I would have never thought that these would be unsafe. Scary.

I don’t drink these type of drinks and I doubt I will let my little one drink them either. Even for exercise I don’t think they are necessary.

good to know

Never, never, never is my response

I’ve never had one in my life. My daughter only has them occasionally due to her sports. Her coach suggested she have them when she gets leg cramps.

I don’t think I have ever drunk one for this reason.i do buy them for my husband when he is playing rugby though

I laugh when I see people drinking these while out for a light walk. That isn’t the point of them at all. Unless you are doing really intense exercise there is no reason to be drinking them. I personally wouldn’t drink them at all and certainly wouldn’t allow my children to.

I sort of thought this would have been fairly obvious. Sports drink are for drinking when doing intense exercise

Don’t like the idea of these drinks in the first place – high caffeine and sugar content doesn’t do any normal person any good – and certainly wouldn’t help a gestating mum.

My kids have sipped on Gatorade or Powerade when they have been ill otherwise we don’t have them in our household.

never liked the idea of these drinks

We never use these – they seemed unnecessary for “ordinary” people.

I knew this. I never understood why young kids as young as 4-5 drinking it

I’ll have to let my sister know about this, her kids drink them after footy!

The only time I have drunk them is when I was sick or after surgery when I was having difficulty re-hydrating. I only had a few sips at a time.

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  • • Ellen replied
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  Hydralyte might be better in that occasion.

In my idea sport drinks shouldn’t be considered by anyone.

I don’t have them but didn’t know they were dangerous.

I don’t really ever have any sorta drinks. Occasionally a power aid.

I only have sports drinks when I vomit.
When I was pregnant with my children I was told to drink them by my drs and nurses because it was the only think that helped with my hyperemesis. In saying this is only have a glass a day diluted with ice and water.

Common sense should tell you that. They’re too full of sugar to be nice anyway.