Chris Siebenmann@cks@mastodon.social
@fiery@snac.bsd.cafe @georgieboy@mastodon.social Carrying only water in my water bottles makes life easier; I can refill them at any water source without diluting anything, I have clean water for non-drinking uses,I never worry about sugar making stuff grow in them, etc. And often I only wanted water, or only wanted a bit of a snack, rather than the whole Gatorade package all at once (which I felt was often too much sugars along with my water).
Chris Siebenmann@cks@mastodon.social
@fiery@snac.bsd.cafe @georgieboy@mastodon.social AFAIK any sports drink with mixed fluid, salts, and sugars has to make an assumption about how much energy you're using (so how much sugar you need) as you go through a certain amount of water. As a recreational cyclist instead of a racer I had the strong feeling that Gatorade assumed I was burning a lot more energy than I actually was and so was loading me up on sugars/carbs in the process of giving me more fluid.
