"Drinks with too much carbohydrate – 8 per cent or above – delay stomach emptying and slow intestinal fluid absorption, increasing the risk of dehydration and gastrointestinal upset during exercise."
Tell me, am I the only one that eats 'sports bars' of 60% carbohydrates while drinking 'sports drinks' of 6% carbohydrate, obviously according to this 'increasing the risk of dehydration and gastro-intestinal upset' due to ingesting too many carbos?
Seems there's a bit of a 'logic vacuum' in that article, not to mention the whole
"Gatorade recently increased the level of electrolytes by 20 per cent to enhance rehydration and help maintain the right level of electrolytes in blood....Gatorade does not add ingredients that are unproven to aid hydration and performance to its formulation. Why? Good science doesn’t support it." rhetoric.