Gatorade or Water?

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[KidPokerX]

Gatorade has electrolites, but it's still just factory flavored tap water.
I pick water.

[Lazymeatball]

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Gatorade has electrolites, but it's still just factory flavored tap water.
I pick water.

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So if Gatorade is just factory improved water, how is water better than it, considering that gatorade is water?

[Voltron87]

Most people overdrink Gatorade. If you play soccer/tennis/run for 45 minutes, you don't need a whole bottle of the stuff. More like 1/3 of a litre.

Gatorade+ Vodka+ OJ = awesome. Good drink for the 16-22 crowd.

[PokerFink]

Propel, the "gatorade water" is pretty good. Just throwing that out there for anyone who hasn't tried it.

[MEbenhoe]

gatorade isn't meant to be drank on a regular basis, its meant only to be drank during periods of heavy exercise or athletic competition. On the other hand you should be drinking quite a bit of water, and replacing your normal drinks with water is one of the easiest ways to lose a couple pounds that most people will never realize.

[Uglyowl]

All I can think of now is the Waterboy..

Water sucks, it really really sucks.

[KidPokerX]

no chemicals, no sugar, no food coloring.

Water is not artifically processed.

The human body prefers straight water, rather than filtering the crap out of gatorade to get its water.

[Voltron87]

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The human body prefers straight water, rather than filtering the crap out of gatorade to get its water.

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...the human body prefers it?

[TimTimSalabim]

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Most people overdrink Gatorade. If you play soccer/tennis/run for 45 minutes, you don't need a whole bottle of the stuff. More like 1/3 of a litre.

Gatorade+ Vodka+ OJ = awesome. Good drink for the 16-22 crowd.

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The juxtaposition of these two paragraphs is hilarious.

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

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The human body prefers straight water, rather than filtering the crap out of gatorade to get its water.

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...the human body prefers it?

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mine does.

[hunterking]

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The human body prefers straight water, rather than filtering the crap out of gatorade to get its water.

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...the human body prefers it?

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yep, mine too

mine does.

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[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

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Gatorade has electrolites, but it's still just factory flavored tap water.
I pick water.

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So if Gatorade is just factory improved water, how is water better than it, considering that gatorade is water?

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If you have the diet of a good athlete, water should be sufice to re-hydrate you. you should not need gatorade.

[hunterking]

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The human body prefers straight water, rather than filtering the crap out of gatorade to get its water.

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...the human body prefers it?

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yep, mine too

mine does.

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oops

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

you know there is an edit function...

[miajag81]

Gatorade is the best hangover cure ever. Can't say that about water.

[hunterking]

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you know there is an edit function...

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oh, thanks...just saw that

[hunterking]

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Gatorade is the best hangover cure ever. Can't say that about water.

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i think you're confusing gatorade with a bloody mary!

[david050173]

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Gatorade has electrolites, but it's still just factory flavored tap water.
I pick water.

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So if Gatorade is just factory improved water, how is water better than it, considering that gatorade is water?

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If you have the diet of a good athlete, water should be sufice to re-hydrate you. you should not need gatorade.

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There are exceptions. If you are a hard core endurance athelete (events running 3+ hours) you might need to something better than water. You can die if you mess up your electoryltes enough. Drinking it striaght up for rehydration on the other hand is a lot of empty calories.

[i wanna be me]

The electrolytes within Gatorade/Powerade/etc. are only useful for athletes performing endurance activities longer than 2 hours (marathon/triathlon/Tour De France). Non-endurance activities (pretty much anything else) do not deplete electrolytes within the body at a rapid enough pace to require replension during the activity. However, Gatorade/Powerade DO contain ingredients like salt, which prevents cramping. Other than that, sports drinks are pretty much glorified Kool-Aid. "Oh Yeah!"

[TheIrishThug]

water while playing, gatorade after

i also don't understand how gatorade is getting away with propel. for years they have been saying "we r better than water" and then they go and make water, wtf

[sublime]

Propel, the "gatorade water" is pretty good. Just throwing that out there for anyone who hasn't tried it.

i agree. vitamin water is even better.

[hunterking]

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Propel, the "gatorade water" is pretty good. Just throwing that out there for anyone who hasn't tried it.

i agree. vitamin water is even better.

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i prefer caffeine/nicotine water

[emonrad87]

Gatorade tastes better. As such, I'm more likely to actually drink it when im not thirsty, which actually keeps me from getting dehydrated. Cuz once you're thirsty, you're already dehydrated. Thus, it does a better job.

Of course that's just my opinion on tastes. Not to mention I'm underweight, so empty calories don't bother me.

[PoBoy321]

Water sucks, Gatorade is better.

[Shajen]

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Gatorade sucks, water is life in a bottle.

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FYP

[beerbandit]

daily - water

sat/sun morning - gatorade

[PokerFink]

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replacing your normal drinks with water is one of the easiest ways to lose a couple pounds that most people will never realize.

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This is so true. Actually, if you hate water, just replacing soda with gatorade is a good way to drop empty calories too. Gatorade has less than half the calories of soda, and propel has even less.