Boost Your Hydration with MetaPWR Recharge - doTERRA Europe | Science Talks

<<6>> Hi, I'm Dr Brannick Riggs,

<<8>> Vice President of Education at dōTERRA International,

<<10>> and I'm here with Dr Fernando Guerra,

<<12>> and we're going to talk about MetaPWR Recharge today.

<<16>> So, Fernando, in your profession as an ER physician,

<<18>> you often deal with athletes.

<<20>> Can you tell us what happens

<<22>> when those athletes are exercising?

<<24>> When the human body is exercising, what's going on?

<<27>> - So you increase your movement, so your heartbeat increases.

<<32>> So with time,

<<33>> depending on the amount of exercise that you do,

<<36>> you can sweat more, you can increase your breathing,

<<41>> you can increase your heart rate.

<<43>> So all of your body is in constant production of heat,

<<48>> so you sweat more.

<<50>> So with that, you can lose water,

<<53>> and you can lose other types of minerals.

<<55>> - Yeah, so when we're sweating,

<<56>> we lose electrolytes, we lose water,

<<60>> and when we're exercising then,

<<62>> that kind of brings on the sweat

<<63>> for various reasons, correct?

<<65>> That increased respiratory rate, the increased heart rate,

<<69>> muscles are burning fuel, right?

<<72>> Which also then causes heat inside the body,

<<75>> and then that's kind of where we get that sweat from.

<<77>> - Yeah.

<<78>> So when we're sweating,

<<81>> what's happening to the body temperature?

<<82>> Why are we sweating?

<<83>> What's going on there with the body temperature?

<<85>> - So the sweating is a mechanism for the body

<<89>> to decrease the temperature.

<<91>> So it's a cooling system that naturally we have.

<<95>> And we lose water,

<<97>> but losing water also makes us lose lots of metabolites,

<<102>> like minerals, like sodium and chloride and others.

<<107>> That's why sometimes when you can taste the sweat,

<<110>> it's salty.

<<111>> So that could unbalance the body.

<<114>> - And so when we're sweating,

<<116>> can we just drink water to replace that?

<<119>> Or do we need something more?

<<120>> You can drink water, but it's more important and

<<122>> more efficient if you drink other type of minerals.

<<126>> Because you lose minerals,

<<127>> you need to put them again in your body.

<<130>> - Yeah

<<131>> In fact, there's some medical literature out there

<<133>> of overhydration of athletes, right?

<<136>> And it causes some problems

<<137>> because they do get an imbalance of electrolytes

<<140>> and that wreaks havoc on the muscles of their body,

<<143>> including the heart, which is a muscle.

<<146>> So if we are just drinking water by itself,

<<149>> while water is good for us, it can

<<151>> in the right amounts, cause problems for us.

<<153>> So what do those electrolytes do for us in our body?

<<156>> So those electrolytes are very important

<<159>> in every function in the body.

<<162>> So the nervous system needs all the minerals,

<<166>> especially the chloride and the sodium, to work out and

<<169>> to make the transmission of the signals.

<<172>> The muscles need all the calcium and the potassium,

<<174>> so if you lose them, your muscles and your nervous system

<<178>> will not work as properly.

<<180>> - Yeah.

<<181>> So we need potassium, sodium, chloride, magnesium.

<<185>> There's a number of things that we're needing to function.

<<189>> So can the new MetaPWR Recharge help us?

<<191>> - Definitely. It can help us,

<<193>> of course, with the water that we take

<<196>> with the Recharge,

<<197>> it can give us all the minerals that we need.

<<199>> And there's a lot of literature that says

<<201>> that those minerals, with the adequate level of hydration,

<<206>> can give us the best recovery if you're doing exercise,

<<210>> because you can do exercise for 30 minutes,

<<212>> but it's different than running a marathon.

<<215>> It's completely different.

<<216>> The weight of the loss of water, the loss of minerals

<<219>> is completely different.

<<220>> And many studies reflect the amount of

<<223>> sweat that athletes lose.

<<225>> So Recharge can really help,

<<228>> if you choose exercise that gives you more sweat

<<232>> and gives you more loss of heat, then it helps you a lot.

<<236>> - Yeah, there's lots of products on the market today

<<239>> that are for this specific issue.

<<243>> But what makes the dōTERRA Recharge product unique from

<<247>> some of those other products that are out there?

<<249>> - What I like to mention is there's no sugar in it.

<<254>> Yeah, that's fantastic, isn't it?

<<255>> Yeah, it is fantastic,

<<258>> because you prep the MetaPWR Recharge with water,

<<263>> with the electrolytes concentration that we have there.

<<265>> And we take what we need, and we don't need that much sugar.

<<269>> We have tons of reserves.

<<271>> - Yeah.

<<272>> It's important to have a diet

<<274>> that is adequate and good for yourself,

<<277>> and if you do have a nice hydration,

<<280>> but also if you take the Recharge when you need it,

<<283>> I think you're doing a great job.

<<285>> - Yeah, it's interesting.

<<286>> This also doesn't come as a powder.

<<289>> A lot of those electrolyte drinks out there

<<291>> come as a powder. This comes as a slurry

<<293>> that really you need to mix with water.

<<295>> I think that's an important point that you bring up.

<<297>> And the fact that I have heard of people

<<301>> that just take the powder inside,

<<303>> which is so much of those electrolytes without the water

<<307>> that's also needed there.

<<309>> So as we mix this slurry with water,

<<312>> as you see here on the table before us,

<<313>> it really helps us with the hydration

<<315>> and those electrolytes.

<<316>> Another thing that is important,

<<318>> people sometimes don't drink enough water.

<<321>> And if you do use Recharge,

<<325>> that requires use of half a litre of water for each package,

<<329>> it is enough for you to get your adequate hydration.

<<333>> - And there's some science out there that indicates

<<335>> that when we drink water with electrolytes,

<<337>> we absorb more of the water,

<<339>> we're able to utilise more of the water,

<<341>> than if we were to not drink it with the electrolytes.

<<343>> So it actually helps us a little bit more.

<<345>> So, Dr Guerra,

<<346>> when and how would you recommend using the product?

<<350>> So I recommend using MetaPWR Recharge

<<353>> when you do an exercise over 30 minutes.

<<355>> You sweat a lot,

<<356>> or you’re producing energy is higher.

<<359>> But also because of the components inside, it can help

<<363>> for instance, with the process of dehydration.

<<366>> It can help you because all the sodium and the potassium

<<369>> inside MetaPWR Recharge can help you,

<<373>> for instance, when you have a person that is vomiting.

<<377>> When you start with retaking fluids,

<<379>> you can start slowly with Recharge and it will help you,

<<383>> having not only the water,

<<385>> but also the minerals that you need.

<<386>> So anytime that we're losing lots of fluid,

<<389>> we need to replace it

<<390>> with something like this.

<<391>> I would also mention that we recommend typically,

<<394>> as physicians, that people are getting 30+ minutes,

<<397>> at least five days a week.

<<398>> So that's going to be at least five times a week

<<401>> that you're using the product.

<<402>> But in addition to that,

<<403>> there's this thing called NEAT exercise,

<<405>> which is exercise that we do on a fairly frequent basis

<<408>> that we wouldn't consider 'time to go exercise'.

<<412>> Mowing the lawn, right? Working in our garden.

<<415>> Those are times that we're exercising,

<<417>> but we may not consider it like going to the gym.

<<420>> Those might also be times where we're sweating a lot,

<<422>> we're doing a lot of work.

<<424>> Even if you are doing some, not exercise,

<<427>> but work every day,

<<428>> where you are sweating a little more,

<<430>> you're losing a little water more than normal,

<<432>> you can in fact use MetaPWR Recharge

<<435>> because you will take more water

<<437>> and use this product to input more minerals.

<<440>> - So Fernando, is this product vegan-friendly, gluten-free,

<<445>> and free from sugar and artificial sweeteners?

<<448>> - Completely.

<<449>> It's fantastic.

<<450>> - Yeah, that's great.

<<451>> I love the MetaPWR Recharge product

<<453>> because of the fact that when I drink it,

<<456>> I feel like I'm not drinking an artificially sweet

<<459>> or super sugary drink, which is fantastic.

<<463>> I really do taste the electrolytes in it.

<<465>> What I have found is that when I need the product,

<<468>> when my system has lost a lot of sweat and electrolytes,

<<471>> it tastes really good,

<<473>> because my body's craving those things, right?

<<475>> And when I don't need it,

<<478>> then I'm going to taste that it's a little bit more salty.

<<480>> Because the body's saying 'maybe I don't need this as much',

<<483>> and so that's kind of an indicator for me

<<485>> of when I'm really needing the product and when I don't.

<<487>> But I certainly have been using this a ton

<<489>> and love our MetaPWR Recharge product,

<<492>> and would certainly recommend it to those of us

<<494>> that are out there moving more, and engaging in life.

<<498>> This is a fabulous product.

<<500>> So thank you for your time today, Dr Guerra.

<<501>> - Thank you.