Best thing about raisins which my kids just loved when they were little is that the turks were lacing them with lead powder as some kind of pesticide, and the Gov knew about it for 18 months before they rocked the boat at all. Easy for me to say, because we are entering the 2 weeks when we successfully provide our own food. Goodness knows what goes in our mouths the rest of the year.

I agree with surgeonstone. How many reputable labs are just dying to spend huge bucks studying gatorade claims, for the love of science...

While I know there are some people here, like Matchka, who are really serious about their riding, what is probably happening for most people is that they get out beyond the McDonalds for the first time in a while (if that is still possible), and before you know it, they are feeling a huge sugar, salt, and caffein deficit. Then they take some electrolyte replacement stuff just to get normal with their various addictions.