Pro tip: I was dead wrong about those electrolyte packets

I used to think electrolyte drinks were just expensive sugar water for marathon runners. Then I started getting these awful headaches around 2pm every day at work in Austin. My coworker kept pushing me to try the LMNT packets she drinks. I finally gave in after three weeks of Advil not touching the headaches. Tried one packet in my water bottle and the headache was gone within 20 minutes. Turns out I was just dehydrated from the Texas heat and my office AC. Been using them for two months now and I barely touch coffee anymore. Anyone else have a simple fix they ignored for way too long?

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angela58711d ago

You ever notice how we'll try seventeen complicated solutions before just doing the simple obvious one? I did the same thing with sleep a while back, kept buying fancy pillows and melatonin gummies when really I just needed to stop looking at my phone an hour before bed.

jason_lewis311d ago

Honestly, I'm not fully convinced it's that serious for everyone. Like yeah, not staring at a bright screen helps, but I've tried that and still lie there wide awake for two hours. Tbh I think some people just have legit sleep issues that a simple fix doesn't touch. But hey, if it worked for you, cool, I'm just saying it's not some universal cure-all.

mary_west11d ago

And we always overthink the fancy stuff when the simple fix was right there all along.