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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly the reason for the over-the-top flavorings. A while back I looked into making sports drinks myself and getting ingredients in bulk, and you're basically drinking dissolved salt, saltpeter, and Epsom salt.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah Gatorade was literally just a few professor types going "Hey you lose a bunch of salt and water through sweat and sugar through the exercise, maybe the best drink for athletes is something that replaces that?"