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Because its a diuretic?
Because people might think because it's often thought of as a sports drink that it's good to rehydrate you, which it is not. Lucozade Hydroactive or something might be better.
Better yet, oral rehydration sachets.
Better yet, oral rehydration sachets.
Revd. Mike
Because people might think because it's often thought of as a sports drink that it's good to rehydrate you, which it is not. Lucozade Hydroactive or something might be better.
Better yet, oral rehydration sachets.
Better yet, oral rehydration sachets.
don't worry, I don't have diarrhoea, I just spotted it on the bottle and thought it was rather curious.
fluid lost is mainly water i.e. to replace the fluid, you drink water, not lucozade.
(I think).
(I think).
I think there's a sort of "old wives tale" surrounding Lucozade, as my parents always used to give me a bottle whenever I was ill to perk me up, and perhaps some people believe its the best thing to have once you're ill? I dunno, I just remember everytime I was off sick from school when I was little I'd get a bottle or two of Lucozade to sip on.
I think the recommendation is there because it contains a lot of sugar, so if you were to drink more than one and a half 500ml bottles then you're going over your RDA of sugar in a very short period of time.
I think the recommendation is there because it contains a lot of sugar, so if you were to drink more than one and a half 500ml bottles then you're going over your RDA of sugar in a very short period of time.
pixiepeep
I think there's a sort of "old wives tale" surrounding Lucozade, as my parents always used to give me a bottle whenever I was ill to perk me up, and perhaps some people believe its the best thing to have once you're ill? I dunno, I just remember everytime I was off sick from school when I was little I'd get a bottle or two of Lucozade to sip on.
I think it was initially an energy drink, so when your Ill it will give you a boost.
Its been re-marketed to a sports drink now.
Imo... It's good to give a boost to your energy, but it's not suitable to replenish the fluid lost during diahorrea (spelling?) because it's mostly water - and lucozade is full of sugar.
So attempting to drink too much of it = baaaaaaad. One bottle of lucozade is like... 33% of your daily recommended amount of sugar? Something like that
So attempting to drink too much of it = baaaaaaad. One bottle of lucozade is like... 33% of your daily recommended amount of sugar? Something like that
'traditional ' lucozade is primarily sugar in fizzy water , i'm not sure what %age solution it is but i suspect it's hypertonic and just what you don't want if you are dehydrated
10 % glucose solution and stronger is considered hypertonic from the point of view Intravenous fluids
10 % glucose solution and stronger is considered hypertonic from the point of view Intravenous fluids
Yep, its full of sugar, so you should just drink water for rehydration. The original has less sugar than all the other (about 35% of your RDA) but the other ones orange (Which i'm actually addicted to lol 
) etc have like 59%!
) etc have like 59%!
I don't really get it. I thought that during Diarrhea you also lose electrolytes - which Lucozade contains. So surely adding some Lucozade to your re-hydration is going to help? Obviously it is high in glucose so you would be silly to use it on it's own. But would a large glass of water and a bottle of Lucozade not be better than just some water? However they specifically say that it's not appropriate for fluid lost during diarrhea so maybe there is something I'm missing?
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