Tag: gatorade

Pedialyte: Time to poison your child

Pedialyte: Time to poison your child

[ 27 ] November 30, 2011 |

It is sad for me as a professional chemist to find out that my highly educated colleagues from a respectful pharmaceutical and health care giant, Abbott, are playing pranks with YOU by designing and selling to you Pedialyte, a miserable chemically loaded twin of Gatorade marketed to the American children (see  Food marketing to children […]

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How Much Food Dyes are in Powerade?

How Much Food Dyes are in Powerade?

[ 12 ] May 13, 2011 |

Honestly, I do not understand why so many Americans keep buying soft drinks like Gatorade and Powerade which look so obviously unhealthy liquids to me. One explanation is that they do not read the ingredient lists or perhaps do not understand what some ingredients can do to their bodies. On the other hand, this is […]

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How Much Food Dyes Are in Gatorade?

How Much Food Dyes Are in Gatorade?

[ 10 ] May 1, 2011 |

Gatorade, distributed by The Gatorade Co., is a popular sport beverage which comes in a variety of flavors like Glacier Freeze, Blueberry Pomegranate, Lemon-Lime, Tropical Blend, Orange and Tropical Mango considered below. However, their composition is almost all the same (G2 series reviewed): Water Sucrose Citric acid Flavor Salt Sodium citrate Mono-potassium phosphate Sucralose (The […]

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GATORADE Low calorie Fruit Punch

GATORADE Low calorie Fruit Punch

[ 6 ] March 2, 2011 |

Gatorade or water? In whatever beverage we drink at least half is water. Even we ourselves consist of 60% water. No wonder that pure water is a vital nutrient by itself. What do we really want when we are thirsty; soda, beer, juice or milk? What our body actually needs is water only. If this […]

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