My school is stupid

[cns1511]

Last time I checked, salt was bad 4 u, and most ppl already have 2 much in their diet as it is.

Salt isn't always bad. Some people, such as myself, has been told by a medical professional that I need to consume a lot of salt due to reasons I would rather not discuss on a public forum. Though the majority of people do have too much salt in their diets, it isn't always bad for them. On the other hand, if you have a lot of salt in your system naturally a very small amount of sugar can be very harmful. So how 'bad' the salt is for a person drinking Powerade is completely individual and certainly cannot be generalised as so. Sorry for those who really couldn't give a flying f**k about what I just said.

[zzdfa]

i think this is relevant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs

[Fyrefly]

Fyrefly you can be wrong and in this case you are

Welcome to VCENotes.
Very classy necro... superbly tactful -.-

Dude, I was about 14 @ the time, and it was the blatant advertising that annoyed me above anything else... It wasn't like I was sitting behind a computer screen researching and analysing it.

You will find Powerade has been scientifcally proven to work.
http://www.nswis.com.au/assets/documents/Powerade_Isotonic_ABSTRACT.pdf
Experiment carried out by the New South Wales Institute of Sport concluded that Powerade performed better than the placebo.

a) "6 trained male rowers" (aka. not the average person)
b) "22.0 ± 4.0 years" (aka. not children)
c) Isotonic Powerade did not exist back then - this product is the result of more recent advancements.
d) "Powerade Isotonic significantly increased the capacity to sustain intense endurance exercise." (V. restrictive hypothesis, area of research and conclusion... how many 14yos do "intense endurance exercise"?)
e) Read Glock's post.
f) It's 'scientifically'... and use the word 'proven' more tentatively in the future.

Make no mistake: Gatorade/Powerade is beneficial for athletes and active people... I'm just not convinced that the benefits for children are so great.

Last time I checked, salt was bad 4 u, and most ppl already have 2 much in their diet as it is.

Salt isn't always bad. Some people, such as myself, has been told by a medical professional that I need to consume a lot of salt due to reasons I would rather not discuss on a public forum. Though the majority of people do have too much salt in their diets, it isn't always bad for them. On the other hand, if you have a lot of salt in your system naturally a very small amount of sugar can be very harmful. So how 'bad' the salt is for a person drinking Powerade is completely individual and certainly cannot be generalised as so. Sorry for those who really couldn't give a flying f**k about what I just said.

With respect, I daresay you fall within a minority regarding salt intake.
My Dad also falls within such a category, due to muscular problems.

I did say "most"... I recognise that the human condition is rarely unanimous

[excal]

In support of Fyrefly I might add that for when the sample size (n) is less than 30, the validity of any hypothesis coming out of it is highly questionable.

[Glockmeister]

In support of Fyrefly I might add that for when the sample size (n) is less than 30, the validity of any hypothesis coming out of it is highly questionable.

I suggest you read my post, Excal.

Also, I'm not sure. Is non-representative sample two words or three?

[excal]

Too lazy.