too much gatorade?

I would say no... If he's drinking the high calorie gatorade, then it's simply empty calories he's drinking. Also, most gatorade is packed FULL of sugar. If you supply the body with a lot of sugar, then it makes you even thirstier. But, if he's dead set on gatorade, try to ween him onto Propel. They have the mix that you can add into 20oz bottles. It quenches my thirsts and it only has about 10 calories per packet.

Or, just drink pure water..

-Ian

My DH used to be in full blown 'workout mode' for 7+ hours because he was a martial arts instructor and he would water down his Gatorade, so it was half water half Gatorade. He said that was the perfect balance of electrolytes - so if getting him to drink propel or pure water doesn't work - half and half will help! :drinker:

right, gatorade is loaded with sugar (14 g per 8 oz) and remember, a gallon is 128 oz. So if he truely drinks a gallon of gatorade, he's taking in over 200 GRAMS of sugar. ACK! That's far too many for anyone. Also, gatorade has a ton of sodium, 1 gallon is over 1600 mg alone, plus you're talking about 800 calories with that gallon. This is no good. Plain water would be enough. If he had 1 20 oz bottle of gatorade, about half way through the day, he would replenish enough electrolytes to cover him even if he works really hard all day. Add about 1 gallon of water to that, and he would have plenty of fluids (he could go higher with the water).

Remember, energy drinks are suppose to replenish depleted fluids, and electrolytes, and give a quick glucose burst for athletes that perform anaerobic activity, like football players, sprinters, basketball players, and any other sport that does short burst, maximal intensity activities, it's not ment to be had in mega doses, it wouldn't surprise me if he got dizzy spells from time to time, or light headed, that's electrolyte imbalance, you can overdo it too.

For my hockey players we would always water down the Juice jugs (gatorade) because it just gets to be too phlegmy for them while they are playing....not to mention the high sugar content.

I actually enjoy Powerade Zero...zero calories, no sugar, and still get the electrolytes...and it tastes great! I do drink my water too, though...but maybe he'd like to try the Powerade Zero. Its way better than G2 as well!!