Good work Nanny State. Why dont we just ban kids all together, then maybe you will have time to work on the out of control budget…
I don’t know the details of the laws, but banning Gatorade sales in school is a good idea.
Kids are irresponsible…its one of those reasons why they aren’t allowed to drive until a certain age, buy firearms, vote, serve in the military, or decide on their own whether or not they want to go to school.
Vending machines in schools has been a big problem over the last two decades and has lead to a hell of a lot of junk food consumption in school. There’s no reason for schools to provide anything beyond a healthy nutritious lunch and water.
If the parents want to let their kids bring gatorade to school, then I don’t think they should be disallowed, though it should only be allowed to be drunk during lunch or before or after school.
Gatorade on the athletic field is a different story, IMO.
regular gatorade is sh*t. HFCS garbage.
Bad title. Doesn’t ban Gatorade.
I don’t know the details of the laws, but banning Gatorade sales in school is a good idea.
Kids are irresponsible…its one of those reasons why they aren’t allowed to drive until a certain age, buy firearms, vote, serve in the military, or decide on their own whether or not they want to go to school.
Vending machines in schools has been a big problem over the last two decades and has lead to a hell of a lot of junk food consumption in school. There’s no reason for schools to provide anything beyond a healthy nutritious lunch and water.
If the parents want to let their kids bring gatorade to school, then I don’t think they should be disallowed, though it should only be allowed to be drunk during lunch or before or after school.
Gatorade on the athletic field is a different story, IMO.
I agree with that. Like you, I would not support a ban of Gatorade in school, but, would support the ban on the sale of Gatorade in school (along with soft drinks and junk food). The kid in the article is simply wrong. The school is not trying to control what they eat and drink. The school is simply saying – we are not going to make this junk available to you in the school. Nothing wrong with that, IMO.
I also agree that Gatorade on the athletic field is a different story.
All that yellow sweat is making a mess
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I agree with the proposal…nothing wrong with banning the SALE of Gatorade, just like banning the sale of soda at school is a good decision, IMHO. Kids can still bring it from home.
I don’t believe the law would ban “Gatorade” per se.
The wording is that the following would be allowed:
(E) An electrolyte replacement beverage that contains no more than 42 grams of added sweetener per 20-ounce serving.
My guess is that Gatorade will stock the machines with a product that is complicit. Make up a new one if they must. Beer used to be produced with varying alcohol content to match the difference in state laws.
Agreed. The kids in my elementary/middle school have fundraisers constantly and sell all kinds of nasty junk food. I hate it. The school wouldn’t get a handle on it and refused to add any sort of common sense in what could be offered to a 1st grader so… I told them my kids were going to sell red bull and sandwich baggies full of sugar then starting monday. We have a meeting next week to discuss changes in what the kids can sell. 
Hell, where I live the RP205 students are no longer allowed to sell anything…so, they only sell illegal things!
That new show where the chef remade the menu in an elementry school told pretty much all we as a nation need to know about what is going on. The fact that parents complain that the schools want the children to eat healthy is just shameful. But, all while our school system is banning peanuts from the cafeterias - we have new multi million dollar a year contracts with Pepsi to have pop machines in all of the middle and high schools (and on each wing of the schools as opposed to just in the cafeteria and commons areas).
Type I diabetes anyone?
I don’t believe the law would ban “Gatorade” per se.
The wording is that the following would be allowed:
(E) An electrolyte replacement beverage that contains no more than 42 grams of added sweetener per 20-ounce serving.
My guess is that Gatorade will stock the machines with a product that is complicit.
Like G2.
This is why we are all screwed:
http://www.khou.com/news/Candy-Gets-Third-Grader-A-Weeks-Detention-93033319.html
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I completely agree that the school should ban the selling of Gatorade, but allow the kids to bring it to school if their parents want them to. Seems right to me.
**regular gatorade is sh*t. HFCS garbage. **
I agree, but can’t find an alternative that works for my kids. They both use G2 in games or track meets. They both sweat a lot and need some kind of electrolyte replacement. Without it, they get headaches and foot cramps, so I’m convinced they need more than just water. I’ve tried various triathlon electrolyte products, but they don’t like the taste and therefore only drink it when I’m standing over them. G2 is something they like and they’ll drink the whole bottle.
Does anyone have an alternative that they found that is tasty to kids?
They’re using G2 during sporting events rather than Gatorade? Seems to me that’s when you’d want them using regular Gatorade. G2 packs in artificial sweeteners instead of HFCS–not an ideal trade-off, particularly during exercise.
It’s good to minimize HFCS in one’s diet, though I think eliminating it during sporting events (and replacing with artificial, zero calorie sweetener) really misses the mark. Why not try mixing your own powder Gatorade at a lesser concentration (or diluting the liquid form), and adding electrolyte tablets and table sugar to taste?
Depending on the duration and nature (intensity, ambient temperature, humidity, etc.) of the event, I’ll bet they would do just fine on a 50% dilution of regular Gatorade. We get plenty of sugars and salts in our diet outside of sport drinks.
Forgot to add: my energy source of choice during sporting events (mostly soccer) was a spoonful of honey before each half, along with orange slices and water. Honey is 100% natural glucose, the most ideal form of carbohydrate available.
They’re using G2 only because they like the taste better. Gatorade is too strong for them, although they will drink it if there’s no G2 around. They don’t really need the sugar - it’s the electrolytes they need. In between matches at volleyball they’re snacking on fruit and other healthy foods. Maybe I’ll try getting powdered Gatorade and mixing in more water. They use regular water during practice, so it’s only games and track meets that are an issue. That’s once or twice a week, pretty much all year. Their volleyball tournaments last 5 to 9 hours (depending on how well they do, they’ll play 3 to 6 matches through that time), so they use the G2 in between matches to recover and use water during the matches.
It’s not the carbs they need, but the sodium and potassium.
Have you considered electrolyte tablets?
In the sphere household, we’ve been diluting our gatorade and juice for years. Once you get used to the lower sugar/sweetener content, everything else tastes like syrup (not to mention it saves us 50% on purchases). I’d suggest buying the powder and experimenting with concentration; drinking G2 for recovery just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me, for the reasons I mentioned earlier.
HFCS is “bad” because of its propensity to store as fat, relative to glucose and bound fructose. Used at the proper times (sporting events) and in limited quantities, I wouldn’t be at all concerned about the health effects (it’s only marginally higher in fructose than table sugar; the name “high fructose corn syrup” is essentially a misnomer) of HFCS in moderation, relative to artificial sweeteners.
Crank Sports makes a drink product (e-fuel) with a higher electrolyte content than Gatorade and others. Not the best tasting stuff IMO, but you never know how they’d take to it. With the higher electrolyte content, you could dilute it further and still come out ahead of diluted Gatorade. Maybe it’s worth a shot.
I’ve tried Infinit, E-Load and Nuun with them, but struck out 3 times on the taste. I haven’t tried diluted Gatorade, so I’ll give that a shot. I’m actually not overly concerned about the HFCS since they eat relatively healthy otherwise. If the diluted Gatorade doesn’t work, then I’ll try E-Fuel. Thanks!
I agree with the proposal…nothing wrong with banning the SALE of Gatorade, just like banning the sale of soda at school is a good decision, IMHO. Kids can still bring it from home.
yep