Want coaching that cuts the supplement noise and fixes the actual root cause? Apply to work with my team at OB Health: https://ob-health.com/ Electrolytes are a $40 billion industry, and if you work an office job and train in an air-conditioned gym, you almost certainly don't need a single sachet. I'm a fitness coach reacting to Josh Brett's "The Dirty Business of Electrolytes," and I watch this exact scam wreck my clients every single week.LMNT, Element, Prime, Gatorade, Liquid IV. The pitch is everywhere now: you're "chronically dehydrated," you "can't absorb water without salt," electrolytes will "blunt your appetite." Most of it is marketing, not science. The truth is the average person already eats 3 to 5 grams of sodium a day, and piling more on can mean water retention, bloating, and higher blood pressure.I had a client doing everything right who was bloated, constipated, and holding 8 pounds of water, all from daily electrolytes she didn't need. The day she stopped, her health took off. I also fell for the Huberman "optimal hydration" pitch myself before I actually did the research. In this video I break down who really needs electrolytes, why sodium is almost never your problem, the one mineral most people SHOULD supplement (hint: it's magnesium, not salt), and why I actually think Logan Paul's Prime gets a worse rap than it deserves.CHAPTERS0:00 The $40 billion electrolyte scam, and why I had to react1:29 The client whose daily electrolytes wrecked her gut (and the 8 lbs of water she lost)3:45 "It was made for athletes," not office workers4:58 I fell for it too: the Huberman effect6:23 From cholera wards to Gatorade: how we got here10:36 "A triumph of marketing over science" (the BMJ + Oxford study)14:00 Sodium, blood pressure, and the silent killer14:29 Selling it to kids, and Arnold's school ban15:30 What you ACTUALLY need: magnesium and potassium, not sodium16:31 Prime vs Gatorade, and why Logan Paul gets a bad rap22:37 The "Idiocracy" Brondo moment we're actually living27:22 The verdict: most people just need waterFull credit to the original video: "The Dirty Business of Electrolytes" by Josh Brett. Go watch and support it: https://youtu.be/iWd5oLWxWEcIf this helped, like and subscribe. I react to these every week.This channel is educational and is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor before changing your sodium intake, especially if you have high blood pressure or a heart condition.#electrolytes #LMNT #hydration #huberman #primehydration #magnesium #sodium #fatloss #nutrition #OBHealth