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<blockquote data-quote="zauberflote" data-source="post: 1998265" data-attributes="member: 496650"><p>My PCP got back to me re most recent labs, which were only a couple of weeks after the ones before. Nurse reports, all my things to do with sodium, and osmolality, are “very very low. Drink two bottles of Gatorade every day and get plenty of fluids.” ......***no specific reasoning mentioned!***......pause for bemused rumination....</p><p>I got a little combative and asked why he was rx-ing Gatorade to a pre-diabetic. “benefits outweigh risks”, don’t you know. </p><p>I told her to tell him I was making an appt with my cardiologist, who likely has a better handle on the finer points of electrolyte balance as it relates to cardiac function. I cannot for the life of me see why I should drink a beverage that turns my stomach if all he wants is more salt and water inside me. If 11 large glasses of water daily, plus a decaf or two and maybe a can or two of seltzer, is not plenty of fluids, I don’t know what is! Let me eat salty cheese, for heaven’s sake. (oh right..., fat is the enemy and my lipids have gone up...). Let my lower legs swell up to half again their size. But please let me not have to drink artificial-ingredient-laden swamp water!</p><p>[I looked up gatorade ingredients. They include water, very modest amounts of sodium and potassium, much less sugar (as sucrose and dextrose finally) than 20 years ago (or stevia stuff if non-sugar), artificial colors and flavors, and something that makes it shelf stable for half of eternity.]</p><p>There. All done kvetching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zauberflote, post: 1998265, member: 496650"] My PCP got back to me re most recent labs, which were only a couple of weeks after the ones before. Nurse reports, all my things to do with sodium, and osmolality, are “very very low. Drink two bottles of Gatorade every day and get plenty of fluids.” ......***no specific reasoning mentioned!***......pause for bemused rumination.... I got a little combative and asked why he was rx-ing Gatorade to a pre-diabetic. “benefits outweigh risks”, don’t you know. I told her to tell him I was making an appt with my cardiologist, who likely has a better handle on the finer points of electrolyte balance as it relates to cardiac function. I cannot for the life of me see why I should drink a beverage that turns my stomach if all he wants is more salt and water inside me. If 11 large glasses of water daily, plus a decaf or two and maybe a can or two of seltzer, is not plenty of fluids, I don’t know what is! Let me eat salty cheese, for heaven’s sake. (oh right..., fat is the enemy and my lipids have gone up...). Let my lower legs swell up to half again their size. But please let me not have to drink artificial-ingredient-laden swamp water! [I looked up gatorade ingredients. They include water, very modest amounts of sodium and potassium, much less sugar (as sucrose and dextrose finally) than 20 years ago (or stevia stuff if non-sugar), artificial colors and flavors, and something that makes it shelf stable for half of eternity.] There. All done kvetching. [/QUOTE]
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