NUUN electrolyte tablets, nasty but effective

[EMGX]

I'd never heard of them until they were mentioned by a member on EBR. I bought a couple flavors, the ones with 40mg of caffeine. They are nasty tasting but give a boost when I need it. Anyone else tried them, if so what do you think?

 

[fooferdoggie]

not enough caffeine for my wife.

 

[EMGX]

I wouldn't want more caffeine myself, the few times I have used it I got a pretty good boost. It is hard for me to drink it though because of the taste.

 

[DaveMatthews]

I started using them about a month or so ago.
I bought the Sport/hydration with no caffeine.
I wanted to try them instead of just water. Seems OK so far.

 

[EMGX]

I'd try the non-caffeinated version to see if it tastes any better but the ones I have will last me quite a while.

 

[DaveMatthews]

I'd try the non-caffeinated version to see if it tastes any better but the ones I have will last me quite a while.

Well I certainly wouldn't call it delicious...

 

[indianajo]

I find the 8 mg of caffein in an RC cola a pleasant boost. Since I'm now diabetic, I changed to diet RC in 2008 after the bad news. Diet RC was discontinued, the closest substitute now is Pepsi Zero. I'm expecting with trepidation Pepsi's Zero reformulation to add the cocoa that Coke Zero just added. Red label coke Zero made my teeth sticky. Diet Mountain Dew has same amount of caffein, plus some citric acid, no sugar. Over a liter of either drink at one meal feels weird, whereas 2 L non-caffeinated punch doesn't.
As far as the electrolyte, my leg cramps in my sleep in mid-summer if I don't consume some KCl. Gatorade & Powerade took 5/6 of KCl out the product 15 years ago so football players could chug gallons of it along with mounds of sugar. None of those for me. I salt my sandwich , Hormel entre or ravioli with a shake of Morton's lite salt once or twice a week July-September. As a HBP person, I don't need NaCl. Plenty of NaCl in bread, that Hormel dinner, or nearly any other packaged or restaurant food.

 

[fooferdoggie]

caffeine taste like crap. but my wife likes 200mg so I make her Gatorade and mix it with powdered caffeine I get in bulk to hide the taste.

 

[Mulezen]

The Pedialyte lemon/lime Sports Hydration along with a dash of lime juice (for my scurvy) is, for me, much more effective than Gatorade.

 

[fooferdoggie]

this more of a caffeine drink and the gate raid to help cover up the taste. it was too expensive for her to drink energy drinks. this is how we buy it. half gallon cans.

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