Hydro + is a delicious, naturally flavored hydration complex formulated with a balanced profile of key minerals, electrolytes, vitamins, taurine, and carnosine. These ingredients work in synergy to support optimal hydration and promote healthy electrolyte balance, which is crucial for sustaining athletic performance, muscle contraction, and cell function.

Electrolytes are very important especially transitioning from a standard Western diet to a ketogenic or very low carb diet because it entails making a rapid and dramatic change to dietary intake. Many of the unpleasant issues associated with this transition—often called the “keto flu”—are a direct result of changes in electrolyte status. With the removal of most carbohydrates from the diet, insulin levels decrease. Insulin is a potent stimulator of mineral reabsorption in the kidneys, especially sodium. In the absence of a significant and prolonged insulin stimulus, excretion of electrolytes is increased, which typically requires keto dieters to increase intake of these compounds in order to maintain healthy levels of these critical elements. Signs and symptoms that may indicate a need for increased sodium, magnesium or potassium intake in those following a ketogenic diet include:

• Headaches

• Fatigue

• Light-headedness

• Dizziness

• Nausea

• Sluggishness

• Leg cramps or other muscle cramps

• Decline in strength or power during athletic pursuits

Supplementing with a broad array of electrolytes, such as that provided by Hydro+, may help ease the transition during the first few weeks of keto-adaptation. Beyond this initial phase, supplemental electrolytes may be helpful for the long term to ensure keto dieters obtain the minerals they need, and may be especially beneficial for those using ketogenic diets to support athletic performance, an increasingly popular application of this way of eating.