Re: CS>Gatorade

[Marshall Dudley]

Advertising has nothing to do with it.  Gatorade is recommended because that is specifically what the experiments that established the increased efficiency by Brooks were done with.  If anyone wants to repeat the experiments with a better or different electrolyte I am sure no one here will complain. But without the experimental evidence, one cannot say for sure that a substitute will be as good. At least Gatorade does not contain ant poison. Marshall Laurie wrote:   I am a nurse.  About 2 years ago, a doctor specifically ordered Gatorade ordered to be given to a patient for "electrolyte" rebalancing.  I had the dispensing pharmacist thoroughly research the efficacy and benefits of dispensing Gatorade.  THERE WERE NONE.  It turns out, the ingredients are NOTHING special and there is no magic electrolyte combination that enhances health.  It is full of sugar and coloring dies, and normal ingredients of sodium, etc. We have been influenced by advertising to accept an inferior product as something healthy.  Infact, I just read that Gatorade actually enhances teeth enamel removal when drank while sweating.  Just my limited 2 cents worth. Laurie  Transform Your Life with the Blink of your EyesLaurie Solisz, RNHealing Science Practitionerhttp://www.barbarabrennan.comProfessional Rapid Eye Technicianhttp://www.rapideyetechnology.comAffecting world health one person at a timehttp://www.lovehealth.matol.com  -------Original Message-------   From: silver-list@eskimo.com Date: 12/12/05 11:29:15 To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>CS/h2o2/Gatorade mixture  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?  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).  Jill