[email protected] wrote:

>  Why not use Pedialyte instead of Gatorade to mix with CS.  Is there
> some ingredient in Gatorade that is important that is not in
> Pedialyte?
>
>
> At the time this was researched Pedialyte had ant poison in it
> (aspertame).  I think though that they have removed it, at least from
> some of their products.
>
>
>  My understanding was that it is the electrolyte content of Gatorade
> that is the reason it is mixed with CS.  Pedialyte is an electrolyte
> solution, but it doesn't have the sugar (at least not as much), or the
> artificial flavoring (or any flavoring, for that matter).
>
> The "not having sugar" is the bad part, if they are still using
> aspertame instead.
>
> Marshall
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>   Jill