00:00You ran 26 miles, drank 5 gallons of water, and now your brain is starting to swell.
00:08This is hyponatrinia. It's the moment perfect hydration becomes a death sentence.
00:15When you drink too much plain water, you dilute your blood salt levels until your cells begin to panic.
00:22Your sodium-potassium pump fails. Without salt to balance the pressure, water rushes into your cells.
00:30Everywhere else, your body can expand, but your brain is trapped in a bone box. It turns into a sponge.
00:39The cure isn't more water. It's salt. You need electrolytes to pull the water back out before the pressure kills
00:47you.
00:47Most people think water is the ultimate healer. Would you have known when to stop?
00:53Comment below. Because remember, too much of a good thing.
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