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Sports Drink Additives--Hype or Danger? (Read 643 times)

    It keeps citrus flavoring distributed uniformly throughout the beverage.  Otherwise it would separate out and you'd have an orange/citrus flavor layer floating on top of the rest of the beverage. That's why you typically only find it in the citrus flavored sodas/sports drinks not the rest.

    catwhoorg


    Labrat

      An example of what happens without it  is Orangina.

       

      Shaking a bottle could actually be beyond the typical American consumer

      5K  20:23  (Vdot 48.7)   9/9/17

      10K  44:06  (Vdot 46.3)  3/11/17

      HM 1:33:48 (Vdot 48.6) 11/11/17

      FM 4:13:43 (Vdot 35.4) 3/4/18

       


      sugnim

        An example of what happens without it  is Orangina.

         

        Shaking a bottle could actually be beyond the typical American consumer

         

         That stuff is delicious.  

        tom1961


        Old , Ugly and slow

          gatorade was made for football players all

           

          you skinny runners should not be drinking it anyway.

          first race sept 1977 last race sept 2007

           

          2019  goals   1000  miles  , 190 pounds , deadlift 400 touch my toes


          Strict WTF adherent

            There's a lot of this stuff in there as well

            http://www.dhmo.org/

            LedLincoln


            not bad for mile 25

              It keeps citrus flavoring distributed uniformly throughout the beverage.  Otherwise it would separate out and you'd have an orange/citrus flavor layer floating on top of the rest of the beverage. That's why you typically only find it in the citrus flavored sodas/sports drinks not the rest.

               

              Good to know, though I'm fine with fresh squeezed lemonade and other drinks that may have layers of flavors.  I do like Squirt, though.


              Feeling the growl again

                [pedant]

                The hydrogen in the H-bomb (fusion portion) is actually deuterium (plus some tritium to boost the primary fission deceive) in the form of lithium(6)deuteride

                 

                Hydrogen is present in the device , in the explosive lensing, in the wiring, the various polymeric fillers etc, but not in the actual H-bomb core.

                 

                [/pedant]

                 

                Big grin

                 

                Deuterium and tritium are both simply isotopes of hydrogen.  Deuterium is stable; tritium is not.  So, it is all hydrogen.  You can make water with deuterium, ie "heavy water".  Smile

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                jules2

                  What's the benefit of putting BVO in those drinks?

                  So you won't spontaneously combust?

                  Old age is when you move from illegal to prescribed drugs.

                  LedLincoln


                  not bad for mile 25

                    So you won't spontaneously combust?

                     

                    Seems to me that vegetable oil would combust, but, like gasoline additives, it might raise my octane, i.e. slow down my combustion.

                    catwhoorg


                    Labrat

                      Yeah I was being a smart alec.

                       

                      But then again I use D and T, which is non-preferred by IUPAC.

                       

                      D is so different is the properties I'm generally interested in when using it (NMR and neutron scattering), that it is better to think of it as being "not-hydrogen"

                       

                      I used 99%+ D2O on a routine basis for sample contrast in scattering.

                      5K  20:23  (Vdot 48.7)   9/9/17

                      10K  44:06  (Vdot 46.3)  3/11/17

                      HM 1:33:48 (Vdot 48.6) 11/11/17

                      FM 4:13:43 (Vdot 35.4) 3/4/18

                       

                      LedLincoln


                      not bad for mile 25

                        Yeah I was being a smart alec.

                         

                        But then again I use D and T, which is non-preferred by IUPAC.

                         

                        D is so different is the properties I'm generally interested in when using it (NMR and neutron scattering), that it is better to think of it as being "not-hydrogen"

                         

                        I used 99%+ D2O on a routine basis for sample contrast in scattering.

                         

                        Wow, your sports drinks give you quite an edge, don't they?

                        catwhoorg


                        Labrat

                          Fusion Powered!

                           

                          Now only if it was reflected in my race times.

                          5K  20:23  (Vdot 48.7)   9/9/17

                          10K  44:06  (Vdot 46.3)  3/11/17

                          HM 1:33:48 (Vdot 48.6) 11/11/17

                          FM 4:13:43 (Vdot 35.4) 3/4/18

                           


                          Feeling the growl again

                            Yeah I was being a smart alec.

                             

                            But then again I use D and T, which is non-preferred by IUPAC.

                             

                            D is so different is the properties I'm generally interested in when using it (NMR and neutron scattering), that it is better to think of it as being "not-hydrogen"

                             

                            I used 99%+ D2O on a routine basis for sample contrast in scattering.

                             

                            So was I.  Big grin

                             

                            A neutron makes quite a difference in a tiny atom.  I don't think I've used the stuff since I did NMR and that has been a long time.

                            "If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does.  There's your pep talk for today.  Go Run." -- Slo_Hand

                             

                            I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills

                             


                            sugnim

                              There is another dangerous element called hydrogen.  Two atoms of this lethal element are found in every molecule of water.  This element is also found in cyanide, LDL cholesterol, and hydrogen bombs.

                               

                              Stupidity knows no bounds...especially in journalism.

                               

                              Right.  Hydrogen is not dangerous.  However, when you add extra hydrogen to vegetable oil, you get hydrogenated vegetable oil, which is "trans fat" and is very unhealthy for you.  Could the same be true for brominated vegetable oil?

                               

                              I don't have an answer, but just wonder what others think.


                              Feeling the growl again

                                Right.  Hydrogen is not dangerous.  However, when you add extra hydrogen to vegetable oil, you get hydrogenated vegetable oil, which is "trans fat" and is very unhealthy for you.  Could the same be true for brominated vegetable oil?

                                 

                                I don't have an answer, but just wonder what others think.

                                 

                                The effects of bromination vs hydrogenation on the molecular properties are different.  

                                 

                                My point was that just because an atom of an element is in one compound, does not mean that it is inherently dangerous in another.

                                 

                                Gamma emitting radioisotopes aside.  Wink

                                "If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does.  There's your pep talk for today.  Go Run." -- Slo_Hand

                                 

                                I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills

                                 

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