Supported by science.
In collaboration with UC San Diego, we tested our formula's effectiveness against plain water.
In collaboration with the University of California San Diego, we conducted a study to determine if a 12 oz. serving of our hydration formula was as good or better than 16 oz. of plain water for cellular hydration, full body hydration, and rapid hydration.
How we tested
Baseline
Participants were required to fast from food and drink for 3 hours before the study, and were tested upon arrival at the test facility before consuming either 12 oz. of our formula or 16 oz. of plain water, and again 60 minutes after consumption.
Clinical impedance
Body fluid composition and skeletal muscle fluid mass were measured using a clinical impedance device, which measures the body's electrical properties that indicate health and body composition, including the amount of water in the body's cells (intracellular) and the amount of water outside the body's cells (extracellular).
Blood hematocrit
Blood samples were taken to measure blood hematocrit levels. Hematocrit is the percentage of red blood cells in your blood. When a person is dehydrated, the hematocrit will appear higher than if the patient were normally hydrated due to a decrease in dilution.
Results
Our formula
Hydrates better.
Intracellular Hydration levels of plain water showed only slight improvement in Intracellular Hydration levels at 60 minutes, and showed a decline at the 120-minute mark.
Our formula showed a larger Intracellular Hydration increase than plain water at the 60-minute mark, and increased again at the 120-minute mark where plain water had already shown a decrease.
Our formula
Hydrates longer.
Hydration levels of plain water showed an actual decline at the 60-minute mark and flatlined hydration levels at the 120-minute mark.
Hydration levels of our formula showed a defined improvement at the 60-minute mark and had declined to just under baseline at the 120-minute mark.
Our formula
Hydrates faster.
Using Bioimpendance, each subject was tested for hydration level at 30 minutes using the HYDEX hydration index.
Hydration levels of plain water showed an actual decline at the 30-minute mark. Hydration levels of our formula showed a rapid increase compared to plain water in the first 30 minutes.