Nutritional sports drinks

Well, the Cavs won! Yee haw!

I've been wanting to post the "Nutrition Facts" for a couple of sports drinks.

First, Gatorade's Endurance Formula. It's available in a dry, powdered form in 50.2 oz tubs on many bike catalog websites. One of these tubs "makes 29 - 24 oz. servings" according to the label, so it's quite a bit cheaper than buying the premixed 24 oz. bottles at the convenience store, but good luck finding it. It no longer is available in the greater Dayton area.

These are the "facts" after you've mixed it, per 8 fl. oz.:
Total Fat: 0g
Sodium: 200mg
Potassium: 90mg
Total Carb: 14mg (all from sugars)
Protein: 0g

Now, Cytomax, made by Cytosport. Which I've only used once, recently. It was given to me at a bike shop I frequent and came highly recommended. It was edible and seemed to work. I believe it's more expensive and seemingly much more complex/high tech than Endurance Formula and I only include it here for comparison purposes since I've got the pouch in front of me. It's package lists a long list of complex carbs and electrolytes. that don't show up in the "Supplement Facts" and you can view a more comprehensive "facts" list on their website for each of their products.

These are the "facts" after you've mixed it, per 16 fl. oz.:
Total Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 0g
Sodium: 140mg
Potassium: 154mg
Total Carb: 30mg (17g from sugars)
Protein: 0g

Once again, I only post these "facts" taken from the packaging, FYI. I like the Endurance Formula, but maybe the Cytomax is better. I don't know. I do know that taking in the E.F. has stopped the cramping I used to get after a long ride, regardless of how much water or bananas I was drinking and eating!

Well, enough of this, it's out for a ride. BTW, here's a Google map I constructed of one of my personal routes.

Ken's Google Map