Ziggy
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Posted: Nov. 29 2007,9:07 am |
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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Nov. 28 2007,2:53 pm) | Quote (Ziggy @ Nov. 28 2007,3:41 pm) | Quote (Carrera Elite @ Nov. 28 2007,10:42 am) | November 28, 2007 Dr. J. Robert Cade, the man who brought the world Gatorade, died yesterday in Florida at 80. The death was announced by the University of Florida, where Cade and other researchers created Gatorade in 1965 to help the school's football players replace carbohydrates and electrolytes lost through sweat while playing in swamplike heat.
Gatorade was born thanks to a question from former Gators coach Dwayne Douglas, Cade told The Associated Press in 2005. Said Cade: “He asked, 'Doctor, why don't football players wee-wee after a game?' â€
“That question changed our lives,†Cade said.
Cade's researchers determined a player could lose as much as 18 pounds – 90 to 95 percent of it water – during the three hours it takes to play a game. Players sweated away sodium and chloride and lost plasma volume and blood volume.
Using their research, and about $43 in supplies, the researchers concocted a brew for players to drink while playing football. The first batch was, well . . .
“It sort of tasted like toilet bowl cleaner,†said Dana Shires, one of the researchers.
Said Cade: “I guzzled it and I vomited.â€
The researchers added sugar and lemon juice to improve the taste. It was first tested on freshmen because coach Ray Graves didn't want to hurt the varsity team. Eventually, its use spread to the Gators, who enjoyed a winning record and were known as a “second-half team†by outlasting opponents.
After the Gators beat Georgia Tech 27-12 in the 1967 Orange Bowl, Tech coach Bobby Dodd told reporters his team lost because “we didn't have Gatorade . . . that made the difference.†|
Bummer. What a coincidence I even bring up the Gatorade subject. |
At First, I Thought You Were Commenting On His Death When I Saw The Name Of The Thread..... |
Not at all, that's why its so coincidental. I have been a little out of touch with the real world for this past week...my mom had a heart attack Sunday so I've been couped up at the hospital with her....she's back home btw. I am however trying to prepare my mental process for what is inevitable in the near future . .
Ain't life Grand? Treat it that way. The Love of my Life, Jan.
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