Gatorade or Water?

[istewart]

[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?

[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?

[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.

[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.

[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!"

[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.