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During physical exertion at high temperatures, you can suffer severe dehydration
and loss of body salts. If you lost just 2 percent of your body weight because
of perspiration, your blood volume could drop, dangerously decreasing your blood
pressure. Dehydration can cause fatigue, muscle cramping, decreased
coordination, and poor all-around performance.
In the early 1960s, a team of researchers at the University of Florida started
a project to develop a product that would rapidly replace the fluid and salts lost
during extreme exertion. In 1965, Robert Cade, a kidney researcher and
professor of medicine, concocted a formula to combat dehydration.
All that was left to do was test the new formula.
Football players lose a great amount of body fluid when practicing and playing
games. The researchers decided to test the new formula on 10 members
of the University of Florida football team. The name of the team is the "Gators,"
derived from the word alligator, so it was decided to name the formula "Gatorade."
I heard that Florida State had their own sports drink, but it didn't take off. It was called Seminole Fluid. :flute:
and loss of body salts. If you lost just 2 percent of your body weight because
of perspiration, your blood volume could drop, dangerously decreasing your blood
pressure. Dehydration can cause fatigue, muscle cramping, decreased
coordination, and poor all-around performance.
In the early 1960s, a team of researchers at the University of Florida started
a project to develop a product that would rapidly replace the fluid and salts lost
during extreme exertion. In 1965, Robert Cade, a kidney researcher and
professor of medicine, concocted a formula to combat dehydration.
All that was left to do was test the new formula.
Football players lose a great amount of body fluid when practicing and playing
games. The researchers decided to test the new formula on 10 members
of the University of Florida football team. The name of the team is the "Gators,"
derived from the word alligator, so it was decided to name the formula "Gatorade."
I heard that Florida State had their own sports drink, but it didn't take off. It was called Seminole Fluid. :flute:
