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March 7, 2024

Automating Ultrarunning Hydration Strategy And Execution | Meridith Cass (Nix Biosensors)

Automating Ultrarunning Hydration Strategy And Execution | Meridith Cass (Nix Biosensors)

Meridith Cass - the Founder-CEO of Nix BioSensors joins the show to talk about the self-health movement, the latest technology behind hydration intelligence, and the prospect of completing automating your hydration strategy and execution at an ultra-trail race like the Western States 100.

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Timestamps:

  • 2:10 The Importance of Self-Health and Personalized Health Management
  • 5:15 Accuracy and Meaningful Metrics in Biosensing
  • 8:34 Personalized Feedback and Dynamic Recommendations
  • 10:05 The Limitations of Intuition in Hydration Management
  • 12:26 The Impact of Dehydration on Performance
  • 14:17 How the Nix Patch Works and Measures Sweat
  • 15:06 Refining Hydration Plans with Patch Data
  • 17:30 The Nix Index and Environmental Conditions
  • 21:05 The Value of Wearing the Patch Before and After Workouts
  • 23:42 Triangulating Data with Other Sensors
  • 25:04 Accuracy of Recommendations and Tolerable Error Rate
  • 27:24 The Role of the Patch in Changing Consumer Purchasing and Brand Marketing
  • 29:30 Granularity of Electrolyte Profile Data
  • 31:06 The Future of Hydration and the Role of the Nix Patch
  • 37:09 The Impact of Nix on Personalized Purchasing Decisions
  • 39:39 The Need for Lab-Based Sweat Tests and the Role of the Nix Patch
  • 41:00 Exciting Research in Sweat Science and Partnerships with Researchers
  • 42:27 Automating Hydration Strategies with the Nix Patch


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