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What do muscle contractions, blood circulation, fluid balance, and your ability to read this very sentence have in common? They all depend on a short list of charged minerals called electrolytes. Without electrolytes, the perpetual flow of biochemistry couldn’t dance. It wouldn’t even know how to dance. Much of the time you’ll catch me speaking to electrolytes’ role in hydration, particularly sodium. There’s a pervasive myth that drinking tons of water will magically keep you hydrated. In actuality, sodium is taking water out for a walk. Where sodium goes, water follows. But unwittingly, many folks are trying to walk 12 Great Danes at once — they’re drinking as if from a firehose, diluting blood sodium levels, and sending their fluid and electrolyte balance all out of whack. My point is: In order to feel and perform your best, it’s crucial to consume electrolytes along with fluids. But hydration is just one chapter of the electrolyte story. Quietly, imperceptibly, electrolytes support the very processes that keep you alive. They help sustain life in beautiful harmony with your brain, heart, endocrine system, and more.