If you drink something that is about the same ionic concentration as your blood, you can absorb a lot of it safely.

If you drink something much much saltier than your blood it will pull water out of your blood cells.

If you drink something with very few ions it will hydrate your blood cells, but drinking too much can burst your blood cells as they try to absorb to much.

Isn't gatorade a combo of salt, sugar, water and potassium? So basically, a banana with some salt on it and lots of water.

But its what the plants crave!

Apparently the old Gatorade (before commercialization) was so salty it was gross.

Go for the good stuff made for studs https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/32674571

Currently, one of the slogans on the bottle is “Hydrates better than water”. Do they know what ‘hydrates’ means?