RunningAHEAD - Topic: Gatorade caused phlegm

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posted: 9/3/2007 at 3:58 PM

I'm usually just used to drinking water before/during/after a run, but whenever I try Gatorade it seems to cause a lot of phlegm. Does anyone else have this problem? And any guesses as to why/how this happens?

Jerry-

posted: 9/3/2007 at 5:33 PM

Hi there Well having a quick look at the ingredients of Gatorade water, sucrose syrup, glucose-fructose syrup, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, salt, sodium citrate, monopotassium phosphate, ester gum, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, red 40, blue 1 There are a few ingredients that can cause irritaion and allergic reactions. You do not state the flavour of the drink you use but they are much the much with slightly different colourings and flavour additives. I reckon you should concentrate on the last 4 of my list. Do a Google with + allergy after the key word, you will be surprised by the hits Shocked

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Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 9/3/2007 at 5:52 PM

I often drink gatorade when I run. I often get phlegm when I run. I don't know if the phlegm comes from gatorade or from running, but I do a bit of hocking even when I don't take the gatorade.

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

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posted: 9/3/2007 at 8:57 PM

Ahh, thanks Jerry, you got me looking into the ingredients. I wonder if I may be sensitive to yellow 5...

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posted: 9/4/2007 at 11:42 AM

My guess would be the sugar in the beverages. Try water plus bananas and oranges instead.

Ed4

Barefoot and happy

posted: 9/4/2007 at 3:00 PM

I second Chicago. For me, phelgm is definitely related to how much sugar I've been taking in lately.

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posted: 9/4/2007 at 9:12 PM

Hmm... That actually probably makes the most sense. Guess I should stick to water or maybe find an unsugary drink to try.

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 9/4/2007 at 9:20 PM

Gatorade has no sugar in it. It has highly processed completely artificial heavily fattening earth-raping high fructose corn syrup in it. Sugar would probably be okay.

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Poor baby

Wingz

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posted: 9/4/2007 at 9:28 PM
modified: 9/4/2007 at 9:29 PM

Gee, Trent, you don't have something against high fructose corn-syrup, now, do you? Big grin

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 9/4/2007 at 9:39 PM

Quote from Trent on 9/4/2007 at 9:20 PM:

Gatorade has no sugar in it. It has highly processed completely artificial heavily fattening earth-raping high fructose corn syrup in it. Sugar would probably be okay.

Yeah, I think a lot of people who have painted dietary fat as evil should take a look at all the HFCS in everything they eat (yes, I'm looking at you, my MIL). So many things have scads of HFCS added to take the place of fat and end up sickeningly sweet and even more unhealthy and hardly lower in calories (and hasn't the rate of type 2 diabetes increased along with the shunning of fat?). No thanks, I'll keep my full-fat salad dressings. k

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