Re: Avoiding leg cramps


"Ed Prochak" <edprochak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I thought gaterade was formulated to help their football team play
better. Marketting to America was an afterthought.

I'm not sure of their motivation for the new formula other than pure
maraketing with an endurance angle. With the additional publicity in the
running community about hyponatremia and people croaking, I think they
are looking for a new market. I know they have a fairly sophisticated
lab but the corporations still live on profits. :)

If it was for their football team were are talking about a game that
lasts for an hour with lots of breaks with offense and defense riding
the pine. In a marathon, especaily those out there for more than 4 hours
the juice is woefully short of salt. Toss in a hot day and that's when
people get into real trouble.


The concentration seems to me would be close to the salty tase of
blood. Not a great taste, but it it isn't barf time.

How long do you think a runner can take the taste before he feels the
urge to barf? Think of ocean water being your source of fluid. Taste,
be it salt, sweet or specific flavors tend to get repulsive over time.
Once you hit that stage you're in deep ***. You need to drink yet
can't. So many of us to avoid this delemma will do plain water, coke,
Mountain dew, Sports drinks for a variety flavors. We take out salt in
caps to avoid any taste issue. As long as we can get some water down we
can get our salt.


Saltier than say pickle juice?

Maybe ocean water or worse.

Really my question is has any body TRIED it? I don't know, but I don't
think it necessarily is bad tasting.

It's still Gatorade and I'm not a good person to ask about how their
products taste. :) Other than some additional salt it's the same cheap
simple sugar crap. If they wanted to make a real endurance drink it
would be made from maltodextrin, but maltodextrin is expensive yada
yada.

The amount of salt they added will likely help some people. IMO it is
marketing smoke to make more money. Not much different than shoe
companies changing model colors each year.

-DougF



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