NFL: Players drink 6,200 gallons of Gatorade during the season
July 23, 2007
Check this out. Next time you see the Gatorade coolers on the sideline remember this;  Players drink 6,200 gallons of Gatorade during the course of one season. Amazing. Remember a few months back when the news came out about Gatorade rotting your teeth?
“The University of Iowa researchers covered extracted teeth with nail polish. They left bare two patches on each tooth, one on the enamel and one on the root. Then they dunked the teeth in test tubes filled with regular Coke, Diet Coke, Gatorade, Red Bull, or 100% apple juice.
Every five hours, the researchers refreshed the beverages. After 25 hours, they examined the teeth with a microscope. All of the beverages eroded the bare spots on the teeth. But different beverages had significantly different effects.
On the enamel, Gatorade was significantly more corrosive than Red Bull and Coke. Red Bull and Coke, in turn, were significantly more corrosive than Diet Coke and apple juice.”
Now imagine hammering 6,200 gallons of Gatorade in 9 months. So next time you see a Football player with no teeth remember this: They drink 6,200 gallons of Gatorade in 9 months.
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