February 27, 2026

How to biohack your morning water, research shows you’re cooler than you think, and we are terrible accounts for our joy.

The first thing you should do in the morning upon waking at minimum, is drink a tall glass of water.

The energy the human body runs on is a biological form of electricity called “bio-electricity”, and water is the most important conduit to helping the body produce this endogenous energy.

So how does this work?

Inside each and every cell in the human body, a process is taking place where water and essential & trace minerals are being restructured into what is ideally, a highly conductive, gel-like substance (also now known as the 4th state of water).

This water doesn’t have an exact name, but some call it “structured water” or “living water”.

Think of probably the most hydrating plant…I’d most likely say, aloe. When you break an aloe leaf open, there is a thick, hydrating gel like substance inside of it.

This is the 4th state of water, and this gel water is actually what is inside our cells as well, and is the form of water that is at the core of truly hydrating us.

It’s the state of water that much of the entire natural world runs on.

Which means that the liquid water we drink, H20, is merely one of the conduits to helping your body create this gel water that is actually at the core of cellular hydration.

So to help the entire body run more effectively and efficiently, a major key is to produce this highly conductive gel inside our cells.

Which is why, to jumpstart your body and energy for the day, the first thing you should do upon waking in the morning is drink a glass of water.

I recommend doing this before you even get natural light exposure and bare feet in the grass. (This ideally comes immediately or shortly after the glass of water).

The thought process behind “biohacking” my morning glass of water is that the very first glass of water I consume for the day is loaded with everything my body needs (beyond just H2O) to produce this highly conductive gel inside my cells as effectively as possible, from the outset of the day.

It all begins with H2O.

I will refer to “water” as we know it, by its chemical nomenclature, as H2O is not what actually hydrates us, and is merely a conduit (albeit a major one) to proper hydration.

We tend to think of “hydrating” as simply making sure we drink enough water, but there’s far more to it.

In fact, it is now estimated that more Americans are suffering from chronic, low level dehydration, characterized by symptoms such as fatigue, inability to cope with stress, anxiety, headaches, and poor sleep, as a result of drinking too much “dead”, demineralized water, than they are from not drinking enough water.

To get the most out of the water you drink, you ideally want to be drinking water in its natural, organic state.

The easiest way to do this is to drink water you collect from a natural spring, or clean well water.

If you don’t have spring water on hand, keeping a can of Liquid Death or bottle of Mountain Valley Spring Water ready for each morning is also great as its natural mountain spring water.

Finally, if you are drinking tap water, I recommend filtering it. Which kind of filtration you use is entirely up to you, and how much you want to spend on it.

A Quick Note On Restructuring Tap Water

I recommend restructuring tap water if that’s what you’re drinking.

Tap water has been processed, often many times over. It’s dead, it’s lifeless.

Think of it just like food, except wait, water is even more critical for survival than food.

We know when we eat ultra processed food, the body doesn’t know what to do with it, the nutrients are dead, the food does not provide life and quality energy.

The same goes for ultra processed tap water.

The beauty of water though, is that you can actually restructure dead, lifeless, and definitely not life giving, tap water, back into its natural state.

It’s almost like the equivalent of taking an ultra processed boxed, pre-packaged meal, and turning it back into an organic, whole food meal.

There are a couple ways to restructure your water.

You can let it sit in the sun in glass with some trace minerals or sea salt in it for 24 hours or more, and that will actually restructure it.

If that sounds like a bit much, I use a very handy glass water bottle called a Flaska, which functions like a portable spring, and restructures your water in as little as 5 minutes.

Okay, so now we’ve got the H2O part down, let’s move on to the next key component.

Your cells cannot conduct bio-electricity without essential & trace minerals.

Minerals are highly conductive and essential for thousands of enzymatic processes in the body.

This is why they’re referred to as “electrolytes” with respect to their role in hydration, as proper hydration means your body is effectively producing the natural cellular energy (bio-electricity) to function properly.

Think about when an athlete begins cramping up due to poor hydration, and thus, an electrolyte deficiency.

Their muscles quite literally begin to short circuit, and thus function begins to seize up entirely.

If someone is hospitalized with a dangerous level of systemic dehydration, or dies of dehydration, it is because all of their organs also quite literally begin to short circuit, potentially to the point where function seizes up entirely.

If you are not producing bio-electricity at the cellular level, you are not functioning, plain and simple.

You NEED minerals as part of this equation.

This critical component is what our ultra processed tap water is missing.

Remember, it is estimated that more Americans now suffer from chronic, low level systemic dehydration from drinking TOO MUCH demineralized water.

I add a serving of trace ocean minerals to my glass of spring water every morning.

Trace ocean minerals are a natural mineral supplement extracted from deep sea plants found in pristine parts of the ocean.

There are 14 minerals considered “essential” to the human body, meaning you can develop nutrient deficient conditions if you don’t get enough of them over time.

These essential minerals are minerals such as magnesium, zinc, potassium, phosphorous, et cetera. You know of these.

However, there are many, many more minerals that are very useful as conductors at the cellular level, and thus, in my mind, seem pretty darn essential if you understand that all of human life is given from producing electricity at the cellular level, and to fully thrive as a human, you need to be as conductive as possible at the cellular level.

A good trace ocean minerals supplement will contain over 70 different minerals, and even more importantly, will contain them in the ideal ratios as found in the human cell.

High quality sea salts also naturally contain trace minerals, and I salt my food pretty liberally with good sea salt; as a natural sea salt is actually very low in sodium, and gets its salty taste from the plethora of naturally occurring minerals it contains.

Next Up is Molecular Hydrogen

Once I’ve added my trace ocean minerals, I add to two tablets of dissolvable molecular hydrogen.

These are just tablets that release free form hydrogen gas into your water.

If you go to PubMed and do a quick search on “benefits of molecular hydrogen”, you’ll find a good amount of research that’s been done on its effectiveness inside the human body.

Here’s an excerpt from a paper titled, “Therapeutic efficacy of Molecular Hydrogen: A New Mechanistic Insight”:

“Molecular hydrogen (H2) is now recognized as a therapeutic gas for the treatment of numerous diseases including neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, and inflammatory diseases.”

That’s a pretty strong statement, as that’s basically the trifecta of all common, and killer diseases.

✔️ Neurodegenerative = Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Parkinson’s

✔️ Metabolic Disorders = Cancer, Diabetes, to which a whole host of health complications and other diseases can manifest.

✔️ Inflammatory Diseases = Autoimmune diseases, cancer, mental health issues

Molecular hydrogen is also considered a “super conductor”, and we now know how critical it is for our overall health to have as many conductive organic materials inside our cells.

Knowing this, you can see why this paper makes such a strong statement about the efficacy of molecular hydrogen in treating diseases, because if something helps all 30-40 trillion cells in your body run more effectively, you now have 30-40 trillion cells that are more vital, more metabolically efficient, and literally every single process in your body runs more effectively.

If your cells are metabolically efficient, disease cannot develop.

The Final Component: Natural Baking Soda

I also add a bit of natural baking soda as the finishing touch (don’t go too heavy as this will send you to the bathroom).

There is some emerging research suggesting that oral sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) may influence the body’s inflammatory responses. This mechanism involves immune modulation through signals communicated to the spleen, which can shift immune cell activity toward a more anti-inflammatory profile (e.g., increased regulatory T cells and anti-inflammatory macrophages, decreased pro-inflammatory macrophages).

There’s also interest in baking soda’s ability to buffer acidity in the body during intense exercise, which may help reduce muscle fatigue in athletic settings.

I came across an article titled, 9 Mental Dispositions that are Sabotaging your Social Life, and I found the findings of the research to be some of the most positive, uplifting research I’ve come across.

Have you ever had a conversation with someone, say, at a party or event, and afterwards, became self conscious of yourself,or things you said?

Maybe you felt you got too personal, or discussed things that after the fact, seemed a bit too intimate?

Or maybe you helped someone out, or did something to brighten their day, only to think it didn’t really matter?

Well, it turns out, it does matter, more than you think.

And on top of that, it also turns out, people like you a lot more than you may think, and they also tend to appreciate deeper, more intimate conversations more than you might think.

This article is definitely worth the read, but I’ll share some of my favorites with you, and hope that it leaves you feeling more uplifted by how much more positive and impactful our social interactions are than we may realize.

✔️ You underestimate how much you will enjoy talking to a stranger.

We typically shy away from starting conversations with strangers, whether it’s out of fear that it won’t be welcomed, or several other possible reasons. Turns out, research shows that if you do strike up a conversation with a stranger, or a stranger with you, that it will be more enjoyable than you think, and leave you both in a better mood.

✔️ You underestimate how much new acquaintances like you.

Turns out, people like you more than you may think when they first meet you, and that’s pretty cool to know. I find myself thinking back to when I first met people, thinking maybe I talked too much, or was a bit too intense (as I feel I have a tendency to be). It’s probably somewhat natural to go back and second guess those interactions, however, rest easy, because it appears that more often than not, you make a better first impression than you think.

✔️ You underestimate how much people will care about intimate disclosures.

TMI. Something I think many of us are cognizant of in ourselves in conversations. In fact, so cognizant, that oftentimes we’ll preface a statement, or a detail we share by first alerting “TMI”. Once again, it turns out those thoughts, or even fears, probably aren’t warranted. It’s not 100% the case of course, but it seems most people truly appreciate conversations that go past small talk, past the surface layers, to be deeper, and thus, more meaningful.

✔️ You underestimate the positive impact of giving a compliment.

Turns out, we have a tendency to shy away from giving compliments to others for fear that it will be viewed as awkward, and this is an overestimation on our end in how it will be received. In fact, it appears that not only do you overestimate how awkward you may seem in giving a compliment, but you also underestimate how much of an impact that compliment will make on the recipient.

✔️ You underestimate how much someone will appreciate you checking in on them.

A quick call or text to check in on a friend or acquaintance can go a long way. The longer it’s been without talking to them, the seemingly more impactful it may actually be. If you’ve ever drafted a text to someone you haven’t seen or communicated with in a while, to check in on them, only to delete it before sending for fear that it might seem weird; don’t. It will be well received, and even the smallest gesture, like a quick text to check in and say “hey”, can go a long way.

We are terrible accountants for our own joy.

We have a tendency to track our mistakes, our setbacks, and our missed opportunities; yet we rarely total up our blessings, our progress, and our quiet victories.

We discount the laughter, the growth, and the resilience it took to get here.

We write off seemingly ordinary Tuesdays that were, in truth, extraordinary gifts with a bit of perspective.

What if we kept better books on our joy?

What if we recorded gratitude as diligently as we record grievances?

Joy compounds when it’s acknowledged.

It earns interest when it’s shared.

The life you’re building deserves to be measured not only by outcomes, but by moments.