If you’ve walked through a grocery store, scrolled Instagram, or watched any fitness influencer lately, you’d think the human body cannot possibly function without a neon-colored drink labeled “ELECTROLYTES.” It’s marketed to athletes, moms, runners, even people just…walking. You sweat → you must replace → buy this drink. But what if the whole electrolyte craze is mostly a fix for a problem the modern diet created in the first place?
Recorded 10/1/2025