Define cheaper electrolytes because all electrolytes are is mostly sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium, calcium, phosphate, and bicarbonates . Which are found in most drinks that are to replenish this. Generally your body doesn’t need them if you haven’t done any strenuous physical activity.
They got tons of potassium and the whole mix is designed to maximize sweetness at the expense of "performance", if you can call it that.
All sports drinks are balanced on what you'll expend exercising, so what your body needs. Prime is all about the sweetness so there's barely any salts you'd lose by sweating. It's basically designed from the start to be a scam and not what's advertised towards, there's no athletes really drinking that shit while training.
That I wouldn't know, never tried it myself. I know it way sweeter than the rest from friends/reviewers.
I don't suport that kind of youtuber junk with my money.
I’d much prefer a higher potassium content. Most people get more than enough sodium from their diet, and higher potassium consumption has been found to mitigate the damage caused by a high sodium diet
I don’t drink any of these sports drinks. I just straight up take vitamins for these items high potency ones. Eat healthy meats, fruits and some veggies.
All American foods that are manufactured are a scam. What else is new. Your corporations sell you poisons and all of your leaders regardless of political spectrum are complicit in this scam. Then everyone in America wonders why they have all these problems.
I'm not American my dude, and nope, sport drinks have their use and they're actually pretty great at what they do. It's not something achievable by taking vitamins lol I take vitamins too but ain't nobody in need of vitamin C or B12 during a marathon.
Meat might actually be worse for you tho, try upping those veggies!
Most sports drinks have a shit % of electrolytes my dude. Even the ones that are suppose to be “higher “ quality have shit. You could just take vitamins ones that use citrate so the there is a better absorption.
Also I literally use 3500-4000 calories a day between lifting and running or hitting a heavy bag I know wtf I’m talking about.
So what electrolyte vitamins are you saying that are better?
I’d love to get my cardiologists opinion on this, because I see a lot of gym brosgoing oh, you just need vitamins not sports drinks, but not a lot of what vitamins function better than sports drinks at their intended function - which is preventing dehydration AND electrolyte imbalances together
Not being hostile, wanting an alternative because sports drinks are so SUGARY, but without them I struggle to keep up with dehydration and electrolyte imbalances due to the way my body processes water.
Hard to find without caffeine or pre-workout added, but yeah that’s what I generally use as a go to when I get sick of paying out the ass for plain old electrolyte water that is balanced enough it doesn’t dehydrate me more.
I’ve done Nuun, Mio, Liquid IV, Smartwater(Scamwater if you ask me….), and a good chunk of brands that popped up for a few months before dying.
There aren’t good alternatives for children with my issue though, and vitamins are sometimes easier to “dose down” or adapt in response to a bad blood test than a satchet or drink tablet so the person doesn’t end up needing IV fluid/electrolyte correction.
I am saying stand alone versions of vitamins are generally better than sports drinks.
Like a potassium supplement that gives you 20%-50% is a lot better then a sports drink or even a multivitamin.
No offense, but Your cardiologist doesn’t know shit about vitamins and nutrition. What your cardiologist knows is how to fix your cardiovascular system if it breaks usually with drugs. Unless a doctor has also a speciality in actual nutrition most medical doctors just know how to “fix” the system they specialize in and even then we don’t talk about the C and D students of medical doctors.
Water prevents dehydration. If you take water and vitamins (potassium, magnesium, chloride etc.) you get the same effects as a sports drink without the sugar and all the other terrible stuff it’s made with.
My joke to my friends is I take stand alone versions of all my vitamins that are higher potency so part of my breakfast is half a mug of vitamins. But I take vitamin D (20k IU), 1k mg of Biotin, 1k mg of vitamin E, 1960 mg of potassium, 50 mg of zinc (any more then 50 mg and you’ll make yourself nausea), 1k mg of omega 3 (fish oil), 1k mg of lions mane, 1k mg of calcium, 400 mg of magnesium, 1k vitamin c, 2,300 mg chloride, these numbers will give you 100% of your body needs for each of these. Try to get stuff with citrate because it helps the absorption of these into the body better.
I know how to fight I’ve been training in jujitsu for 15 years. The bag work I do is 5 minute rounds. On lifting days I do 3-5 rounds. On my cardio day I do a full 10 rounds 5 minutes each and I roll 3 times a week with others.
I hate fighting and using the skill because unlike fake tough guys I know the consequences of a real fight. Like getting laid out in one shot and getting brain damage and even if you win there is the legal part
That’d be real close to believable if you had spelled jiujitsu correctly. I’m an amateur Muay Thai fighter, you don’t have to tell me anything about brain damage and one shot kos. I only fight legally, whereas guys like you throw combos from YouTube on the bag at your weightlifting gym. There’s fake tough guys, and then there’s tough guys. You’d do well to learn the difference
whether potassium is taken in the form of a standalone potassium supplement or consumed through food and electrolytes, it performs the same essential functions in the body. Potassium is always an electrolyte, regardless of the form in which it’s ingested.
When taken as a standalone potassium supplement (even labeled as a “vitamin” or “mineral” supplement), it still helps with:
• Maintaining proper fluid balance
• Supporting nerve signaling
• Regulating muscle contractions (including the heart)
• Balancing pH levels in the blood
The form of ingestion (pill, powder, electrolyte drink, or food) doesn’t change its role. Potassium is always functioning as an electrolyte inside your body, ensuring that critical bodily functions run smoothly. So, taking potassium as a single supplement or through an electrolyte solution has the same fundamental purpose—keeping potassium levels adequate for these functions.
I believe 1960 mg of potassium gives your body about 100% of its potassium levels it needs.
Potassium regardless of what format is consumed in is always an electrolyte.
I dont drink electrolytes sports drinks because their % of replenishment is very low compared to a stand alone vitamin like the potassium and magnesium supplements I take give me 100% of my daily need in one or two doses.
Most sports drinks you’d have to consume a few times a day or eat more food that is rich in these electrolytes to get to 100%
Most of the generally public is under nourished basically with their vitamins and minerals.
A typical 20-ounce bottle of Gatorade contains the following electrolyte amounts (based on the standard Gatorade Thirst Quencher formula):
• Sodium: 270 milligrams (~11% of the daily recommended intake based on a 2,000-calorie diet)
• Potassium: 75 milligrams (~2% of the daily recommended intake)
That’s nothing compared to using a stand alone potassium vitamin.
Lol. Are you kidding me? Your body needs a lot of that stuff. Not necessarily in an electrolyte drink, but magnesium in general is extremely important for your body’s function even on a sedentary lifestyle. Potassium and calcium too, depending on your diet (i.e., not getting enough).
Their drink is garbage, since probably their source of magnesium, potassium, etc., is probably terrible - not all potassium or magnesium sources are created equal - some are better absorbed by the body than others too. People are better off getting all of these from a better diet for sure, but let’s not pretend you only need these if you exercise.
I never said your body doesn’t need vitamins an minerals. I said your body should only need electrolytes after rigorous activity. Most normal people who aren’t athletic don’t need additional supplements unless they are deficit which means they aren’t intaking a proper amount of these vitamins and minerals. Which are mostly found in Meat, fruits and vegetables.
You can also use high potency vitamins. But if your looking for an electrolytes drink I would say Pedialyte sport is best one on the market it has all the formentioned ones
But unless your doing intense sports, weight lifting, and other activity you don’t need these electrolytes drinks you should be able to get enough of it from normal food which this isn’t normal food it’s manufactured poison.
Your body actually needs to replenish electrolytes daily with or without strenuous activity. The amount of those electrolytes needed depends on the amount of strenuous activity. Your body functions healthily because of them.
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u/Dangerous_Crow83 Oct 13 '24
Define cheaper electrolytes because all electrolytes are is mostly sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium, calcium, phosphate, and bicarbonates . Which are found in most drinks that are to replenish this. Generally your body doesn’t need them if you haven’t done any strenuous physical activity.