For Colin Leslie/Medical Post Susie Langley MS, RD 5-26-03 2 Well-designed sports drinks such as Gatorade and Powerade have only 14-18 g sugar per 8 oz and are rapidly absorbed, cooling the body, replacing lost electrolytes from sweat (sodium and potassium) and assuring more complete ...
Alright. Let’s give powerade the benefit of the doubt. Let’s assume it actually is a lot better to replenish thirst than water. Butlet’s look at the ingredients now. #1 water,#2 high fructose corn syrup (20g sugar in this drink),yellow 5, and some other goodies. The irony is t...