In this video, I'll uncover the signs, symptoms, and causes of electrolyte imbalances.
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life. Now in this video, we're gonna discuss electrolyte imbalances. Now, this is an important
topic because a simple electrolyte imbalance or deficiency can make you feel like absolute
garbage. I'm gonna tell you my own story on how I drove myself into an electrolyte deficit
during this video. I felt like trash on almost on a daily basis, but electrolytes are very
important. We're gonna discuss the important electrolytes that you need to have in your
body, also the functions they play a role in, but most importantly the electrolyte imbalance
or deficiency symptoms associated with not having enough. Let's dive in.
Now, the electrolytes that we're talking about are these different minerals, it's sodium,
potassium, chloride, calcium, magnesium, and phosphate. We need these in our body for proper
bodily function. Here's some of the functions that they play a role in nervous system function,
muscular function, pH balance. Proper hydration, which is very important and also supporting
healthy cellular physiology pertaining to the fluid inside and outside of the cell.
Now when you have an imbalance or deficiency lots of nasty symptoms start to pop up. The
way that I actually drove myself into a deficit is, first of all, following a low-carb diet
and doing very intensive exercises where I was perspiring a lot. How I knew that I had
a problem with electrolytes is because almost any time I went running in the hot sun and
sweat a lot I would feel like garbage the rest of the day and the day after. I also
would feel terrible if I went into the sauna and sweat out a lot of these different electrolytes
because I didn't have enough in my body. What I did notice is that as soon as I stopped
running or if I didn't go into the sauna I essentially felt so much better, so I related
it all back to electrolytes. And then you know of course you're not born with all this
knowledge and when I realized okay low carb diet, this particular type of exercise and
you know doing it for many years on end without the proper amounts of electrolytes. I drove
myself into a deficit and had many of these symptoms I'm about to talk to you about.
First of all, is muscle fatigue. You get muscle fatigue, you’ll also have poor muscular
endurance. You're just you know gassing out early in an exercise, just not having much
strength. Well, an electrolyte imbalance is one of the reasons why muscular cramping.
You start to get a lot of different spasms and muscle cramps, a lot of times they start
in the small muscle groups: the hands, the feet, around the mouth, around the eyes, but
then they can go into the big muscle groups. Anyway, you want to make sure that you have
proper electrolytes because this is really frustrating, especially if you're an athlete.
Frequent thirst is another big one here. This is where you feel like you just want to drink
more and more water but yet you've been drinking enough water but yet you still feel thirsty
so you just can't quench that thirst. That’s typically an electrolyte imbalance. Frequent
urination is a result of this problem of course, but also because you're dumping those electrolytes
you tend to have to run to the bathroom more often. Some people who are healthy individuals
but are up running to the bathroom all night this could be a reason why. Fast or irregular
heartbeat. This is another issue where you're having these heart palpitations and you don't
know why. It's kind of a scary symptom, especially when you're not able to figure out what's
going on there. Once again the electrolyte issue. Mental confusion, headaches, craving
salt, shallow breathing, this is where you just feel like you can't get a good breath
of fresh air in. It’s kind of an interesting symptom and something that scares a lot of
people but the shallow breathing can be a result of how these electrolytes function
in your body. Bowel irregularity. So if you're going into like almost IBS symptoms where
you are going into having you know multiple bowel movements to constipation and kind of
bouncing back and forth electrolytes can be your issue there. The next thing here is swelling
in the ankles and wrists and then numbness and tingling. It's very important if you have
these different symptoms and these imbalances that you get it straight now and it's very
easy to do. What I use is a simple electrolyte powder that not only has all these electrolytes
in it but also has some vitamin C and some different things in order to really help with
the delivery process of these electrolytes and really support proper hydration. I'll
put a link to the powder that I use in the description below. It’s very high quality,
doesn't have any of the sweeteners or any of the other junk in it. You want to make
sure that you're taking these electrolytes, it is a big game-changer. It's a very simple
thing to do in order to increase your electrolytes and it makes you feel so much better, I'll
put a link in the description to the one that I use and also be sure to give this video
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