Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:05 pm   Reply with quote      

ADVERTISING replenishes athletes' energy level faster!

I just loooove all this new type of advertising: On a health drink - contains 0% fat. What? Was it going to float on top like Galliano?
Might as well add the fact that it also contains no Plutonium!!!

For heaven's sakes! What's next?

Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:32 pm   Reply with quote      

Enables you to break force field created by your illusion. Possibility is infinite. [name of drink] takes you to the level above the level which your preconceived notion places you. Your new paradigm is here ...

Something like that.

Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:53 pm   Reply with quote      

Why do I get the feeling that a washing detergent will beat sports drinks to that? Perhaps we should suggest this to P&G?

Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:31 am   Reply with quote      

So... the drinks themselves aren't necessarily good for you, but they can be good for enhancing athletic performance.

Would that be a fair summary?

Aaron

Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:08 pm   Reply with quote      

Yes, I think that's a fair statement.

Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:12 pm   Reply with quote      

I try and stay away from them due to the sugar/chemical contents

I've actually found that lemon perrier is excellent for preserving stamina

Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:07 pm   Reply with quote      

Has anybody thought about drinking this other really natural health drink that humans have been drinking for millions of years? Water?

Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:07 pm   Reply with quote      

Water's great during a workout or run

but for more intensive or prolonged exertion, you need to replenish what your body is losing

Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:37 pm   Reply with quote      

Carbohydrates, salts, fats...

What else is your body losing with strenuous exercise? I don't see how these energy drinks could do more than a glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice?

Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:14 am   Reply with quote      

You cannot always get clean water. This is why we invented various drinks to take water. Soda that we know today is a variation of that, but it has its problems for variety of reasons.

Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:39 am   Reply with quote      

That's a fair observation. But I do wonder if we haven't become more and more fragile over the years? Don't you think people were tougher back then?

Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:07 am   Reply with quote      

Arguably, but how far would you want to go to become "tough"? Would you want to keep telling yourself that you'll be cured miraculously when you have cancer? Would you want to stay in bed for months hoping that tuberculosis will be cured when you can cure it using some drug?

Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:09 am   Reply with quote      

Well, haven't some just lied down and died with cancer while others have climbed mountains when treatments have failed? I'm sure there must be a bit of mind-over-matter here... ? Don't you think?

Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:18 am   Reply with quote      

Ok, ... you're making a good point, but my point is that the modern medical science has a lot of value and it really does something.

Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:33 am   Reply with quote      

I won't argue with you there. Certainly modern medical science is really a wonder in its own right.

But I do wonder, for instance, just how much these sports drinks really do? (in my mind I'm picturing an American athlete topping up on sports drinks, and then - BAM - the Ethiopian runner is discovered, as he overtakes on the steep, long incline! Or better yet, the bushman as he runs 40km without water, never mind sports drink, to go tell another family of his discovery of a fallen elephant that needs their help in eating )