"I give Gatorade in small sips ,they hate pedalite. So I figure gatorade is better then water, and that one time he took blood he was amazed that the salt was in the OK level."

 

I gave Ashley Powerade (similar) in hosp and they said it wasn’t good for them as it strips water from the intestine cos it has too much sugar.  They said the best thing to give was fruit juice diluted 1 part to 4 parts water, or electrolyte drinks.  I told them I didn’t like the idea of fruit juice and that the sports drink had electrolytes in but they said it was the sugar level in them that wasn;t good.  beats me cos i thought we were supposed to give em a sugary drink when they are having a crisis to raise their blood glucose?