I <3 Gatorade but wtf is in it that rehydrates?

[Hav0k99]

I've never seen SALT as an ingredient. It's usualy sodium.

 

[dullard]

Water, sugar, salt. Those are basically the key ingredients.

 

[Henrythewound]

I know that is supposed to be a heart, but it looks more like a scrotum. You dip your gnads in gatorade?

 

[rezinn]

What do you think rehydrates you out of those ingredients? the salt?

 

[simms]

water

 

[kogase]

Gatorade is a sports drink. When you sweat you lose salt, and drinking a lot of water while you lose salt can lead to water intoxication. Therefore sports drinks tend to include salt to prevent this.

 

[rh71]

drink beforehand for maximum energy.

 

[Bartino]

gatorade has electrolytes in it and is comparable to the water solution that they pump inot you in an IV. it basically just helps it to stay with you longer than regular water

 

[Hav0k99]

Originally posted by: rezinn
What do you think rehydrates you out of those ingredients? the salt?

I should of stated it as HELPS rehyrdate.

 

[Hav0k99]

Originally posted by: Bartino
gatorade has electrolytes in it and is comparable to the water solution that they pump inot you in an IV. it basically just helps it to stay with you longer than regular water

Daddy, where do elecrolytes come from?

 

[thirtythree]

Gatorade is bad for your teeth. No kiddin'.

 

[Bartino]

haha well, when a man and a woman love each other...

 

[Hav0k99]

Originally posted by: Bartino
haha well, when a man and a woman love each other...

My grandpa told me it's when a man and a womans privates tingle....

 

[Dunbar]

Quote from the Gatorade site:

...sodium can indeed be replaced by Gatorade, but your athletes will still need to ingest a normal diet that contains ample salt. That's because we lose sodium chloride in the sweat at far greater rates than Gatorade can replace it. The salt in Gatorade (no more than in the same amount of milk) helps maintain the desire to drink and stimulates rapid rehydration following exercise.

 

[rh71]

^ desire to drink = more sales... I really don't remember it quenching my thirst... I just want more and more. Good stuff.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: Bartino
haha well, when a man and a woman love each other...

protein?

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Hav0k99

Originally posted by: Bartino
gatorade has electrolytes in it and is comparable to the water solution that they pump inot you in an IV. it basically just helps it to stay with you longer than regular water

Daddy, where do elecrolytes come from?

Electrolytes is just ionic particles. Salts like sodium, potassium and chloride, are ionic, or electrolytes. Your body requires these electrolytes to make many reactions, such as sweating and for your kidneys to function.
Gatorade is actually worse for rehydrating than plain water as you feel dehydrated when your salt to water ratio is very high. Drinking water is to dilute the salt. If you drink salt water, you're just going to feel even more dyhydrated.
Kogase is spot on in his information on what gatorade is for - to replenish the salt you lose from sweating.

 

[imported_Stew]

Water

 

[91TTZ]

it has mainly sugar, salt, and potassium.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Salt is essential when you're exercising as are electrolytes. Personally, I carry a bottle of Cytomax and one of water when I go on my 30-40 mile rides.