Peter Attia· MD
23 to 70% of our weight right I stood on the scale this morning like that number on the scale 2/3 to 70% of it is H2O yeah no most of it is in the cells of our body and the muscle is of course no exception
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23 to 70% of our weight right I stood on the scale this morning like that number on the scale 2/3 to 70% of it is H2O yeah no most of it is in the cells of our body and the muscle is of course no exception
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2/3 to 70% of our weight right I stood on the scale this morning like that number on the scale twoth thirs to 70% of it is H2O yeah and then people say okay well wait how can that be because I get that my blood plasma is water that can't be where it all is no most of it is in the cells of our body and the muscle is of course no exception given that it's such a ubiquitous cell totally and in fact given that it occupies the vast majority mass in your body yeah so giving the fact that that in order for it to store its primary unit of energy it needs to bring water with it being glucose [Music] right