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BalancedLifeChiropractic-EP121-StayHydrated · Back To The Basics In Healthcare

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  Time now for back to the basics and healthcare with Balanced Life Kiropractic and we
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  have doctor Harley join and that's how you doing, doctor Harley. Hey,
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  good morning, John, I'm doing fantastic. It was a great weekend to
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  just get outside and refresh. We took an extra day off, so it's
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  good to just get ready to get back into it and get ready for summer.
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  And yeah, it kind of feels like summer's here because the Memorial Day
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  weekend is like the unofficial start to summer, and we had kind of a
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  hot and muggy weekend. As we get into summer, there's a thing called
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  heat stroke and heat exhaustion, and we're going to talk a little bit about
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  that today. Yeah, it just made me think of with how hot it
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  was on Saturday, that some people might not be thinking about, you know,
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  what they should be doing when they're outside to you know, make sure
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  that they're staying safe because you know, we're thinking of winter time. You
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  know, we don't really think about the water that we're taking in. So
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  it's when we get to summer it's like, okay, we actually need to
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  start paying attention to that. So to start with, you should be drinking
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  about half your body weight and ounces if at least a minimum of sixty four
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  fluid ounces, and some people that's a lot, but that's like the minimum.
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  But then when you're outside in the summer, sweating, working, like
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  you need to be drinking like way more than that. You know, there's
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  not really a good reference, but like you should just be drinking like way
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  more water when you're outside, because if you're not, that's when we start
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  reaching into the dehydration. Or we know you're outside in the sun, heat
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  exhaustion can start setting in and then it could lead to heat stroke. So
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  when you think you've had enough water, have a little more. Yea,
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  when you're thirsty, you're not drinking enough water. That's what I would say.
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  If you're waiting until you're thirsty or dehydrated, you're already behind. So
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  now do things with water in them count? So if I drink something that
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  has like a lot of water in it, does that count towards water or
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  not? Really? Tea, coffee, pop, alcohol, all those things
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  do not count. So beer has a lot of water, but that doesn't
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  count, not count, And coffee and tea are actually more dehydrating because of
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  the caffeine in them, and alcohol is not good for you either when you
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  need H two O water actually rehydrating and replenishing your tissues. You know,
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  things that have like electrolyte packets and then those are going to be good for
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  you. But you shouldn't just be drinking those straight like. You should be
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  drinking those if you're doing some sort of activity. They're not just Hey,
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  I want, you know, some fancy water or so, how about flavored
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  water? Does that count towards water? Depends what's in it? Okay,
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  So so some of the flavored waters that make it taste good, that's not
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  necessarily if it's just like sugar, you know, that's not I mean,
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  yeah, the sugar is going to help just you know, punish carbs and
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  stuff if you're sweating a lot. But you should be drinking you know,
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  normal water or water with like electrolyte type stuff in it, because when you're
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  sweating, you're losing you know, sodium, potassium, all those electrolytes.
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  That's the purpose of those types of drinks is to replenish that into your body.
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  Because if you're drinking too much water and you're not putting in those electrolytes.
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  You could actually become too hydrated and that can cause problems as well.
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  Very nice, so get plenty of water and plenty of rest as well.
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  And then if you need to see a caropractor, can I can recommend one
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  Balanced Life caropractor. How do they get holding it? They can give us
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  a call at six zero five two one five one seven eighty five or shoot
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  us a message on our Facebook page, Balanced Life Chiropractic. We'd love to
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  chat and let you know how we can help you improve your health and have
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  a better, better summer. You can also find them online. Their website
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  is balancedlifesd dot com