Gatorade Research Paper

In 4th grade I drank my first Gatorade at field day. We were doing relay races, Frisbee tosses, and tug of war. It was fun and tiring, so got to drink Gatorade. My mom got it for me to help me stay energize I got to drink Gatorade throughout each challenge. It helped me quench my thirst. I had heard of Gatorade because in my elementary school they sold Gatorade and everyone would get Gatorade. I had the cool blue flavor. The flavor was so sweet it was like I was drinking juice. I never like soda, so Gatorade was a better and healthier drink. But I never understood why there are so many additives in soda and other unhealthy drinks. So I thought is there anything that is unhealthy about Gatorade and is there any element in Gatorade that helps …show more content…
Well it can do more than help your thirst. In Gatorade there is a liquid or gel-like substance called electrolytes. It helps you stay energize. On the bottle says advanced electrolytes system, so I wanted to see if it was true or not. Gatorade helps give an electric charge to your blood to help you stay energized. Statistics show Gatorade is the best-selling sport drink and it is the best refresher if playing sports. There are 20-150 calories in the different types of Gatorade. The sales for Gatorade in 2015 are more than 4.2 million. Healthline states that there are many diseases that you can get from consuming a lot of electrolytes. The more electrolytes that is consumed the more the calcium, chloride, Magnesium, Potassium, and Sodium. Sodium is in electrolytes, so most food and drinks will have electrolytes. So I wanted to test if there is there another way to incorporate electrolytes into another natural juice blend that can still have electrolytes in …show more content…
We used filtered water for a constant. We set up the electrolyte kit from science buddies and used the produce for the multi-meter that test the amps in the different substances I had 3 trials and compare the ratio between amps and calories.. We created a procedure for testing the substances and completed the task of collecting the different amps for each substance. The formula is current divide by voltage equals the conductance or the amount of electrolytes. We ended up getting 27.4 amps for the average for Gatorade, 76.9 amps for the average for the natural juice, 60.9 amps for the average of the coconut water, and 0.55 amps for the average of filtered water. We ended up finding that natural juice had the most amount of electrolytes out of all of the other substances. The result of the question what has the most electrolytes and which is the healthiest would probably be the natural alternative drink because it is low in calories and it has the most