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THIS WEEK
Last week I noticed something. I was drinking water constantly and still feeling flat by 3pm. Headachy, low energy, the kind of tired that is not really tired.
It was not dehydration from lack of water. It was dehydration from lack of everything else.
Hydration is not a water intake number. It is electrolytes, minerals, what you eat, and what you put on your skin. This week: the edit that actually moves the needle when the temperature does not.
CURRENTLY LOVING
What is actually working for hydration in July.
Electrolytes
If you are sweating more, exercising outside, or drinking coffee in the heat, plain water is not enough. LMNT (available in the US), Noordcode (available in the EU) has the sodium, potassium, and magnesium ratios that actually replenish what you lose. The LMNT watermelon salt flavor in summer is the move.Eating your water
Cucumber, watermelon, strawberries, celery, zucchini. These are 90 to 96 percent water with natural minerals that hydrate differently than drinking does. Add them to everything right now. Need more suggestions? Here’s a full list of hydrating foods.A mineral face mist
Your skin is an organ and it dehydrates the same way the rest of you does. A mineral mist mid-afternoon (Tower 28, Caudalie, or La Roche-Posay) takes thirty seconds and genuinely changes how you feel when the heat is high.Morning water before coffee
One large glass of water with a pinch of sea salt before anything else. No supplements, no routine required. Just minerals and hydration before the caffeine pulls them out of you. This single habit makes more difference than most people expect.Coconut water post-workout
Not the flavored kind. Plain coconut water has naturally occurring electrolytes and potassium in ratios that work well after you sweat. Keep it in the fridge, drink it cold, skip the sports drink. A fresh coconut is event better but if you don’t want the admin of opening on, I highly recommend Harmless Harvest or the Trader Joes brand where the water is pink. If you’re in Europe Amazonia brand.
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MOMENT TO REFLECT
You cannot out-supplement poor hydration habits. But you also cannot fix everything by drinking more water. The answer is usually simpler: add minerals, eat more water-dense foods, and pay attention to what your body is actually asking for.
Start with the morning water and sea salt this week. See what shifts.
See you Sunday!
Valerie
The Wellness Rewind
