What Do Electrolytes Actually Do?
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- This week Reactions takes a look at the chemistry behind electrolytes and sports drink science. Sports drink commercials love talking about them, but what are electrolytes, why do we need them, and what happens if we don’t have enough? Electrolytes are salts that, once in our bodies, help our cells move water around. They also enable the nerve impulses that keep our hearts beating, our lungs breathing and our brains learning. But we can also lose them - for example, by sweating. Given all the ins and outs of electrolytes, should you reach for that bright orange sports drink after running around the block?
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The way this woman emphasizes syllables is bonkers.
It's fucken bananas...!.!!..! 😂
What are syllables again forgot
@@princealmighty5391 They are a kind of food.
lol. I thought it was me hearing things lol
You prolly dont give a shit but if you are stoned like me during the covid times you can watch all of the latest movies on instaflixxer. Have been watching with my girlfriend lately xD
Thank you for re-educating me on something that I’ve had to learn over 50 times because I keep fucking forgetting it
this really covers so many things i’ve wanted to put on educational content on the internet lmaoo
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@@amberrose1108 i apologize ma’am 🙏
i like how she tells everyone if they can or can't drink Gatorade
I forgot to take Gatorade after a couple of landscaping days and holy crap I thought was dying, had a big cup of milk, salted mango juice later, and finally dinner soon after my soul returned to my body
Grapefruit juice is really good too
Not if you have heart problems tho
Did you experience dizziness ?
Is mango juice good for dehydration??
😂😂😂😂👍👌
ITS GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE!!! IT'S GOT ELECTROLYTES!!!!
How can you make a video on electrolytes and not use a clip from IDIOCRACY!?
Has what the plants crave
I turn my electric lights off at night so I can sleep!
Walter Melon lol
lmao
Thats not powerade. That's sleep aid. Which makes me question. What sort of aid is gatorade?
@@sifugurusensei it's Florida man aid
just a passing crusader it’s Kenny aid
so technically you could replenish some electrolytes by licking your sweat
Sounds about right to me lol
i dont think its the same... cause ur body used the molecules or what ever it needed and then expells the waste part in the sweat..
Sweat is there just to cool you down
People have been know to drink their own urine to survive when stranded in the desert, with no ill effects.
lmao that’s fucking disgusting
Started a job as a tree trimmer today. I’ve never worked in the heat before. Only drank water today and felt completely drained. I think I needed those electrolytes!
Good advice
Good for hangovers too bud, vitamin water and body armor all night long
@@sturrrdy hell yeah!! Ever drink so much and the next day you feel
Dry Mouth or a sense of dehydration from drinking alcohol? Feeling like sh*t?
Drink any electrolyte beverage, wait 15min
Boom!!!
You’re good as new
Coconut water
Bro drink coconut water it has 10s if not 100s times the electrolytes in Gatorade or Powerade. U can literally eat half a banana and a pinch of salt and get waaaay more electrolytes than any sports drink
"Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes."
"What *are* electrolytes? Do you even know?"
"It's what they use to make Brawndo!"
"But why? Why do they use them to make Brawndo?"
"Cuz Brawndo's got electrolytes."
Greatest dialogue ever written.
@@sethheasley9538 *Whispering* God damn it
it’s what cows crave too
Brought to you by Carl's Jr
@@mr.marvelasmr5872 Why do you keep saying that?
Thank you for this add-on electrolyte it was very enlightening and I thank you for putting it out there
I didn't know that I was just reading my SmartWater thing on the side of my bottle and wanted to know what it is. Really satisfying
I’m from europe and have never even heard of electrolytes. When I did I immediately searched for a good explanation of what they are.
Y’all don’t have diarrhoea in Europe?
@@ilovecartoon100 I'm from Europe and we do have electrolytes lol 😆
thank you so damn much for making this, my science teacher wanted me to make up my own energy drink and "Determine which electrolytes and ions are necessary for the body and how your product can replenish the lost electrolytes from the body" and then put it in a promotional poster....
Very Helpful. Thank you.
Great video. The first one I came across about the topic that doesn’t require a PhD in biology to understand. Thank you!
great easy to watch video!
Huh I was trying to find a good vid about this to explain to my mom. Very informative thanks so much
Couldn't watch this because narrator used the same tonal pattern in every single sentence.
Maximum Subtlety i actually really like her voice for some reason
You need a therapist
Its interesting the amount of dislikes on this video is equivalent to the amount of likes on this comment.
@@clubanimations1151 it's now 1 off
It’s not a real person byw
Thanks for teaching.
I play hockey for 1.5 hours this didn't help me determine whether or not drinking a Gatorade is helpful. If it is when should I drink it. B4 or during play?
Sums up the entire anatomy class in a few minutes. You want to drink this either during a heavy workout, a hot day or just worked several hours of manual labor. Water just runs through the body and hardly stays. A bottle of any electrolyte filled drinks can be all the difference between. I know so, drank too much water and, boy the bathroom and I became friends that day. Now with gatorade.... let's say i need no break until i got home
do you have a cold or something?
Lmfao !!
😂 i can't keep watching this video anymore
I had a real nasty headache earlier and drank some Gatorade, It took less than five minutes and the headache was gone.
Electrolytes--it's what kirara2516 craves.
Haha, you'd be right. I'm happy to join the sub squad. :D
Fr, Im gonna try that the next time I get a headache.
FINALLY, AN IDIOCRACY REF
I like the zero sugar energy drinks like Gatorade Zero, and Powerade Zero.
thanks for the sub
Don't forget about heat exhaustion. That's also a good reason to grab an electrolyte drink instead of just water.
I keep some around ever since I woke up one hot summer day with the shakes from mild heat exhaustion from a combination of the heat/sweat and consuming very little salt the previous day.
What if I have to many electro lytes I’ve had this powder stuff which fills 16 ozs and I’ve had like 7 of these in just 12 hrs is that bad I mean liek in play hockey and I’m active quit a bit but not on week ends and today’s a week end help
can you do a video explaining the benefits and side effects of creatine in high endurance exercises
Creatine creates more ATP in your muscles, which is the anaerobic outout. High endurance typically means its aerobic (with oxygen). Kinda like why you can only sprint for under 60sec because your ATP will diminish then after a few minutes your liver can regenerate it. I used creatine for power lifting and martial arts since you must be aerobic and anaerobic. But strictly long distance athletes i dont think theres a benefit plus it'll make you gain a few pounds until you've took the excess out of your body.
If you drink too much Gatorade does it cause an overload of sodium in body in return causing low potassium?
Why does drinking electrolytes supposedly help us hydrate but drinking seawater (which has way more electrolytes) causes us to dehydrate?
1234567890sunshine good question
1234567890sunshine because sea water has mainly sodium which is essential but not in extremely high amounts like sea water. And when you have sodium you should have potassium as well because they balance each other out and sea water lacks potassium
1234567890sunshine from what I know the salty seawater will actually dehydrate you so it’s probably too salty
I had a coworker say the same thing after a very hot and laborious day. But I wasn’t at sea. I was on a construction site with access to clean drinking water. So I dumped salt packets in my mouth and drank normal water. Just a quick binge of salt packets to replenish the salt in my body for one brief moment and that was it. I didn’t do this for days on end because I wasn’t stranded at sea. Drinking sea salt water non stop just makes you thirstier and too much of anything isn’t good
Alternatives would've been helpful. I'm trying to get away from the glucose spike from sports drinks while still reupping my electrolytes in a convenient way. Should I just salt my water?
coconut water
This woman's pronunciation is clearer than my future
1:20 Do kidneys work in a similar way?
There are sugar free electrolyte drinks. Therefor you wont have to pack on calories.
Coconut Water fresh from the tree is Supreme.
It’s what they use to make Brawndo!
-David Herman(voice actor from King of the Hill and Futurama)
PS: Herman said it in Idiocracy
How many gallons a day? thank you!
[question regarding electrolytes and leg cramps] Thanks for the cool video. I definitely look for electrolyte drinks without sugar or corn syrup (sucrose, fructose etc.) because I have diabetes. My big question though is do electrolytes have anything to do with reducing cramps? I'm prone to getting epic foot and leg cramps all night which seems worse when I exercise. I thought taking supplements with electrolytes and specifically potassium was supposed to help with this but haven't noticed much improvement.
jefferstangier
jefferstangier I have heard that you can get cramps in your lower legs and feet if you lack Magnesium 🤷♀️
If you have cramps, take some magnesium, it solves the problem.
非常好!
can I still drink it when I have a fever? also I think I should start drinking those because it's good for your body, am I right
Your info is always fascinating, but must all of you talk so fast? I miss quite a lot and often have to reply parts. It's also a bit nerve racking and irritating when speakers are racing through their speeches.
Cinda Kochen excactly!!
Excellent!!! Thank you!!!
i had to add salt to my daily meal plan to fix scintillating scotoma and temporary blindness in eyes happening all the time due to no sodium to send the data to the calcium channels in the nerves i guess
Summary: "Most of you train like a bitch so you don't need it."
9 times out of 10, if you're feeling really tired during exercise, electrolytes are not your issue. It's a lack of fueling in the form of carbs!
Wanna be doctor
Michael Jackson drank Gatorade on stage during the HIStory tour in 1996/1997. Funny how Pepsi sponsored MJ, but Gatorade didn't.
Pepsi owns Gatorade.
Pepsi bought Gatorade's parent company 'Quaker Oats' in 2001.
I feel like the "burning question" thing was stolen from ASAPScience. It's definitely a part of their ending catchphrase
I like sport drink very much.
they stop making my legs shake when working out
I balance my drink diet with mostly water and then very small sips of Gatorade. One bottle lasts multiple workouts for me.
Electrolytes are important for your body
I used electolytes for 2 years - now i feel more fluid
Everyday? How many did you drink a day?
its got the thirst quenching power plants crave
simmer down now, the info was presented a little too quickly
this is interesting i will buy some electrolyte suplements
_"IT'S GOT ELECTROLYTES!"_
"What ARE electrolytes? Do you even KNOW?"
Now we do :)
It’s what they used to make Brawndo!
@@dannythomas417 cuz Brawndo's got electrolytes
I’m confused,, you say sports drinks have too much sugar but there ok for athletes ?
Well for people who are trying to push their bodies to the absolute limit, yes. It's better. People trying to get bigger and overall much stronger need those calories. But for just toning your body, and trying to just stay skinny in general, water is a better bet.
Salty hydration drinks are essential in high humidity, hot environments. A few deeps sweats and you are behind the hydration curve. Of course, consume adequate amounts of water and eat watermelon.
The narrator sounds like a spunky cartoon character, giving off nerdy/genius best friend archetype vibes
i think for bodybuilding its also good
I should of known this now I'm throwing up after I exercised idk how to stop it 😰😰😰
What if my sweat is sweet and not salty?
0:48 i hate my mind
This explanation completely leaves out any type of endurance/distance/long term activity such as biking, marathons, hiking. You can’t carry pounds of food nor a 12 pack of Gatorade. So not sure how the study they showed makes sense
Sure, here's my question.What diet would effectively replace the amount of electrolytes that you would be consuming From working out if you were just drinking water
The question is important because of I'm at stage two of five stages of kidney failure.
And it would help to find a diet that keeps me hydrated
Yeah. In marching band, we're only allowed to drink water. So, because I'm so paranoid about bloody everything, just to keep my electrolyte count up, I use MiO sport, cuz it has no sugar or caffine👍
haha good for you!
The best way people is pink Himalayan salt. Just pour a tablespoon in water and shake it until it all desolves with the water. That is the best electrolyte for your body.
Awesome thanks a lot !!!!
I would have preferred it if this video was more specific on which electrolyte did what
Sodium Potassium and Calcium. There.
liltonyabc they mentioned the ions in the video, but I meant specific roles they do. Like NA and k are for NA/k pumps and without NA/k those pumps stop working. Hypokalemia you will start having arrhythmias, hyponatremia you can have seizures. Ca found in bones, phosphate for ATP production. Those kinds of things. I know the basics but no one ever goes in depth to what electrolyte does what in the body
When your sick or poorly sports drinks help a lot bc you lose electrolytes ❤
Not 1 Idiocracy ref? BOO!
BRAWNDO'S GOT ELECTROLYTES.
What are electrolytes? Do you even know?!
@@dannythomas417 They're... what they use to make Brawndo.
@Brandon Corona Yeah, but why do they use them to make Brawndo?
I’m just saying but if your working out it’s not bad to have calories in your drink since calories=energy is very essential for giving you the energy to perform said task
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Water is better for your blood and keeps you healthy.
When i work out i try to work my legs and muscles instantly to absorb more drill will power. ..i do drink water but it doesn't always help the way it should so i concentrate more on, drinking sports drinks to give me, that energy boost. But give me far enough fuel to, optimize enough electrical ,charges in my body to keep me stimulated ,through hydration. Where i can continue my work out performances properly. Without messing up,hurting my self or over do it all wrong. I basically drink clear drinks an do lots of drill running laps even weight lifting to increase super strength, enhanced speed an balance when i need to.I tone my body more then likely to get my body use to the feeling, by hard pushing extra tumoral speed positioning,in my muscles I'm a faster running at some point i could run about 30 to 100 meter miles or more per hour,per second or per mintute.Normally i do a lot of fast running practice for empowering my bone structure and muscle mass to take all that pressure i can get.I train a lot before work...after work and during work...or when I'm at home ,so i don't lose focus in what I'm doing.I work like a janitorial 5 hour day job it's pretty constructive and intense to do a lot. But thankfully since.... I'm a very young stronger faster, heavily built type of guy I'm a professional pro at it, to handle the challenges.I usually continue and stop when i need to slow down,or catch my breath while walking so i don't tire myself out.But the perfect beauty of it is that i don't need ,much of a trainer to help coach me into that line of work since it's very,costly to deal with it smh....i don't need much help at all,since I'm doing fine on my own from, training practice.But i only try to get some, simple tips on how i can improve my work out performances more easily said then done. So i just take notes and learn, slighter vocabulary definitions to understand words based off fitness benefits..but i feel so damn good and super indestructible when i drink those sports drinks when need, them the most. I feel super powerful and invincible when, i work that hard too no lie i feel all beastly from blowing off steam, when i use that stuff💪😉💔💔❤❤💖💖💖✊🙏.
So if I drink electrolytes, will I feel a shock of electricity going through my body? Because I swear, I can feel it happening
Just eat a banana before working out and put some salt in your water after. It works well
There are other types of salts you need
Or if youre someone working hard for more than an hour each day or you feel like you have a strange headache, try a gatorade. If youre moving to a new place, definitely pack a Gatorade
I feel that eletrolytes are really helpful after donating blood
I only drink Gatorade when I'm nauseous
Rlly? Imma try it whenever i feel dizzy after a long excersize
"electrolytes added for taste" yet i don't taste anything in the water
If an actual sports player drink these kind of drinks, IF YOU ARE TRYING TO LOSE WIEGHT OBVIOUSLY NOT, and if u think u need electrolytes at that point there are salt tablets u can put in ur water
I just can't see how a tiny bit of salt, smallest amount of potassium, a tons of sugar and dye can replenish so much. They do work for sure
Well they don't really work well but coconut water and other things have waaaay more potassium and some sodium and hardly any sugar. They also have calcium and vitamins while sports drinks don't even have enough electrolytes for non athletes that don't even sweat that much
I had cardiac arrest because my potassium and magnesium was off this controls your heart electricity. So I have to watch my electrolytes close
Why does everyone act like Powerade zero and propel doesn't exist? If you on a diet why would you drink a caloric drink? 🤦🤦
🙌🙌🙌Pickle juice 🙌🙌🙌
Lightning tastes like salt confirmed
Well y'know there's sugar free sports drinks-
With artificial sweetener that harms
Will an excess of electrolytes keep you awake at night 😐
only if you're doing blow
@@someRandomUserAccount alright Bender
fewd
Brawndo's got electrolytes
They're what plants crave.
Should I drink electrolytes on an 8 hour shift at a warehouse?
Well Gatorade has a zero version that has zero sugar 0 fat sodium 270mg patassium 75mg carbs 2g because I know I got some in the fridge
They still put sugar products in it.
@@bethanydavis9023 The zero version they don't now the regular version of course.
@@everythingvideos24 I thought I read some kind of syrup on products part of the label or something.
@@bethanydavis9023The diet version the Zero one I'm talking about has no High Fructose Corn Syrup the regular version yes.
@@everythingvideos24 well either my mind is confusing them or I saw a sugar product that isn't corn syrup, corn syrup is a more recognizable sugar product now a daya and there's over 2 dozen different sugar products now a days, most of which I don't know even how to pronounce.
It's addictive
its gud
I also came hear after watching idiocracy
Me too. I came because the guy who said it is from King of the Hill and Futurama. His name is David Herman.