Comments on: What the Eff is an Electrolyte? Is Gatorade the Real Deal? http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal/ Level up your life, every single day. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:50:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: brian619 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-3181 brian619 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:49:41 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=288#comment-3181 Loved the article and the humor that went into it. No dry reading with that at all! Loved the article and the humor that went into it. No dry reading with that at all!

]]> By: Melissa http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-3153 Melissa Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:15:41 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=288#comment-3153 Vita Coco has more electrolytes, less calories, AND tastes better than Gatorade. Vita Coco has more electrolytes, less calories, AND tastes better than Gatorade.

]]> By: An http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-3070 An Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:40:19 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=288#comment-3070 I'm not sure where the author got his information at. Electrolytes are substances that when dissolved in water cause the solution to conduct electricity better. Electrolytes are salts. Unless you eat only fresh produce, you get way way more Electrolytes then you will ever need. In fact unless you are eating a low sodium diet, you probable get 2-3 time the amount of sodium you need. If you eat any fast food or chips you get an assload of salt. Now when you sweat you loose these electrolytes at a faster rate (sweat tastes salty). However there is no naturally occuring water on this planet that doesn't already contain these electrolytes. Tap water, well water any water that you find contains electrolytes. Yes gatorade contains more, but you probably have way more already than you need, unless you spend most of you day sweating.<br>As for the whole allowing the kidneys to concentrate you pee and save water, thats called water rentention. And having a lot of salt (Electrolytes) in you body can easily add 2-5% of you body weight in water. You're not trying to retain water, as it makes you heavier and slower. We aren't camels. Easy solution, pee it out and drink more water, its readily available. Retaining water is a bad idea, and you don't want to do it.<br>Water is absorbed through the large intestines, not the small intestine. Sugar and other carbs slow the rate of absorption, but its really not that big of deal since water can be absorbed pretty quickly anyways. The only point is there is no evidence that suggests that water gets into you bloodstream faster with gatorade, than water. In fact there is evidence to suggest exactly the opposite, but it doesn't matter, because either way it gets there fast enough. You are not limited in anyway by the speed that water gets into your bloodstream. Gatorade will not rehydrate you quicker, there is absolutely no evidence to support this.<br><br>The only thing that gatorade has over water is that people are more likely to drink more of it, because it has sugar, and people like sugar. But you can and should get the same thing from water. Tying together hydration with calories is always a bad idea (i.e. don't drink your calories). <br><br>My main problem with gatorade is that its expensive and generates plastic bottle trash (bad for the planet). When i sweat from sports i get really thirst and water does me fine every time. <br><br>When your sick, actually i agree that its hard to keep hydrated, and if the sugar in gatorade helps you do that, try this recipe:<br>1 pack of kool aid (or off brand)<br>1/2 cup sugar<br>1 tablespoon of salt<br>add that water called from on the back of the kool aid pack.<br><br>tastes almost exactly like gatorade (the flavors may be a bit off depending on which brand you use, but you won't really notice), for like 1/15th the cost and no plastic bottles to throw away. I'm not sure where the author got his information at. Electrolytes are substances that when dissolved in water cause the solution to conduct electricity better. Electrolytes are salts. Unless you eat only fresh produce, you get way way more Electrolytes then you will ever need. In fact unless you are eating a low sodium diet, you probable get 2-3 time the amount of sodium you need. If you eat any fast food or chips you get an assload of salt. Now when you sweat you loose these electrolytes at a faster rate (sweat tastes salty). However there is no naturally occuring water on this planet that doesn't already contain these electrolytes. Tap water, well water any water that you find contains electrolytes. Yes gatorade contains more, but you probably have way more already than you need, unless you spend most of you day sweating.
As for the whole allowing the kidneys to concentrate you pee and save water, thats called water rentention. And having a lot of salt (Electrolytes) in you body can easily add 2-5% of you body weight in water. You're not trying to retain water, as it makes you heavier and slower. We aren't camels. Easy solution, pee it out and drink more water, its readily available. Retaining water is a bad idea, and you don't want to do it.
Water is absorbed through the large intestines, not the small intestine. Sugar and other carbs slow the rate of absorption, but its really not that big of deal since water can be absorbed pretty quickly anyways. The only point is there is no evidence that suggests that water gets into you bloodstream faster with gatorade, than water. In fact there is evidence to suggest exactly the opposite, but it doesn't matter, because either way it gets there fast enough. You are not limited in anyway by the speed that water gets into your bloodstream. Gatorade will not rehydrate you quicker, there is absolutely no evidence to support this.

The only thing that gatorade has over water is that people are more likely to drink more of it, because it has sugar, and people like sugar. But you can and should get the same thing from water. Tying together hydration with calories is always a bad idea (i.e. don't drink your calories).

My main problem with gatorade is that its expensive and generates plastic bottle trash (bad for the planet). When i sweat from sports i get really thirst and water does me fine every time.

When your sick, actually i agree that its hard to keep hydrated, and if the sugar in gatorade helps you do that, try this recipe:
1 pack of kool aid (or off brand)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon of salt
add that water called from on the back of the kool aid pack.

tastes almost exactly like gatorade (the flavors may be a bit off depending on which brand you use, but you won't really notice), for like 1/15th the cost and no plastic bottles to throw away.

]]> By: Javier servellon http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-3039 Javier servellon Sat, 29 May 2010 21:39:11 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=288#comment-3039 can someone please tell me the difference and tell me if gatorade is better than powerade? and are electrolytes really necessary in the work out? can someone please tell me the difference and tell me if gatorade is better than powerade? and are electrolytes really necessary in the work out?

]]> By: RJ http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-3034 RJ Fri, 28 May 2010 19:01:45 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=288#comment-3034 Your trainer should understand that tropical fruits have the highest amount of saturated fat than any other food group, primarily the coconut. Drinking coconut during your workout is like eating a stick of butter with your workout (percentage of fat-wise). I’m sure your heart will love you. I briefly looked at the zico website, and among the nifty marketing descriptions I noticed the word ‘no fat’. Now this is probably because Coca-Cola (zico is a coke product) probably skims the coconut milk somehow, or this coconut water is in fact salt water with coconut flavoring (makes sense to me at least considering Gatorade is salt water with koolade flavoring). But then again I didn’t research how zico actually makes their beverage. Your trainer should understand that tropical fruits have the highest amount of saturated fat than any other food group, primarily the coconut. Drinking coconut during your workout is like eating a stick of butter with your workout (percentage of fat-wise). I’m sure your heart will love you. I briefly looked at the zico website, and among the nifty marketing descriptions I noticed the word ‘no fat’. Now this is probably because Coca-Cola (zico is a coke product) probably skims the coconut milk somehow, or this coconut water is in fact salt water with coconut flavoring (makes sense to me at least considering Gatorade is salt water with koolade flavoring). But then again I didn’t research how zico actually makes their beverage.

]]> By: sean_aka_peter_cotton_tail http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-2882 sean_aka_peter_cotton_tail Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:26:10 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=288#comment-2882 wow nice post and thanks a lot dewd XD wow nice post and thanks a lot dewd XD

]]> By: Dj iPod (Lostraficante.com) http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-2696 Dj iPod (Lostraficante.com) Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:48:53 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=288#comment-2696 YOO THANX ALOT.. i Use to play baseball a whole lot and now i am a professional DJ. So everytime i dj at a club i drink liquer. When i get home hang over.. Ever since i read this.. Been helping me out.. I wish i knew drinking Gatorade was better when i was a baseball player YOO THANX ALOT.. i Use to play baseball a whole lot and now i am a professional DJ. So everytime i dj at a club i drink liquer. When i get home hang over.. Ever since i read this.. Been helping me out.. I wish i knew drinking Gatorade was better when i was a baseball player

]]> By: Dj iPod (Lostraficante.com) http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-2533 Dj iPod (Lostraficante.com) Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:48:53 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=288#comment-2533 YOO THANX ALOT.. i Use to play baseball a whole lot and now i am a professional DJ. So everytime i dj at a club i drink liquer. When i get home hang over.. Ever since i read this.. Been helping me out.. I wish i knew drinking Gatorade was better when i was a baseball player YOO THANX ALOT.. i Use to play baseball a whole lot and now i am a professional DJ. So everytime i dj at a club i drink liquer. When i get home hang over.. Ever since i read this.. Been helping me out.. I wish i knew drinking Gatorade was better when i was a baseball player

]]> By: TrixR4kids http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-1877 TrixR4kids Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:04:48 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=288#comment-1877 On a serious note, i woke up with a hangover and my cousin told me to drink some powerade and within a hour i felt better untill i was completly rejuvenated! On a serious note, i woke up with a hangover and my cousin told me to drink some powerade and within a hour i felt better untill i was completly rejuvenated!

]]> By: TrixR4kids http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/02/03/what-the-eff-is-an-electrolyte-is-gatorade-the-real-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-1876 TrixR4kids Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:54:16 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=288#comment-1876 TAKE IT IN THE FACE GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHH HAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TAKE IT IN THE FACE GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHH HAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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