FYI Gatorade was not the first. Mead Johnson pharmaceuticals of Evansville, Indiana, introduced Lytren, an electrolytic solution in the nineteen fifties. Hardly used in America (although salesmen begged unsuccessfully that it be advertised to athletic teams), it saved thousands of children in underdeveloped countries who suffered from infant diarrhea.
More proof that backs up my claim.
Gatorade is now a multibillion dollar World Wide product, because it does enhance ones ability to compete by helping your stamina last.
Anyone who denies it is just not being honest with themselves.