"RichD" > wrote in message
...
>I want to mix my own sport drink. Looking at the ingredients
> of Gatorade, it's not too appetizing.
>
> I'm thinking, half water, half orange juice. Then, salt, but how
> many teaspoons, or grams, per liter? It should match the
> body's salinity.
>
> Also potassium, to replenish what's lost in perspiration.
> That's why long distance runners eat bananas, I believe.
> Can you get potassium in powder form, and what dosage
> in the drink?
>
> Other minerals?
>
> --
> Rich


funny, there is an article Google News dredged up this morning in Headlines:
http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-...,1196806.story

"Anywhere someone is lifting a weight, strapping on a football helmet or
lacing up running shoes, there's probably a big bottle of green, blue or
neon orange liquid nearby. Gatorade, Powerade and other sports drinks have
drenched just about every sport in America, from triathlons to pee-wee
soccer.
But sports drinks are also popular with spectators in the stands, kids
playing video games, long haul truckers and office workers. Lots of people
chug down sports drinks without ever breaking a sweat.

It raises the question: Who really needs this stuff? While TV ads suggest
that sports drinks are the key to athletic success, there's a growing
backlash in some medical circles against these salty, sugary beverages.

"Sports drinks are oversold and over-hyped," says nutrition expert Kelly
Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale
University. "If I were Coke or Pepsi, I would sell off these brands. People
are starting to figure out sports drinks, and criticism against them is only
going to grow."

Some of that criticism showed up in the July issue of the prestigious
British Medical Journal. A series of articles suggested that the benefits of
sports drinks are meager at best, especially when compared with plain water,
the original sports drink.