[capt.P]

I'm taking a shipboard medical course right now- the other day the instructor said that sports drinks should be diluted 3:1 water to gatorade- the sugar in those drinks prevents rapid uptake of electrolytes in cases of moderate to severe dehydration.

[Obi-Wandreas]

My dad's a neurologist. A large portion of the cases he sees in the summertime here in Buffalo are old ladies who's neurological symptoms come from dehydration.

He (almost) never prescribes water. He always tells them the same thing:

Beer & pretzels.

They laugh, but it works.