Hydration - how to get it right: the life saving power and perils of fluid balance

Saving Lives In Slow Motion

Hydration is something many of us take for granted but in this episode I bust some myths around hydration, cover why it is important to give it some thought and why urine colour is not the best measure of how hydrated we are. 

Too much vs too little: https://www.instagram.com/drayanpanja/p/C16g1vfI3ZP/

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Plethysmography: https://www.healthline.com/health/plethysmography

Water intoxication: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/water-intoxication

Diarrhoeal disease and oral rehydration therapy (ORT): https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diarrhoeal-disease

ORT: https://ourworldindata.org/oral-rehydration-therapy

8 glasses of water a day?: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-63755475#

Overhydration dangers: https://www.healthline.com/health/overhydration

Delirium: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/delirium/symptoms-causes/syc-20371386

What hydrates us: https://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/healthy-beverages

Excessive thirst: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/thirst/

Tap water: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/tap-water-uk-safe-to-drink-b2600254.html

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