I’m a fan of “Arbeitsschutzgetränk” (literally “work safety drink”).
It’s the stuff workers in steel mills get, to prevent dehydration when working close to the furnace.
They need to drink 2 gallons of that per day, during their entire working life. So I trust that it’s formulated right.approved by the German metal-workers Union 👍
Can this be had across the pond?
The US equivalent seems to be “Sqwincher”.
So, obviously that’s crazy and we’re all here to dunk on this person.
But also, I want everyone to know that Gatorade sells their product as a powder as well. One container of powder makes something like 24 bottles of Gatorade. It’s super cheap, and way more environmentally friendly. Thank you for your attention
I bet the horse one has a quarter of the sugar though.
Gatorade isn’t actually a good source of electrolytes though.
It’s sugar and pinch of salt.
However! There’s totally good electrolyte powders that are packed with the goods, and they’re not much pricier.
Also, sour patch kids have a weird ingredient in the coating that most electrolyte stuff doesn’t have. Potassiumsomething something, irrc?
If you’re super dehydrated while drinking a fuckload of water, stick some of them under your tongue
Also, sour patch kids have a weird ingredient in the coating that most electrolyte stuff doesn’t have. Potassiumsomething something, irrc?
Probably you’re referring to tartaric acid, potassium bitartrate. It’s added to candy to stabilize invert sugars, keeping them from crystallizing. You can buy it in powder form, usually called cream of tartar.
I don’t know what it does for hydration, but I suppose it would help top up potassium levels.
The memory of the medics explaining it to me is a little hazy, due to the heat injury. Something about potassium ion channels?
I’m a mechanic, not a medic, so I haven’t the knowledge base to know what that means, I just recall them saying things like sour patch kids are basically magic, because they do a thing the vast majority of electrolyte stuffs don’t
Everybody is just walking straight past the fact that capitalism has cucked us all badly enough that we’re discussing the merits of drinking livestock products to save a few bucks?
Because just beyond that fact is a big sign labeled “THIS IS A JOKE”
And then Americans will call you a fucking stupid fucking idiot for having the audacity to point it out.
Enjoy your pig slop, America.
Dear Lemmy, Should I take the advice of “pigshitsonballs” today?
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Goodbye.
Horse paste is good against covid, horse electrolytes are good against hangovers, what else is the horse industry hiding? Oh yeah, apparently horse tranquilizers whip ass too.
This explains why horses have so many horsepower nowadays…
Tennessee marchin’ powder
I worked at an animal feed plant once upon a time. It was all people-food grade ingredients, but the factory and equipment were not exactly maintained at the level you’d like to hope for your normal packaged food.
That said, I’m pretty sure everyone there had this place on their “shit hits the fan” list as a way to pick up months worth of calories in an emergency.
I can’t speak to animal food, but I know plenty of folks that are too poor for insurance so when they get an infection they take fish amoxicillin. It’s dirt cheap and you don’t need a prescription.
I don’t recommend it because it contributes to the issue with antibiotic resistant bacteria and I believe most people won’t take it right, but I’ve been that poor with an abscessed tooth. So I took it for a week to kill the infection and saved up to have that tooth yanked. Sometimes you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do to survive.
America sounds more horrific every time I hear about it
