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Stan Efferding & Thomas DeLauer: You Need MORE SALT

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Timestamps ⏱

0:00 – Intro
0:36 – Overview of Salt Benefits
1:00 – Salt-Sensitive People
1:30 – Adding Salt Back
2:16 – Salt & Performance
4:14 – Rehydrating After Training (How Much Water & Salt)
4:46 – Salt & Sodium Differences
5:10 – Is Restricting Salt Beneficial?
6:27 – Effective Ways to Reduce Blood Pressure
9:01 – Free Sample Pack of LMNT – Just Pay Shipping
9:55 – Salt Pre Workout (how much + benefits)
10:45 – Experts’ Quotes Regarding Efficacy of Sodium Consumption
11:02 – Alan Aragon
11:50 – Dr. Layne Norton
12:29 – Will Sodium Make You Puffy?
12:58 – Thomas’ Sodium Intake on Workout Days
13:10 – Sodium Intake Depends on Workload & Sweat Rate
13:25 – If You Decrease Sodium, Your Body Will Retain Sodium
14:06 – Eric Trexler
15:06 – Dr. Aaron Carroll
15:35 – Dr. Clyde Yancy
16:00 – Cochrane Review’s Take on Sodium Consumption
16:50 – Sodium for Strenth on Keto or Fasting
17:53 – Sodium & NST Neurons (cravings)
19:20 – Sodium Intake During Endurance Exercise
20:00 – The Need for Sodium
20:54 – Salt Back Your Food
21:35 – Which Type of Salt is Best?
24:18 – Where to Find More of Stan’s Content

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Stan Efferding & Thomas DeLauer: You Need MORE SALT

February 1, 2022

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