electral vs enerzal

[vinod]

Hi

 

I took two sachets of electral during the kottai 200. It was supposed to be mixed in 2L of water but I mixed it in 1500ml water as my water bottle is of 750ml.

At the end of the day, my stomach didn't take it too well and I was wondering whether it is an appropriate drink for physically demanding tasks.

 

Enerzal seems to be the right drink.

Came across below link .

 

came across the below link:

http://runindiarun.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/gatorade-vs-electral-ors-vs-enerzal-which-one-should-i-drink/

 

Regards

Vinod

[Chidambaran Subramanian]

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[Opendro]

I used to have gluconD in my pre-cycling days (I used to trek, play tennis, skate, etc.)

Then, in my first 300K (Blr-Mys-Chamundi and back) brevet, Kiran Kumar (not tusker) and his gang advised me to take some electrolyte based and they recommended electral. I used electral from there on for my 400K and 600K. Later, I came to know of gatorade from racing in BBCh. I tried gatorade - both lime and orange flavours, used to buy from Decathlon.

Either served the purpose for me. But mouth used to get sick of the taste after a while. But I have this habit of not bothering of taste. If I have to, there is no second thought - I have to take it in.

Later, gatorade went out of market. I had to try enerzal. I tried both orange and lime. I liked the lime flavor. Surprisingly, I never get sick with enerzal lime. My wife is not a regular cyclist or runner. But whenever she runs or cycles, I give the same enerzal lime. She too likes it. But the concentration should be exactly 500ml for one packet. I do use two packets for 1.6L (900ml + 700 ml) bottles. But ideally, it tastes best at 500ml mix of one packet. I carry 900+700 just to have that extra 100ml for the long ride - the largest bottles that would fit in my frame size.

If I run out of enerzal, I fall back to ORS/electral which are easy to find. Or simply table salt - not a perfect thing, but good enough as long as I would be eating meals which will again have various nutrients including minerals.

[deepakvrao]

One is electrolytes and one is calories. Depends on what you need/want.

I prefer food, though for a few months I used to carry Enerzal.