of them brought like two, three vapes to them. It's horrible. I mean, obviously there's an increase in lung cancer.
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