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Post by rcole on Jul 2, 2009 17:33:56 GMT -6
The original Gatorade that was developed was extremely effective and much of the old research was based on this version. Problem was it tasted worse than crap. Before they could market it and sell it to the general public, they had to make it palatible...adding sugar and other ingredients that didn't aid it's original purpose...which by the way, despite the whole energy thing, was hydration.
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Post by raiderpirates on Jul 19, 2009 0:26:21 GMT -6
Gatorade does work better from cramps from my experience, never had players juiced on it go through them.
Probelm:
A nephew had a stomach virus. I left a container there full for him to drink. He kept having trouble holding anything, we assumed it was part of the stomach virus that had gone around. He wasn't playing(broke his arm heading into the season).
He had juvenille diabetes(unknown at the time) and after spending weeks in the hospital getting all kinds of work done to bring his blood sugar out of the hundred plus range(thank you St.Jude and leBonheur hospitals, you are life savers) we decided to remove it from the team in the final games of the year.
Your school might consider waiver forms for players on a range of questions for certain conditions that could be quite relevant to diabetes, asthma, other conditions. Parental disclosure as notification, it could insulate certain liability concerns.
Your institution/employer should always anticipate ways that communication on such items can be increased.
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Post by Coach Bruce on Jul 20, 2009 14:20:07 GMT -6
My favorite is vitamin water..regardless of if it is effective or not..it just tastes better.
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