Gatorade , Is it IN you?
Gatorade was introduced in 1965 , manafactured by the quaker oats company. Gatorade had many creators such as Rob Cade, Dick Malonis, Harry James Free, and Dana Shires( all researches at the university of florida). The story behind its creation was gators coach Ray graves was fed up with his football team(florida gators) continuous loosing and asked team doctor for something that would give them a boost. Robert cade and associates came across a mix of potassium,sodium,sugar, lemon juice and phosphate.The gators later on won the orange bowl and the drink was named “gatorade” in honor of the team.
To show how famous gatorade is and one example of there work include them being the official sports drink of the nfl,mlb,nba,nhl and many more international sporting events. Another one of gatorades succes is they went overseas in the u.k sponsoring one of the biggest soccer franchises in the world ( chelsea f.c).
sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatorade
Gatorade is something we can live without, although living with gatorade is beneficial for athletes because they get the sugar and hydration to keep going during activity. Gatorade has been used by almost every north american sports franchise and now starting in europe because it is trusted over other competition (powerade) and athletes beleive that they perform better while using it. It is not a drug it is just simply a good way of hydrating yourself ( better than water) when doing activity. Although people like myself perfer water during activity over gatorade it is always worth a try. With the right blend of ingredients and a variety of flavors to choose from there shouldn’t be anything slowing you down while playing sports. So next time you hop on the ice or get on that turf ask yourself , is it in you?
