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251 | Understanding Electrolytes, Sodium Intake and Diet with Robb Wolf


251 | Understanding Electrolytes, Sodium Intake and Diet with Robb Wolf

Welcome to episode 251 of The Optimal Body Podcast

Understanding Electrolytes, Sodium Intake and Diet with Robb Wolf

Is Salt bad? Do you need to supplement electrolytes? We have Robb Wolf on, co-founder of LMNT electrolytes, to provide expertise on the topic of electrolytes. Robb provides deep insight into the truths of salt intake and how it relates to hypertension, suggesting insulin resistance as the primary driver of hypertension. Furthermore, Robb suggests what contributes to high salt intake, and how low salt diets relate to increased osteoporosis risk and the possibility of calcification in blood vessels. He discusses family history and ways to modulate diet to reduce the risk of hypertension if it runs in the family. Furthermore, he describes the personal fat threshold as it relates to eating a high protein diet, the debate in what it means to eat “high quality” as well as how to interpret how many electrolytes to consume. Finally, he touches base with electrolyte consumption during pregnancy. Let’s dive in!

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What You Will Learn In This Interview with Robb Wolf

3:52 – What are electrolytes?

8:13 – The truth about salt intake & hypertension

11:23 – What influences salt intake?

12:35 – Reduce salt intake if hypertension runs in the family?

14:53 – Personal fat threshold & addressing insulin resistance as a driver of hypertension

25:50 – Protein leverage hypothesis & eating a carnivore diet to manage blood sugar

31:57 – What is means to eat “high-quality” foods

39:26 – How do you know how many electrolytes to consume?

46:57 – Pregnancy & electrolyte

53:20 – Learn more with Robb!

About Robb Wolf

We developed LMNT Recharge because we were frustrated with the lack of healthful electrolyte products on the market. We were fielding questions daily from people in our communities struggling to get adequate electrolytes, but could not recommend anything on the market.

The hard truth is that available electrolyte products are high in sugar and woefully lacking in actual electrolytes. Based on the latest nutritional science, getting adequate electrolytes through these products equates to over 100 grams of added sugar per day. We don’t think anyone needs this amount of sugar.

For years our recommended solution was to buy electrolytes in bulk and make your own electrolyte homebrews. After spending too many hours meticulously measuring and mixing our own electrolyte homebrews and getting stopped by airport security one too many times for carrying dozens of baggies full of white powder, LMNT Recharge was born.

Elemental Labs was co-founded by Robb Wolf, Tyler Cartwright, Luis Villaseñor, and James Murphy.

Robb is a former research biochemist and is the 2X NYT/WSJ Bestselling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired to Eat. He has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world through the RobbWolf.com community.

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