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@thomasdelauer

Protein and Salt FTW

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The reel makes several claims about energy levels related to protein, sodium, iron, and dopamine. While protein and iron are essential for energy, the claims about sodium and dopamine are more nuanced and not fully supported by evidence.

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Sodium Citrate"sodium" in reel
Low
500mg mentioned
Sodium CitrateMisleading

Salt helps the brain send a signal to the muscle, and low salt means low signal.

While sodium is important for nerve function, the evidence for sodium citrate specifically improving energy or brain-muscle signaling is limited to specific exercise contexts.

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More reasons your energy is in the toilet. Too little protein. We forget about this all the time, but when we need more energy, we tend to just increase calories. Focus on protein. Protein plays a huge role in the energy we have. Your sodium intake is too low, especially if you're active. We got to remember, salt is what helps the brain send a signal to the muscle, to the rest of the body. So if salt is low, that signal is going to be low. I popped a link down below for Element electrolytes. Their grapefruit salt is a seasonal flavor, and that is in my bio. You're low in iron. Do not go take an iron supplement though. Increase your meat intake, your red meat intake. If you don't eat meat, then increase your spinach intake. We need iron for hemoglobin, and that's what carries oxygen to cells. Disregulated dopamine. Things like social media changing your dopamine baseline literally make it so that you're tired and so that it's harder to get motivated. So fast from that stuff. Take conscientious breaks from social media and things that give you a high.
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Protein and Salt FTW Honestly, so many people are taught to just eat more when they’re low energy or load up on glucose for fuel. These are the unwritten rules. Big Up for @drinklmnt as well with their new cans that have 500mg sodium vs the full 1,000 - much better for casual consumption