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What electrolytes actually do
What electrolytes are, and the four jobs that charge does in your body.
Fluid balance 101: how your body moves water
Osmosis, where water goes and why, and sodium as the master variable.
The sodium-potassium pump
The cellular engine that keeps sodium out and potassium in — and powers nearly everything.
Why potassium, and why most people are short
Its role in blood pressure and nerve-muscle function, and the gap most diets leave.
Hyponatremia: when hydration goes too far
You can drink too much water. The named condition, told carefully.
Dehydration vs. depletion
Losing water and losing electrolytes are different events with different fixes.
Sodium-glucose cotransport: the discovery that moves water
The transporter that carries salt and water together — and why a little dextrose belongs in the glass.
Oral rehydration therapy: the simplest formula that saved the most lives
Water, salt, and a little sugar — the heritage our absorption science borrows from.
Why dextrose, not sugar
The same molecule family, a completely different job. A functional dose against a sweetening one.
Osmolarity & absorption: why concentration governs speed
Why a more concentrated drink isn’t a stronger one. Hypertonic, isotonic, hypotonic.
The electrolyte ratios: the ratio is the formula
Why the all-day blend runs 2:1 and Quick Rehydrate runs 4:1 sodium-to-potassium.
Citrate, not chloride
The salt-chemistry choice: gentler taste, easier on the stomach, mildly alkaline.
What “just” means
The thesis. Every ingredient must do a physiological job, or it’s out. Read this one first.
Why no dyes
Synthetic color does one job — appearance — with a real evidence trail of concern.
Why no added sugar
Sweetener and color travel together. We carry neither — only the functional dextrose dose.
Why unflavored
“Tastes like almost nothing” reframed as the point: mixability and nothing to hide.
Heavy metals in supplements: the problem nobody prints on the label
A real, documented problem — fairly stated, with the industry counterpoint and the regulatory gap.
How testing actually works: ICP-MS and the Certificate of Analysis
How purity is verified, so you can read any brand’s claims — including, eventually, ours.
Ingredient grade & sourcing: where purity starts
Purity isn’t only a test at the end. It starts with what you buy and where it’s from.
Our testing standard
Our own standard and published Certificate of Analysis — released once a first batch is tested and the wording is cleared.
The salty sweater: why sweat sodium varies so much
Sweat isn’t a fixed recipe. The nine-fold range between people, and what it means for you.
Sweat-rate math: estimate your own losses
A scale, a timed session, and a little arithmetic turn “averages” into your own number.
Dosing for endurance: turning losses into a plan
Reconciling “replace what you lose” with “don’t overdrink” — individualized, thirst-guided.
Electrolytes & heat
Heat is the multiplier. How it drives sweat rate up, and how acclimatization brings sodium loss back down.
Electrolytes & cramps: what the evidence actually says
The honest version: evidence favors neuromuscular fatigue over depletion — so we make no cramp claim.
Electrolytes on keto and low-carb
Why cutting carbs flushes sodium (and triggers the “keto flu”), and what to replace.
Electrolytes & daily hydration
The everyday, non-athlete case for steady, low-concentration electrolytes.
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