Posted by JohnDoenut on December 17, 2001, at 16:01:01
In reply to Re: Feeling Awful-Tina, posted by kid47 on December 16, 2001, at 12:01:39
> Hi. Can you stomach Gatorade or similar sports drink? It helped me when I was sick to my stomach for a couple of months. I lost 30 lbs. in 3 weeks!! The Gatorade helped replace a lot of the minerals & salts I was losing from the shits
>& being generally dehydrated.Maybe you felt it helped you but Gatorade or Powerade are not serious drinks for serious rehydration needs. There's more potassium in a banana than that drink! For serious rehydration get packets of rehydration salts that you mix in a gallon of water. This is the stuff they use to treat cholera or severe diarea. You can get it in a clinic or some outdoor recreational stores like REI. I once had to use them after I got really dehydrated from moving during the heat and it worked wonders! :)
JohnD
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