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Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:05 pm	Post subject: ADVERTISING replenishes athletes' energy level faster! I just loooove all this new type of advertising: On a health drink - contains 0% fat. What? Was it going to float on top like Galliano? Might as well add the fact that it also contains no Plutonium!!! For heaven's sakes! What's next?


iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:32 pm	Post subject: Scolls wrote: For heaven's sakes! What's next? Enables you to break force field created by your illusion. Possibility is infinite. [name of drink] takes you to the level above the level which your preconceived notion places you. Your new paradigm is here ... Something like that.

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:53 pm	Post subject: Why do I get the feeling that a washing detergent will beat sports drinks to that? Perhaps we should suggest this to P&G?

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:31 am	Post subject: So... the drinks themselves aren't necessarily good for you, but they can be good for enhancing athletic performance. Would that be a fair summary? Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:08 pm	Post subject: Yes, I think that's a fair statement.

frankcow Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:12 pm	Post subject: I try and stay away from them due to the sugar/chemical contents I've actually found that lemon perrier is excellent for preserving stamina

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:07 pm	Post subject: Has anybody thought about drinking this other really natural health drink that humans have been drinking for millions of years? Water?

frankcow Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:07 pm	Post subject: Water's great during a workout or run but for more intensive or prolonged exertion, you need to replenish what your body is losing

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:37 pm	Post subject: Carbohydrates, salts, fats... What else is your body losing with strenuous exercise? I don't see how these energy drinks could do more than a glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice?

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:14 am	Post subject: Scolls wrote: Has anybody thought about drinking this other really natural health drink that humans have been drinking for millions of years? Water? You cannot always get clean water. This is why we invented various drinks to take water. Soda that we know today is a variation of that, but it has its problems for variety of reasons.

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:39 am	Post subject: That's a fair observation. But I do wonder if we haven't become more and more fragile over the years? Don't you think people were tougher back then?

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:07 am	Post subject: Scolls wrote: That's a fair observation. But I do wonder if we haven't become more and more fragile over the years? Don't you think people were tougher back then? Arguably, but how far would you want to go to become "tough"? Would you want to keep telling yourself that you'll be cured miraculously when you have cancer? Would you want to stay in bed for months hoping that tuberculosis will be cured when you can cure it using some drug?

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:09 am	Post subject: Well, haven't some just lied down and died with cancer while others have climbed mountains when treatments have failed? I'm sure there must be a bit of mind-over-matter here... ? Don't you think?

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:18 am	Post subject: Scolls wrote: Well, haven't some just lied down and died with cancer while others have climbed mountains when treatments have failed? I'm sure there must be a bit of mind-over-matter here... ? Don't you think? Ok, ... you're making a good point, but my point is that the modern medical science has a lot of value and it really does something.

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:33 am	Post subject: iRuleThisForum wrote: Ok, ... you're making a good point, but my point is that the modern medical science has a lot of value and it really does something. I won't argue with you there. Certainly modern medical science is really a wonder in its own right. But I do wonder, for instance, just how much these sports drinks really do? (in my mind I'm picturing an American athlete topping up on sports drinks, and then - BAM - the Ethiopian runner is discovered, as he overtakes on the steep, long incline! Or better yet, the bushman as he runs 40km without water, never mind sports drink, to go tell another family of his discovery of a fallen elephant that needs their help in eating )

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Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:05 pm

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ADVERTISING replenishes athletes' energy level faster! Wink

I just loooove all this new type of advertising: On a health drink - contains 0% fat. What? Was it going to float on top like Galliano?
Might as well add the fact that it also contains no Plutonium!!!

For heaven's sakes! What's next? Rolling Eyes

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:32 pm

Post subject:

Scolls wrote:

For heaven's sakes! What's next? Rolling Eyes

Enables you to break force field created by your illusion. Possibility is infinite. [name of drink] takes you to the level above the level which your preconceived notion places you. Your new paradigm is here ...

Something like that.

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:53 pm

Post subject:

Why do I get the feeling that a washing detergent will beat sports drinks to that? Perhaps we should suggest this to P&G? Laughing

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:31 am

Post subject:

So... the drinks themselves aren't necessarily good for you, but they can be good for enhancing athletic performance.

Would that be a fair summary?

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:08 pm

Post subject:

Yes, I think that's a fair statement.

frankcow

Joined: 26 Jun 2006

Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:12 pm

Post subject:

I try and stay away from them due to the sugar/chemical contents

I've actually found that lemon perrier is excellent for preserving stamina

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:07 pm

Post subject:

Has anybody thought about drinking this other really natural health drink that humans have been drinking for millions of years? Water? Rolling Eyes

frankcow

Joined: 26 Jun 2006

Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:07 pm

Post subject:

Water's great during a workout or run

but for more intensive or prolonged exertion, you need to replenish what your body is losing

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:37 pm

Post subject:

Carbohydrates, salts, fats...

What else is your body losing with strenuous exercise? I don't see how these energy drinks could do more than a glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice?

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:14 am

Post subject:

Scolls wrote:

Has anybody thought about drinking this other really natural health drink that humans have been drinking for millions of years? Water? Rolling Eyes

You cannot always get clean water. This is why we invented various drinks to take water. Soda that we know today is a variation of that, but it has its problems for variety of reasons.

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:39 am

Post subject:

That's a fair observation. But I do wonder if we haven't become more and more fragile over the years? Don't you think people were tougher back then?

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:07 am

Post subject:

Scolls wrote:

That's a fair observation. But I do wonder if we haven't become more and more fragile over the years? Don't you think people were tougher back then?

Arguably, but how far would you want to go to become "tough"? Would you want to keep telling yourself that you'll be cured miraculously when you have cancer? Would you want to stay in bed for months hoping that tuberculosis will be cured when you can cure it using some drug?

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:09 am

Post subject:

Well, haven't some just lied down and died with cancer while others have climbed mountains when treatments have failed? I'm sure there must be a bit of mind-over-matter here... ? Don't you think?

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:18 am

Post subject:

Scolls wrote:

Well, haven't some just lied down and died with cancer while others have climbed mountains when treatments have failed? I'm sure there must be a bit of mind-over-matter here... ? Don't you think?

Ok, ... you're making a good point, but my point is that the modern medical science has a lot of value and it really does something.

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:33 am

Post subject:

iRuleThisForum wrote:

Ok, ... you're making a good point, but my point is that the modern medical science has a lot of value and it really does something.

I won't argue with you there. Certainly modern medical science is really a wonder in its own right.

But I do wonder, for instance, just how much these sports drinks really do? (in my mind I'm picturing an American athlete topping up on sports drinks, and then - BAM - the Ethiopian runner is discovered, as he overtakes on the steep, long incline! Laughing

Or better yet, the bushman as he runs 40km without water, never mind sports drink, to go tell another family of his discovery of a fallen elephant that needs their help in eating Very Happy

)

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