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What are electrolytes? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Artisian@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world

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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?

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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] suzyq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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