Re: ride food

["sumralls" <sumralls@gateway.net>]

	Yes, Kat, you are correct and I knew that (thus, the UltraFeul).  The
Coca-cola at an endurance ride is merely tastebud entertainment  -- that
wonderful fizz!

Lori Sumrall 

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> From: K S Swigart <katswig@deltanet.com>
> To: sumralls <sumralls@gateway.net>
> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: ride food
> Date: Friday, January 23, 1998 9:56 AM
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, sumralls wrote:
> 
> > 	      The best drink I've found is called UltraFeul.  The grape flavor
> > tastes like real grape juice, not real salty.  It was recommended to me
by
> > a friend who's a marathon runner.  It's the only thing that keeps me
> > hydrated well.  But I must say, there's nothing quite like a good old
> > Coca-cola at a vet check.
> 
> While Coca-cola may taste good, it is a diuritic an will not help you
> hyrdrate, but rather cause further dehydration (by making you pee away
all
> your fluids).  Not to say that you shouldn't drink Coke, but rather that
> doing so is not going to help your hydration level so don't count it as
> part of your "fluid" intake...if you count such things.
> 
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.