Tamara Hew-Butler: Hydration Myths Exposed: Are You Drinking Yourself Sick?

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Darin Olien

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🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

We all know hydration is essential, but are we really approaching it the right way? In this episode of Superlife Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Tamara Hew-Butler, a seasoned researcher in exercise science, to break down what hydration truly means—and why it’s not as simple as “eight glasses a day.”

Together, we dig into the science of cellular hydration, explore the myths around dehydration, and discuss why overhydration can be just as harmful as not drinking enough.

We talk about our body’s natural ability to regulate water intake and also about the rising cases of kidney disease in athletes and outdoor workers and how environmental factors may be playing a role.

Dr. Tamara is an associate professor of exercise and sports science at Wayne State University, specializing in the physiology of hydration and electrolyte balance. Her research offers a fresh, science-backed perspective on hydration and health.

We Also Discuss:

(00:00) Resilience and Health in Modern Society

(11:39) Water, Resilience, and Society

(27:04) Understanding Fluid Balance and Sodium Regulation

(34:35) Understanding Dehydration and Water Intake

(45:48) Water, Hydration, and Beverage Choices

(59:48) Environmental Toxins and Kidney Disease

(01:07:57) Water Perspectives in High Performance

And more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Super Life with me, Darren O'Lean, a podcast where we explore, discover, and share solutions that promote a healthier life and a better world.
0:13.0	Together will ignite possibilities, inspire change, and build sovereignty, creating a roadmap towards a super life for you and for all.
0:24.4	Get ready to start living your super life.
0:33.1	Hey everybody, welcome the show. This is Darren O'Lean. This is the Super Life podcast. You ever wonder if hydration is as simple as just drinking more water? Oh, that's a big question. In this episode of Super Life, I sit down with Dr. Tamara Hugh Butler, a leading exercise science professor to challenge some of the common myths around hydration,
0:56.3	kidney health, and what your bodies really need to thrive.
1:00.3	Dr. Tomorrow's research in elite athletes and kidney health brings surprising insights
1:05.9	into how hydration affects not just performance, but long-term health. We explore why so much of the
1:13.7	conventional wisdom on drinking water might be off the mark or we just don't know enough about.
1:19.8	And we discuss the environmental factors quietly influencing how our well-being is manifest.
1:26.9	Dr. Tomarra, Hugh Butler Butler is known globally for her work in exercise
1:31.1	science and hydration and her deep research on the kidney health and resilience. This really is
1:38.0	shaping how we think about wellness from the inside out. I have many different thoughts and points of view on this. I have actually
1:46.3	been adding unrefined electrolytes salt to my water for better part of 20 years. However, in this
1:55.0	conversation with Dr. Tamara, she thinks that we don't necessarily have advantage in our hydration method because we're getting
2:02.9	electrolytes from so many other places. I find that very interesting. Do I still add unrefined salt
2:09.1	and other things to my water? I do. There are certain scenarios. If you are consuming way too much
2:15.6	salt in your life, maybe it's not a good idea. If you are an athlete, if you are sweating, if you are consuming way too much salt in your life, maybe it's not a good idea.
2:18.1	If you are an athlete, if you are sweating, if you are doing saunas and things like this,
2:24.2	then maybe adding salt is beneficial to you.
2:28.4	So this is an interesting conversation I have with the leading expert.
2:31.7	And really, water can be consumed in many different forms and even
2:37.5	from food, certainly fruit. And what we didn't get into is around the structure of water,
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