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Tears · Post by **Tears** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 2:53 am

Joel Fagin wrote:
War wrote:Sports drinks work.
Point 1 - Yes, they are absorbed 15% faster than water but water is absorbed in minutes. The 15% is just not in any way significant.

I was once so sick that I couldn't even keep water down, isotonic drinks helped because I could just about manage to absorb some of them before I threw up again... this condition lasted several days... I was really grateful to the makers of isotonic drinks for those few days... (there may be other reasons that I didn't regurgitate issotonic drinks as well, but this was the one that made me think of trying them in the first place).

Humbug · Post by **Humbug** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:22 am

I hardly feel the difference. I'll probably need to drink more to tell.

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:24 am

tears wrote:I was once so sick that I couldn't even keep water down, isotonic drinks helped because I could just about manage to absorb some of them before I threw up again...

I used to drink staminade when I was sick. It was a bit like flat lemonade in that respect. It has taste but is inoffensive enough that you can have it.

They have their place. Their place is just not where they happen to be.

- Joel Fagin

Mimo · Post by **Mimo** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:29 am

water with a couple of spoonfuls of sugar and salt works pretty much the same

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:34 am

Then I moved to places where the water tastes aweful, and suddenly I see the value in it.

Exactly. The tap water here sucks ass, so I lurve me some bottled water. And you don't have to get the expensive stuff like Evian or Dasani, either. They sell boxes of the no-name brand stuff here for dirt cheap.

War · Post by **War** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:42 am

Joel Fagin wrote:
War wrote:Sports drinks work.
Point 1 - Yes, they are absorbed 15% faster than water but water is absorbed in minutes. The 15% is just not in any way significant.

Point 2 - Yes, they replace electrolytes, but so did a drink called Staminade which was around for, oh, probably twenty years before sports drinks were popular and was a powder that came in a jar. Estimated cost per drink... Well, from my memory of the jar price, probably about two cents a drink plus the cost of the water.

Now, I have no idea what the price of a sports drink is but I'm willing to bet they're one-point-five to twice the price of the equivalent quantity of Coke.*

It's almost completely ephemeral. They're selling it on qualities which would vanish if you huffed on them, It's a depressing and very sucessful exercise in bilking the buying public into buying nothing for something.

I often say that humans are, at their core, their ground state as it were, stupid and gullible. People think I'm joking or being cynical.

</rant>

Anyone here heard of the famous di-hydrogen monoxide socialogical experiment?

- Joel Fagin

* Cola, that is.

Carbohydrates. The important factor about sports drinks is they're being absorbed as fast as water, with the inclusion of carbohydrates. They strike the middle ground between water and fruit juices in that they provide carbohydrates at the speed of water, unlike fruit juices which take ages.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:01 am

I tried an energy drink once. It was awful. It tasted worse than Pepsi One. And that's pretty bad. It's the only soda I've been physicly unable to drink.

I think I've become addicted to Caffine though. Because I notice if I go a long time without it, I'm a lot more tired and such much more often. I'm sure this probably isn't a good thing, but eh...

And on the side topic of silly ads...

That Axe and Tag bodywash/bodyspray stuff. Eesh. I can't believe men actually buy into that...

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:02 am

War wrote:Carbohydrates. The important factor about sports drinks is they're being absorbed as fast as water, with the inclusion of carbohydrates. They strike the middle ground between water and fruit juices in that they provide carbohydrates at the speed of water, unlike fruit juices which take ages.

You might be right but I've only heard it in reference to the electrolyte ones. I would tend to think that carbohydrates would be more slowly absorbed anyway because they're more complicated to process. Water just gets filtered, after all.

Anyway, cynicism is more likely to be true here.

- Joel Fagin

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:59 am

Back at my home, tap watter is not bacteriologically safe. So we have to drink bottled one.
I guess there's a good use for just about anything.

I tested a bit of Red Bull once, hated it. Guarana was slightly better. But I won't drink anything that I don't like, no matter what it does. And coffee and coca-cola is a mix that's good enough to keep me up anyway.

Nutcracker · Post by **Nutcracker** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:22 am

mcDuffies wrote:Back at my home, tap watter is not bacteriologically safe.

Bacteriologically? I think it would be illegal to give you VERY dirty water. I live in Poland(third world in the center of Europe:-?) and my tap water is also not safe, mostly because of CaCO3 and other minerals. Tap filters fix it though.

Dutch! wrote:Water is available anywhere in world where bottled water is sold...why buy it for bloody ridiculous prices?

Hey! People buy cigarettes. If they pay for cancer, why wouldn`t they pay for anything else?

I think they pee to these energy drinks. Every sugar-caffeine drink I taste makes me want to throw up.

Prettydragoon · Post by **Prettydragoon** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:23 am

Joel Fagin wrote:Anyone here heard of the famous di-hydrogen monoxide socialogical experiment?

DHMO kills. That's a fact.

Tears · Post by **Tears** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:31 am

prettydragoon wrote:
Joel Fagin wrote:Anyone here heard of the famous di-hydrogen monoxide socialogical experiment?
DHMO kills. That's a fact.

Indeed, it is a major ingredient in many of the worlds most deadly substances.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:18 am

Red Bull and other such energy drinks work. Just ask Yeahduff about that one time I had some.

Nicked · Post by **Nicked** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:26 am

My friend downed six in a row once and was painfully bitter afterwards. "Red bull, you didn't give me wings! You gave me a fuckin' headache!"

Tears · Post by **Tears** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:54 am

Well yes.... one of the first symptoms of caffeine-poisoning is the headaches... also I'm told seeing purple splotches.

Pimpette · Post by **Pimpette** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:59 pm

Heh, energy drinks. Red Bull sells very well at the end of semesters around here.
Though I tend to lean more towards Jolt or BAWLS - Jolt just tastes like cola and BAWLS is kind of citrus-y.
My boyfriend is not allowed to have more than one BAWLS at a time. The one time we let him do it, he was up all night and at one point was swordfighting my mom with a broom. Entertaining... but we won't let it happen again.

Tynan · Post by **Tynan** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:11 pm

The only reason I like RedBull is due to Dave Chappelles sketch "Red Balls", but more importantly that one of my oldest friends is actually on their racing team. Talk about a car enthusiasts dream come true!

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:23 pm

Nutcracker wrote:
mcDuffies wrote:Back at my home, tap watter is not bacteriologically safe.
Bacteriologically? I think it would be illegal to give you VERY dirty water. I live in Poland(third world in the center of Europe:-?) and my tap water is also not safe, mostly because of CaCO3 and other minerals. Tap filters fix it though.

Heh, well... My folks live in a village far from the city, so situation isn't really under control. But that's in Bosnia, where people never obey laws if they can get away with it.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:38 pm

tears wrote:
prettydragoon wrote:
Joel Fagin wrote:Anyone here heard of the famous di-hydrogen monoxide socialogical experiment?
DHMO kills. That's a fact.
Indeed, it is a major ingredient in many of the worlds most deadly substances.

Whatever. I'm fully stocked up on dehydrated DHMO and drink it all the time . . . and it's never adversely affected me ever yet now with the time thing and OH MY GOD THE WALL S SS ARE BLEEEDNG AGUIN

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:13 pm

Anything that costs over $2 a can better be getting me drunk.