From the Infini-T website:
http://www.infinitnutrition.us/information/osmofit.aspOsmolality is a measure of how much “stuff” is in your sports drink. If there is too much “stuff” your drink will be too dense and your body will treat it like a food. The unfortunate result: Failure. Your system shuts down and stops processing it, resulting in gastric distress, cramping, and worse.
Is THAT why I get cramping and nausea if I try to drink uncut gatorade when I'm riding????
I have never been able to drink Gatorade or any of it's look-alikes, not while I'm riding anyway, and I can't use any of the energy bars I've ever tried. I actually threw up a couple of times in the beginning before I learned to cut the Gatorade 1:3 and leave the energy bars STRICTLY ALONE.
Lately I've been drinking Propel on long rides because it's the only thing I know I can keep down. I take extra Propel with me on long rides even if they're SAGged because all they ever give you at rest stops is Gatorade and if I forget to cut it, I'm in trouble. It's slightly better than water but I really don't think it has a balanced proportion of electrolytes and vitamins, it's just all I've ever been able to keep down.
Honestly I've been afraid to experiment because I can't tell for sure whether or not something's going to affect me unless I try it under stress, like on an actual ride, and you do NOT want to be in the middle of a 50 mile ride and be overcome with stomach cramps!
InfinIT, Enervit, the Motor tabs - is any of this stuff safe for me to try? Has ANYBODY else had the problems with Gatorade they describe above, or is that just marketing hype and I'm still some kind of loner freak? I've never found anybody who has the same trouble I do with Gatorade and energy bars/gels, but that blurb from the InfinIT website makes it sound like it's a known, common problem



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