The Gut Performance MD Podcast
Science-based hydration that’s accessible, understandable, and actually useful. Because when you finally stop guessing and start knowing… You can hydrate to dominate..
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‘Tis the Season to Spice Up Your GI Tract (opens the original)
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Host Nurse KC explores how real pumpkin — not just pumpkin spice — contributes fiber, water, and potassium to support digestion and hydration. Learn why canned pumpkin counts, how food water helps hydration, and why your latte’s effects may come from coffee or milk rather than pumpkin alone.Practical tips include adding pumpkin to oatmeal, smoothies, or soup, checking labels for plain pumpkin, and balancing fiber with fluids to avoid bloating.
Hangovers Explained: It's Not Just Dehydration (opens the original)
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This episode breaks down what causes hangovers beyond dehydration — how alcohol is metabolized (ethanol → acetaldehyde → acetate) and how it disrupts fluid balance, sleep, the gut, inflammation, and the nervous system. Dr. Beth and Nurse KC test common hangover rules (beer before liquor, clear vs dark spirits, carbonation, sugar, shots) and explain which effects are physiological and which are due to drinking pattern, congeners, or mixers. Practical takeaways: total alcohol and drinking speed dr
GPMD Podcast- The Modern Drink Aisle: A Mix of Pleasure, Function & Hype! (opens the original)
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Walk the modern drink aisle with Dr. Beth and Nurse KC to learn how to tell meaningful hydration from marketing. Understand that not every beverage is a hydration solution: ask what job the drink should perform, which ingredients do that job, and whether the doses and evidence support the claim.Pleasure and palatability matter, but function requires appropriate formulation. Consider context—everyday fluid, sports, illness, or beauty—and check whether a product is necessary or simply optional. Wh
Are GLP‑1s Dehydrating You? The Truth Behind the Buzz (opens the original)
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This episode explains how GLP‑1 medications can affect hydration by reducing thirst and meal‑linked drinking, altering stomach tolerance, or causing vomiting and diarrhea that directly remove fluids and electrolytes.Dr. Beth breaks down the mechanisms and gives a three‑level plan: water as the base for normal days, electrolytes when losses or heavy sweating justify them, and properly formulated oral rehydration solutions for meaningful vomiting or diarrhea. The episode also lists yellow flags (d
Kylie Jenner's K2O: Can You Drink Your Skincare Routine? Breaking Down Verisol Collagen Peptides, Hyaluronic Acid, and Electrolytes (opens the original)
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Nurse KC and Dr. Beth break down Kylie Jenner's summer beverage lineup — Dunkin's King Kylie drinks, Kylie’s K2O hydration powder, and Sprinter vodka sodas. They explain the difference between a refreshing drink and an effective rehydration product, review ingredients like collagen and hyaluronic acid, and clarify what these products can and cannot do for skin and hydration.
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