GatorLYTES - anyone use these

Triathlon Forum
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Has anyone ever used GatorLYTES. They are individual packets of electrolytes designed to be added to a regular 20oz bottle of Gatorade/sports drink.
As far as I know, they are not available for purchase by the general population but can be ordered by sports trainers, sports scientists, nutritionists, etc.
It looks like I’m gonna be getting my hands on some and was wondering what the collective experience has been with them.
Thanks, Ian

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I tested these.

Designed for NFL lineman or people who sweat a ton. (I am the later.) Most common use is on Sunday afternoons in the NFL when the 300+ guys cannot drink enough.

Salt tablets are a cheaper alternative but I found Lytes to be a bit faster acting and more effective for me.

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How do these compare to Nuun and Thermolytes? I find these better than most other things on the market for electrolyte replacement. I’m someone that has to really worry about electrolyte replacement because I lose 1.8g of sodium an hour. Maxing out the electrolytes on InfinIT only gets me to about 600mg so I need more supplements than that.

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Thanks, they’ll be free so the cost isn’t an issue. I am a very salty and heavy sweater.
I had read that they were designed for the football crowd so I wondered about the practicality for tri. I’ll be racing in Kona where Gatorade Endurance is on the course. I’ll just take the Endurance formula off the course, how closely do you think the GatorLYTES replicate the Endurance formula (I haven’t seen the nutritional breakdown of the -lytes) I can’t get GEF here in Canada…

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Thanks, they’ll be free so the cost isn’t an issue. I am a very salty and heavy sweater.
I had read that they were designed for the football crowd so I wondered about the practicality for tri. I’ll be racing in Kona where Gatorade Endurance is on the course. I’ll just take the Endurance formula off the course, how closely do you think the GatorLYTES replicate the Endurance formula (I haven’t seen the nutritional breakdown of the -lytes) I can’t get GEF here in Canada…
Not sure if the formula has changed, but the old G-Lytes contained 770mg of sodium and 390mg of potassium per packet.