What are electrolytes? - eviltoast

I know gator-aid and its like advertise that they have lots of them. And I know sometimes I feel bad if I sweat a lot and just drink water. But are they just advertising… salt? Are there different kinds of electrolytes, and if so are they interchangable?

  • SuzyQ@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My 2cents: Pedialyte (premade) still has that sweet taste whereas Liquid IV does not. The powdered Pedialyte contained (I haven’t bought it in a few years so I’m unsure if the formula has changed) artificial sweeteners that upset our guts - which was no good when I was giving it to kids with diarrhea because it just exasperated the issue.

    It may be placebo effect but I feel like it does a really good job.

    *I am also biased because they make one with caffeine and it’s helping me cut back on soda.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Imo some of the liquid IVs taste sweet enough, and some like golden cherry are even a touch sour, I love the taste of the ones I’ve had so far (which is only the aforementioned and the passion fruit one.) They do have Stevia leaf extract though. Honestly the bottled pedialyte is almost too sweet for me, and the powdered stuff is ok but for taste alone I definitely prefer the liquid 4. For hydration I’m still curious but I don’t have any pedialyte powder to compare ratios, though I do have an old bottle of the pre-bottled one, and that seems to have similar proportions of Na and K.

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        1 year ago

        Ah ok. I’ve been getting the pineapple and lemon lime ones and both are a tad sour and I like that.

        Edit: the pineapple one is the one with caffeine