Energy drinks before diving ???

[nitrox32]

ODM rocks

 

[RoyN]

I have a better idea.

Get your energy from the natural as God intended by exercising, staying in health, and eating proper food. Shouldn't drink soda and that includes kool-aid too. Its loaded with sugar enough to make you go diabetic type 2. :no

 

[The_DivePirate]

As far as Gatoraid and other sports drinks go,(in excess) I've read that they give a false hydration to the body. As far as the energy drinks go, I've not read anything in regards too them being harmful too a diver. Yes, caffiene is not a divers best friend, but hey, who doesn't enjoy a quick burst from the caffiene whether it be from a cup of joe, or a couple of double rock stars? My crack dealer(chiropractor) says it's the oil from the bean that does the real damage. Ya know, that nasty oil slick on the top of a fresh pot of coffee. As far as for the energy drinks, some have beneficial attributes added to them like ginko and such, as long as they are sugar free I haven't had any ill effects too date, and I usually slam a couple of diet rock stars before I dive. Last week went to 200' and nothing, sometimes you have too read beyond all the hype.

 

[littlewaywelt]

As far as Gatoraid and other sports drinks go,(in excess) I've read that they give a false hydration to the body. As far as the energy drinks go, I've not read anything in regards too them being harmful too a diver. Yes, caffiene is not a divers best friend, but hey, who doesn't enjoy a quick burst from the caffiene whether it be from a cup of joe, or a couple of double rock stars? My crack dealer(chiropractor) says it's the oil from the bean that does the real damage. Ya know, that nasty oil slick on the top of a fresh pot of coffee. As far as for the energy drinks, some have beneficial attributes added to them like ginko and such, as long as they are sugar free I haven't had any ill effects too date, and I usually slam a couple of diet rock stars before I dive. Last week went to 200' and nothing, sometimes you have too read beyond all the hype.

False hydration to the body? Nonsense. That doesn't make any sense. It's water, sugar and electolytes.

 

[bleeb]

As far as Gatoraid and other sports drinks go,(in excess) I've read that they give a false hydration to the body.

Maybe "false hydration" is not quite the right term, but most sports drinks contain large amounts of salt. This is intended to help replenish electrolytes lost by heavy and continuous sweating. As a result, I understand yoo much can cause somewhat of a reverse problem: water is pulled out of cells (bad for divers) into the bloodstream (good?). Since divers don't generally sweat that much underwater, this would probably be even more of an issue. Even quite a few endurance athletes I've known (long distance runners, college football players, soccer players, etc.) dilute their drinks or limit their consumption to one or two cups an hour and drink water the rest of the time. Of course, I'm not claiming this is universal and YMMV, but it's something to consider.

(I think this issue has been raised in previous versions of this thread.)

 

[littlewaywelt]

Endurance athletes dilute gatorade bc it's so sweet and there's so much simple carbs in it. It's too much for the body to digest and causes many runners to get an upset stomach. It's not diluted to prevent hypernatremia. Ppl drink it or Pweraid at races because it's better than nothing. Both stink.

Too much sodium is hypernatremia. Too little hyponatremia. Both are incredibly rare. I can't imagine drinking some gatorade before a dive would cause hypernatremia. DAN might have some info on how common a condition it is for divers.

Gatorade is largely viewed as a joke by endurance athletes. No endurance athletes view gatorade as a fuel source. It's good for electrolyte replacement, but that's about it. I suspect, you would have to drink gatorade by the gallon to cause that type of condition.

 

[Jorbar1551]

i have a twisted chopper energy drink(like 38 redbulls) when i have to wake up and dive. I usually drink it about 2.5 hours before i dive, but i drink plenty of water between the energy drink and the dive.

 

[Oriskany Divemaster]

Lastly, I just wanted to let you know that you should be extremely careful about grabbing divers and dragging them down, for a variety of reasons. Some may be obvious, like the fact that there may be some kind of emergency that caused them to ascend in the first place, but some that are not, like the fact that you have no way of knowing whether or not the diver is able to equalize their ears as fast as you are dragging them down.

First, thanks for the safety tips. Second, I apologize that my posting was somewhat subtle. My goal was to offer a spoof commercial for water, dramatizing my day to day activities, and offer my true opinion. Perhaps next time, I'll be a little less subtle and send the post with "This has been a Mark Todd/Gem Screens production." Or maybe even to make it more obvious that it's a farce, I'll cap it with, oh, I don't know..."Speigle Chicago, 60609"

Maybe if I did that, people would see that while I offer true and valuable information I try to do it without coming across as preachy or arrogant by writing something like....the pompous, "Lastly, I just wanted to let you know that you should be extremely careful about grabbing divers and dragging them down, for a variety of reasons. Some may be obvious, like the fact that there may be some kind of emergency that caused them to ascend in the first place, but some that are not, like the fact that you have no way of knowing whether or not the diver is able to equalize their ears as fast as you are dragging them down."

But that's just me.

ODM

ODM rocks

No, dude. You rock.

ODM

 

[Scubakevdm]

First, thanks for the safety tips. Second, I apologize that my posting was somewhat subtle. My goal was to offer a spoof commercial for water, dramatizing my day to day activities, and offer my true opinion. Perhaps next time, I'll be a little less subtle and send the post with "This has been a Mark Todd/Gem Screens production." Or maybe even to make it more obvious that it's a farce, I'll cap it with, oh, I don't know..."Speigle Chicago, 60609"

Maybe if I did that, people would see that while I offer true and valuable information I try to do it without coming across as preachy or arrogant by writing something like....the pompous, "Lastly, I just wanted to let you know that you should be extremely careful about grabbing divers and dragging them down, for a variety of reasons. Some may be obvious, like the fact that there may be some kind of emergency that caused them to ascend in the first place, but some that are not, like the fact that you have no way of knowing whether or not the diver is able to equalize their ears as fast as you are dragging them down."

But that's just me.

ODM



No, dude. You rock.

ODM

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to come off preachy. I guess I'm just a little more concerned about what I'm saying then how I'm saying it.

The bits that I posted addressing the original poster's question regarding the consumption of energy drinks prior to diving are based on what I understand the facts to be, specifically, a matter of dehydration. Your response, as I read it, seemed to be a discussion about exertion, which I think is immaterial to the question. Though you do touch on dehydration in your water commercial, you go on to explain that the potential problems attributed to dehydration while diving are that it could give you a headache, or confuse you into thinking that the diving wasn't good. I just felt that it would be a disservice not to mention the fact that actually, diving dehydrated is not so clever because it causes you to get bent.

The thing about not dragging people down was just trying to help you. I'm sorry that you don't need to hear it or whatever, but it wasn't meant to be a personal dig or anything... If I ever hear anyone talking about dragging divers down. I let them know that it's not a very good practice because I feel that it's dangerous, not because I'm trying to be pompous.

Alot of people come to these boards and learn an awful lot about diving. Because, in theory, a DM should know more about the physics and physiology of diving than the average diver, I think that the things that DMs write have a little more weight here, especially with brand new divers. For this reason, I think that DMs have sort of a responsibility not to be reckless or advocate unsafe diving practices.

 

[AXL72]

First, thanks for the safety tips. Second, I apologize that my posting was somewhat subtle. My goal was to offer a spoof commercial for water, dramatizing my day to day activities,

ODM

OH SNAP....I thought scubakev was doing a follow-on spoof. He was serious???:11:


ohhhh


was not my post #28 after ODM's a lil hint at the fact that ODM was up to something?