Hydration vs. Saturation
More water is not the same as more hydration.
Most of us think of hydration as a volume problem. Drink more, feel better. Then it's 3pm, you're on your third refill, and you're still walking to the bathroom every forty minutes.
Saturation: water in, water out
Plain water moves through you fast. Chug a liter at your desk and a good share of it heads straight for the exit. You feel full, not hydrated. That's saturation. The tank is being filled, but it isn't holding.
Hydration: water that stays
Hydration is about what you keep. Electrolytes decide how much water moves into your cells and how much you keep, instead of flushing it straight through. Water is the carrier. The minerals tell it where to go.
Sodium leads. Potassium and magnesium back it up. Leave them out and you're pouring water into a system that has nothing to hold it with.
Where the gap shows up
Not in a lab. In your day.
- Mornings. You wake up after eight hours without a sip.
- Workouts. Sweat takes sodium out with it, not just water.
- Flights. Hours in dry cabin air, one tiny cup of water.
- Miami afternoons. You know.
In every one of those moments, water alone only covers half the job.
One stick, down to the milligram
- 585mg sodium, from pink Himalayan salt
- 880mg chloride
- 200mg potassium, as citrate
- 60mg magnesium, as glycinate
- 2mg vitamin B6, active form
- 100mcg vitamin B12, as methylcobalamin
Zero sugar. 5 calories. No artificial dyes. Vegan and gluten-free. No proprietary blends, so every mg is on the label.
Tear a stick into about 16oz of water and shake. One to two sticks a day is typical. Keep drinking water around it. dos isn't a replacement for water. It's what makes the water count.
Real hydration, not just wet.
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