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The Dirty Business of Electrolytes

Josh Brett

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Electrolytes are a $40 billion industry, but how much of it is actually backed by science? From cholera wards in the 1800s to Logan Paul's Prime, this investigation traces how a life-saving medical solution was repackaged as a daily essential for people who don't need it. With performance nutritionist Adam McDonald, we separate the marketing from the evidence, and find out why most of what you've been sold is just expensive salt water.

Sources: https://brettjosh.com/videos/electrol...

00:00 ELECTROLYTES ARE EVERYWHERE
02:57 The Rise of Sports Hydration
05:07 Category Drift
09:34 The Rise of Influencer Electrolytes
13:08 Idiocracy Tried to Warn You
15:58 Where I've Landed

20 Comments

@brettjosh Creator 2 weeks ago Pinned

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@BigBoyTroy12cm 5 months ago

Its what plants crave

@ItsTimeToCode 5 months ago

"Water? Like out the toilet?"

@Silverghost789 5 months ago

It’s as bad as the BCAA craze or the new habit of putting protein on every food wrapper.

@anthonytorres-cruz1598 5 months ago

The further we go, the more the world turns into Idiocracy

@jasperzx2725 5 months ago

This is what people need. Actual facts and more evidence not just bright advertising. The world is really full of shit

@Tvcaruman36 5 months ago

Logan is definitely gonna sue this video

@SandyRegion 5 months ago

You call it electrolytes. I call it SALT.

@masoncomer1111 3 months ago

2:48 before I bash someone else’s product let me advertise my own 😂😂

@kyleinwisc 3 months ago

As a professional sweat worker and amateur athlete, LMNTs slap so hard. I used to wake up in the middle of the night with leg and hand cramps multiple nights of week. I dont want to eat food like the old masons who piled salt onto their food at lunch.

@Thedrickx 5 months ago

When you go from reading LMNT as "element" to "lament"

@JohnDotBomb 4 months ago

I use a 5 cent salt pill when I run ultramarathons in 100 F heat

@gijsvanhulten9703 4 months ago (edited)

7:02 "< 4 hours" means "less than 4 hours", not more than. He's saying no extra sodium is necessary when exercising LESS than 4 hours

@andreytcd 5 months ago

Brawndo's got what plants crave

@JaySims 1 day ago

This film deserves much more credit. Well done. All things many older folks have been saying for years.

@joaocorreia792 3 months ago

1 litre of water, table spoon of honey, 2 or 3 pinches of salt, a SQUIRT OF LEMON is my go to energy drink.

@aussiek2000 2 months ago

As a blue collar worker who sweats his butt off during summer, lmnt is a game changer. If I dont take it, I get daily leg cramps. My blood pressure was 108/70 at my last dr visit.

@kmotz987 4 months ago

My dad runs marathons and his doctor told him to eat a banana and mix a pinch of salt and sugar in water for electrolytes 😂

@mainnerd2222 3 months ago

When I was in the military, we had to go to Death Valley for training. They had Gatorade and water bottles. For every Gatorade, we had to drink two bottles of water before we could have another Gatorade.