I thought you needed electrolytes in water to hydrate. Water alone (filtered bottle water has all minerals removed) doesn’t have enough. Wasn’t that the reason GatorAide was developed for athletes?
You’ll twist yourself into a pretzel trying to defend this idiocy.
Sodium and potassium regulate water inside and outside of the cell. Sugar replaces glycogen which is burned during sports. Gatorade was made for athletes. A normal person doesn’t need Gatorade. Water and proper nutrition are fine. You can get plenty of sodium and potassium from food.
Most of the bottled water in this country has NOT had all minerals removed. In fact, most of it is just spring water. The only thing you are buying that is different than ordinary tap water is that is does not have chlorine and fluoride added. We own some property about a mile from where one of the better known brands is pumped out of the ground. Our well could be the same water.
You need electrolytes to replace the electrolytes in your body, in order to hydrate, you need water. Dehydration is the lack of water in your body, hydration is the replacement of that water. And what would you use to replenish the water in your cells? Oh, let me guess, Water?
I know a guy who worked with nuke reactors. The primary
cooling loop used ultra pure water. Someone he worked with
decided he liked drinking the stuff. It made him sick from
mineral depletion.
Etymology fail.
Bottled water does NOT have all minerals removed, that would be distilled water. Never the less, water alone, just H2O, hydrates. That is what it does.
Electrolytes may need to be replenished, or not, but they can come from food. I defy you to survive on powdered GatorAide for 2 days, without water.