Trickle Down Episode 12: The Elixir of Life Part 2 (Sample)

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Julian Feeld, Travis View & Jake Rockatansky

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Part 2 of our exploration of how Gatorade influenced the science of hydration. In this episode Travis talks about how the Army developed bad doctrine around hydrating soldiers while preparing for war in the Middle East, how Gatorade helped finance athletic organizations, and why dangers related to overhydration were ignored in the 90s. Also at point Jake launches into a Carpi Sun ad for some reason. REFERENCES Georgia Teen Dies From Drinking Too Much Water, Gatorade https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-teen-dies-from-drinking-too-much-water-gatorade/ Rovell, Darren. First in Thirst: How Gatorade Turned the Science of Sweat into a Cultural Phenomenon (2005) Noakes, Timothy. Waterlogged: The Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports (2012) Water as a Tactical Weapon: A Doctrine for Preventing Heat Casualties https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA113477.pdf ACSM Position Stand: Exercise and Fluid Replacement https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fulltext/1996/10000/acsm_position_stand__exercise_and_fluid.45.aspx National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Fluid Replacement for Athletes https://www.nata.org/sites/default/files/FluidReplacementsForAthletes.pdf Updated Fluid Recommendation: Position Statement From the International Marathon Medical Directors Association (IMMDA) http://immda.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Spring-2006-Updated-Fluid-Recommendations.pdf Gatorade demand high in war zones, squeezing supply https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2005/09/08/gatorade-demand-high-in-war-zones-squeezing-supply/31703317007/ Water Intoxication—Considerations for Patients, Athletes and Physicians https://med.virginia.edu/ginutrition/wp-content/uploads/sites/199/2015/11/NoakesArticle-September-08.pdf Drinking policies and exercise-associated hyponatraemia: is anyone still promoting overdrinking? https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernando-Beltrami/publication/5451623_Drinking_policies_and_exercise-associated_hyponatraemia_Is_anyone_still_promoting_overdrinking/links/57334c7908ae9f741b26101c/Drinking-policies-and-exercise-associated-hyponatraemia-Is-anyone-still-promoting-overdrinking.pdf Case proven: exercise associated hyponatraemia is due to overdrinking. So why did it take 20 years before the original evidence was accepted? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2564296/#ref16 “Drink at least eight glasses of water a day.” Really? Is there scientific evidence for “8 × 8”? https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpregu.00365.2002 British Medical Journal: The Truth About Sports Drinks https://www.bmj.com/bmj/section-pdf/187587?path=/bmj/345/7866/Feature.full.pdf The sensitivity of the human thirst response to changes in plasma osmolality: a systematic review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5763530/#:~:text=Physiologically%2C%20plasma%20osmolality%20(pOsm),Baylis%20%26%20Thompson%2C%201988

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0:00.0	On the summer day in 2014, a 17 year old student arrived at Douglas County High School in Georgia for the day's football practice.
0:16.0	He had been suffering from medical issues in the recent months, including cramping, dehydration, and migraines.
0:22.0	These conditions continued after practice, so... ramping, dehydration in migraines.
0:22.8	These conditions continued after practice,
0:24.7	so in an attempt to quell the problem,
0:26.7	he drank a lot of fluids,
0:28.4	much more than anyone really needs
0:30.1	to quench their thirst,
0:31.5	two gallons of water and two gallons of gator rate.
0:34.3	That helped his condition subside at first, but early the next morning, he collapsed in his
0:38.9	home and was rushed to the hospital.
0:41.3	The huge fluid intake caused swelling around his brain and subsequently the collapse of his nervous system.
0:46.5	He was placed on a ventilator but after five days it became clear that there was no hope for recovery.
0:53.2	No one will ever know why this young man drank so much more than necessary that night, but
0:57.9	he didn't do anything that was countered the common recommendations for athletes.
1:01.7	The most common advice was to drink up, always be
1:04.8	thoroughly hydrated for peak performance and perhaps Gatorade is superior to
1:10.0	water for athletes. The problem with this advice is that it did not emerge from
1:14.9	neutral science. It didn't even emerge from the experience of athletes. Instead this
1:19.3	advice emerged from the need to sell sports drinks. For decades the billion-dollar sports
1:24.5	drink industry developed increasingly sophisticated ways to convince people
1:28.2	that they were not getting enough fluids. This didn't just involve massive
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