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BalancedLifeChiropractic-EP275 - Hydrate · Back To The Basics In Healthcare

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  Speaker 1: Ten.
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  Speaker 2: Now four back to the basics and healthcare with Balance
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  Speaker 2: Life Caropractic. We're here with doctor Harley. Hello, doctor Harley,
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  Speaker 2: how are you? Hey, John, I'm doing great and you
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  Speaker 2: I'm fantastic. And now it feels like summer, because you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're beyond Memorial Day and all of a sudden it's
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  Speaker 2: bright and sunny. And this is a time when people
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  Speaker 2: need to make sure that they get enough fluid, because
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  Speaker 2: if you're out in the sun doing stuff, it's pretty
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  Speaker 2: easy to put yourself in a bad spot without it,
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  Speaker 2: right right.
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  Speaker 1: I know we talk about this, you know periodically, you
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  Speaker 1: talked about hydration and the amount of water we should
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  Speaker 1: be drinking. I figured, you know, since we're looking at
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  Speaker 1: a whole week of like eighty degrees, it would be
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  Speaker 1: good to remind people again that they need to be
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  Speaker 1: drinking more water, especially now it is getting hotter.
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  Speaker 2: So what if I'm drinking something that has water in it,
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  Speaker 2: Like I'm drinking coffee that's got water, I'm drinking beer
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  Speaker 2: that's got water, I'm drinking gatorade that has water.
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  Speaker 1: Does that count well? Coffee and beer and tea or
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  Speaker 1: any to have alcoholic beverage, they are actually going to
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  Speaker 1: be dehydrating. So they may have water in them, but
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  Speaker 1: because of all the other stuff, and they actually are dehydrating.
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  Speaker 2: So that that doesn't help on the hydration side.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly times is recommended for every alcoholic drink you drink,
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  Speaker 1: you should drink water in between each drink to help
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  Speaker 1: stay more hydrated. You always wake up the morning after
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  Speaker 1: a night out and you feel horrible, you have a
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  Speaker 1: major hangover. Well, you probably didn't drink enough water the
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  Speaker 1: night before while you were drinking your alcoholic beverages.
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  Speaker 2: Very nice, So the best way to drink water is
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  Speaker 2: it just straight water? Or would it be okay if
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  Speaker 2: I add some flavoring to it? So I like flavoring
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  Speaker 2: in my water. Is that kind of ruined things too?
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  Speaker 1: They're actually starting to see now it's more adding a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of like sea salt to your water. Because
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  Speaker 1: of it, it's an electrolyte, and drinking just plain water
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  Speaker 1: might not be quite enough to hydrate you.
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  Speaker 2: So a little bit of sea salt not enough that
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  Speaker 2: it tastes all salty.
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  Speaker 1: Though, right right, Yeah, you're not drinking like ocean salty water.
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  Speaker 2: But I tried, because I tried to put some salt
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  Speaker 2: and at first, I put it in the water, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm ruining my water. And I was like,
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  Speaker 2: I wonder if I put it in my coffee and
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  Speaker 2: I just ruined my coffee.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I know some people make coffee with putting
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of salt in the grounds because it
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  Speaker 1: helps cut some of the acidity or something. I know
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  Speaker 1: my husband does that sometimes well, and I even try.
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  Speaker 2: I was like, well, maybe if I put it in tea,
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  Speaker 2: and that was actually the best because then it almost
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  Speaker 2: tasted like a soup broth. So interesting a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: I might be using way too much.
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  Speaker 1: Salt potentially, I mean, we eat ten as American seat
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  Speaker 1: way too much salt. But if you're outside and you're
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  Speaker 1: working and you're sweating a lot, that's you know, we
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  Speaker 1: talk about gatorades and power raids and smart waters, oh
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  Speaker 1: and the liquid IV.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, so adding those if you're being very active
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  Speaker 1: and sweating a lot. Because when we sweat, we lose
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  Speaker 1: a lot of electrolyte salts and all of that kind
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  Speaker 1: of stuff. So if you're just drinking water, you're not
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  Speaker 1: replacing the salt loss either. So that's where those electrolyte
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  Speaker 1: drinks are great to help with hydrating you.
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  Speaker 2: Faster, very very nice. But the most important thing is
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  Speaker 2: make sure you get water. And then how much water
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  Speaker 2: is enough water? Does it depend on every person?
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  Speaker 1: Well, the minimum standard usually sixty four fluid ounces or
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  Speaker 1: eight eight ounce glasses of water, and for a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people that's not enough because our body weights, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we're a little bit big people. So typically they say
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  Speaker 1: about half your body weight and ounces of water a day.
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  Speaker 2: All right, So if if somebody drinks sixty four ounces,
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  Speaker 2: or if they need more than that, does it matter
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  Speaker 2: if I drink that all at once or should I
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  Speaker 2: break it into two or three settings or eight settings?
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  Speaker 2: Or what's the Is there a kind of a rule
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  Speaker 2: of thumb on that.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know there's a specific rule of thumb. But
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  Speaker 1: if you drink all of it at one time, you're
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  Speaker 1: actually going to go the opposite of dehydration, it's hyper hydration,
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  Speaker 1: which can be just as bad getting because the electrolyte
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  Speaker 1: balance gets messed up.
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  Speaker 2: Water leaking out your ears.
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  Speaker 1: Not quite that bad, but so you know, balancing your
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  Speaker 1: water throughout the day, and if you're being fairly active,
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  Speaker 1: drinking more at that point and after the activity.
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  Speaker 2: And something that I see and you've got one here,
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  Speaker 2: you got a big Balance Life chiropractic mug. But I
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  Speaker 2: see people that have these, like the Stanley cups and
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  Speaker 2: they're not all that brand. But that was for whatever reason,
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  Speaker 2: a couple of years ago, it was like all the rage.
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  Speaker 2: But I see people it seems like these cups are
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  Speaker 2: getting bigger and bigger. And my daughter and my wife
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  Speaker 2: both have cups that I don't know how much fits
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  Speaker 2: in the cup, but it's way too much. And then
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  Speaker 2: I don't feel like they ever drink anything out.
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  Speaker 1: Of that cup. Well, I mean, it's cool to see
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  Speaker 1: that people are carrying water more. We're being more conscious
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  Speaker 1: of our hydration levels. You know, think of like growing up,
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  Speaker 1: you drink like one sip of water from the water fountain.
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  Speaker 2: Out of the hose. What are you talking about.
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  Speaker 1: My generation oppose at school?
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  Speaker 2: Noah, we did. I grew up in here on. We
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  Speaker 2: did all kinds of weird stuff. Drink out of the
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  Speaker 2: mop bucket if I had to.
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  Speaker 1: It's cool that we're being more conscious of our hydration levels.
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  Speaker 1: And I mean it's one people need to drink the
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  Speaker 1: water if they have it with them. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: people just carry around their water bottle. That's a thing.
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  Speaker 1: Don't drink from it.
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  Speaker 2: My daughter was riding with me, we were like doing
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  Speaker 2: some training, and she would bring out this gigantic, ridiculous
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  Speaker 2: clown cup and I never saw her drink out of it.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, why do you bring Is it like a
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  Speaker 2: social like an emotional support cup? But she said she
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  Speaker 2: drinks out of it. Never. Never, I've never witnessed it happen.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure she does, but just when I'm not looking.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. So, proper hydration is important for life. It's important
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  Speaker 1: for the healing process. We talk a lot about that
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  Speaker 1: with our patients after they get adjusted, drinking lots and
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  Speaker 1: lots of water to help flush things out of our body,
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  Speaker 1: especially if you haven't been adjusted or you hear that
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  Speaker 1: a lot with like massage therapy, proper hydration really helps
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  Speaker 1: hydrate the tissues, helping with the healing process well.
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  Speaker 2: And with the warm weather rolling in, we'll be sweating more,
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  Speaker 2: so you want to make sure you're replacing that water
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  Speaker 2: and hydration matters a lot. If somebody listening is going, hey,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to reach out to balance life. Chiropractic to
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  Speaker 2: kind of add chiropractic to my life along with my hydration.
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  Speaker 2: What's the best way for them to connect with you?
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  Speaker 1: Simple as a phone call. Our phone number is six
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  Speaker 1: year O five two eight five, or you can reach
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  Speaker 1: out to us on our Facebook page at balanced Life
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  Speaker 1: Chiropractic or even have a book online option on our website.
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  Speaker 2: Very nice and that website is balanced Life sd dot com.