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Wellness Check for April 1st, 2025 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: Let me get the interface up and patching, Elena, and
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  Speaker 1: we shall begin. It's Elena Wood, Elena Wood from Nightingale College. Elena,
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  Speaker 1: I have this question I have to ask you before
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  Speaker 1: we get started. Okay, okay, how much water do I
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  Speaker 1: actually need to drink?
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  Speaker 2: This question is really timed perfectly. The answer, like many things,
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  Speaker 2: is it depends.
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  Speaker 3: Oh is that what we're going to talk about today?
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  Speaker 3: Getting hydrated?
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  Speaker 1: Yes? Oh darn so so yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean there used to be. I mean, and they
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  Speaker 3: still are water Nazis.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they're kind of like, because you've got a
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  Speaker 1: drink eighteen sixty down glasses? Are people who carry around
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  Speaker 1: those half gallon jokes? Yeah, I've got to drink this
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  Speaker 1: whole thing today.
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  Speaker 3: It's ridiculous. It's just bizarre. So what does it depend on?
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  Speaker 2: So some of the factories that are going to influence
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  Speaker 2: how much water you actually need include your body size,
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  Speaker 2: your activity level, health status, geographic location. Of course, folks
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  Speaker 2: in Utah probably need a little bit more just because
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  Speaker 2: it is so dry, how much salt you're eating, your gender,
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  Speaker 2: age can even impact it. So really it's it's quite nuanced,
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  Speaker 2: which makes it pretty hard to say flat out like
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  Speaker 2: everybody needs to have this amount.
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  Speaker 1: But there's no nuance in your first bullet point. This
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  Speaker 1: is not nuanced at all. If you're thirsty, drink some water.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, I do feel like we overcomplicate things sometimes.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, if your if your throat is starting
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  Speaker 2: to feel dry, your mouth is dry, you know, want
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  Speaker 2: grab some water, have a drink. It will probably help.
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  Speaker 1: Now when Gina says she drinks diet coca and she
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  Speaker 1: said there's water in this. Yeah, yeah, say, if anybody
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  Speaker 1: needs to be hearing this, it's Gina, she's not here.
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  Speaker 2: Well what about coffee recording?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, like you know, gatorade and coffee. It's like, what
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  Speaker 3: do those make any Are those useful? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: These do definitely help. We absolutely want water, just plain water,
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  Speaker 2: to be our primary source of hydration, and we can,
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  Speaker 2: like you're saying, we can get hydration from these sports
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  Speaker 2: drinks and juices and yes, even sodaes do have water.
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  Speaker 2: But just be careful using these as your primary source
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  Speaker 2: because they also have other ingredients that you know, like caffeine,
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  Speaker 2: which we'll talk about later, can be a diuretic, so
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  Speaker 2: it might make you feel more thirsty throughout the day.
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  Speaker 2: Things like that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you're not.
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  Speaker 1: If you're trying to hydrate with coffee, you're just gonna
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  Speaker 1: it'll make you pee it all the way.
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  Speaker 3: When you do that, it has a special smell that
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  Speaker 3: you've been drinking. Okay, hey, you went there. We have
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  Speaker 3: a Lena, No, I did not. All right, we have
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  Speaker 3: a wood on there be a gentleman. All right, you
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  Speaker 3: brought a pea. I didn't bring up how it smells.
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  Speaker 1: Nick, geez, sorry, all right, please continue.
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  Speaker 3: Where are we? How much water does the average person?
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  Speaker 3: Let's talk about that.
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  Speaker 2: That is such a great one. On average adults need
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  Speaker 2: about three liters of water per day, and the recommendation
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  Speaker 2: is to get about two of that from drinking plain water.
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  Speaker 2: And then that third leader comes from our things like
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  Speaker 2: fruits and vegetables and tea and all of the other
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  Speaker 2: places that that we get hydration from.
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  Speaker 3: Elena, I'm not from Europe. How much is a leader?
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  Speaker 2: I actually was looking this up just to make sure
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  Speaker 2: I had the right numbers. It's about four cups.
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  Speaker 1: About four cups and so yeah, okay, so do you
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  Speaker 1: drink twelve cups of water or other liquids today? Okay,
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  Speaker 1: that's simple enough. And then tell you about caffeine.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, so just pay attention if you are drinking a
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  Speaker 2: lot of caffeine, just be aware that it might make
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  Speaker 2: you need to go to the bathroom more frequently, might
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  Speaker 2: make you feel more thirsty throughout the day, So you
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  Speaker 2: might need to rehydrate if you are consuming a lot
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  Speaker 2: of caffeine.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: And then of course, if you're really active and athletic,
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  Speaker 1: then you might even need to drink more, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely so. If you're playing sports, if you're working
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  Speaker 2: out a lot, sweating a lot, you definitely will need
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  Speaker 2: to replace that lost liquid a little bit. Also, folks
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  Speaker 2: that are a little bit older, for whatever reason, we
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  Speaker 2: do need more water as we age. And then of
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  Speaker 2: course pregnancy can impact your hydration needs as well.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, now this next one, here's an opportunity for Nick
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  Speaker 1: to go wild again. Sure we're going to talk about urine.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Oh suddenly it's a hell thing. Yeah yeah,
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  Speaker 3: what do you mean suddenly? I thought we were discussing health.
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  Speaker 3: We are, so pay attention to your urine.
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  Speaker 2: Would talk about that, Elena, Yes, so the color of
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  Speaker 2: your urine can actually help you know whether or not
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  Speaker 2: you are hydrated enough. It should be ideally kind of
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  Speaker 2: a very light to clear yellow color. And as it
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  Speaker 2: starts getting darker or if it seems like brownish, then
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  Speaker 2: you might be experiencing some dehydration. Of course, the foods
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  Speaker 2: that we eat, the supplements, the medicines that we take
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  Speaker 2: can impact that as well, So just be aware, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if you have I can't even think of a good example,
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  Speaker 2: but if you have been eating or drinking something that
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  Speaker 2: does change the color and not, just be aware that
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  Speaker 2: that might be the thing, and not necessarily hydration.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and and please of course if it's red, get
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  Speaker 1: to the doctor immediately. Yeah. And and this is this,
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  Speaker 1: this is you need to look at the color of
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  Speaker 1: your own urine. Don't be checking out other part.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, yes, don't look at a.
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  Speaker 2: Very personal and private situation. So you know, keep this
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  Speaker 2: one to yourself and your doctor.
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  Speaker 3: Is it bad if it's totally clear.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I would say typically probably not that if
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  Speaker 2: you are having different health things like if you're not
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  Speaker 2: feeling well, then you know, get checked out.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, I'm trying to think of what food there
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  Speaker 1: are foods that will make your change the color of
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  Speaker 1: your urine. Well, they remember they used to sell that soda.
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  Speaker 1: Joan soda had a and you would drink a Jon
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  Speaker 1: soda and it would make your urine blue.
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  Speaker 3: Or the smell, yes, oh my gosh.
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  Speaker 2: Anything I could think of was asteragus. But that's just
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  Speaker 2: the smell typically and not necessarily the color. So but
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  Speaker 2: there was didn't have a good example.
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  Speaker 1: There was that Joan soda thing that was that was
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  Speaker 1: really weird. I tried it and it worked.
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  Speaker 3: I don't remember that. Which was it. I don't know why. Now, okay,
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  Speaker 3: stop making it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they don't make it anymore. Well, these are It's
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  Speaker 1: fun to talk about urine, isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely It's very important to our health as well, so
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  Speaker 2: we should normalize these kinds of conversations.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, sorry, and Bill, yeah, Bill, and just and just
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  Speaker 3: remember if you're thirsty, have a drink of water. Water, yes,
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  Speaker 3: some water.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Elena, thank you very much. If you want
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  Speaker 1: to find out more about all of this stuff, what.
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  Speaker 3: Do you do?
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  Speaker 2: You can learn more about this as well as Nightingales
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  Speaker 2: Amazing programs by visiting Nightingales dot edu.
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  Speaker 3: All right, thank you, thank you very well.
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  Speaker 2: You take care.
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  Speaker 3: We'll see this conversation is making me thirsty, all right,