I'm a fan of "Arbeitsschutzgetränk" (literally "work safety drink").
It's the stuff workers in steel mills get, to prevent dehydration when working close to the furnace.
They need to drink 2 gallons of that per day, during their entire working life. So I trust that it's formulated right.
So, obviously that's crazy and we're all here to dunk on this person.
But also, I want everyone to know that Gatorade sells their product as a powder as well. One container of powder makes something like 24 bottles of Gatorade. It's super cheap, and way more environmentally friendly. Thank you for your attention
Also, sour patch kids have a weird ingredient in the coating that most electrolyte stuff doesn't have. Potassiumsomething something, irrc?
Probably you're referring to tartaric acid, potassium bitartrate. It's added to candy to stabilize invert sugars, keeping them from crystallizing. You can buy it in powder form, usually called cream of tartar.
I don't know what it does for hydration, but I suppose it would help top up potassium levels.
Purchase a huge swath of wetlands. Start cutting down all the trees and filling in the swampy bits. Once there is a credible threat to the existence of the alligators, start a campaign to save the wilderness and undo the damage. Allow people to donate money by purchasing "Gator-Aid" packages for $100 a shot. Steal the money and run.
Everybody is just walking straight past the fact that capitalism has cucked us all badly enough that we're discussing the merits of drinking livestock products to save a few bucks?
Using horse dewormer topically is a popular home treatment for rosacea because it has the same active ingredient as a prescription cream (Soolantra), but the cream is ~$700/mo.
There are so many frugal "life-hacks" that involve a trip to your local feed store.
Yep - that'd fall squarely into the discussing the merits of drinking livestock products to save a few bucks bucket. Thanks for volunteering to demonstrate my point.
Horse paste is good against covid, horse electrolytes are good against hangovers, what else is the horse industry hiding? Oh yeah, apparently horse tranquilizers whip ass too.
I've read somewhere that horse mats made out of rubber are pretty good flooring for home gyms and cheaper than something marketed towards gym use.
If it can take the full weight of a horse standing on it with its small hoofs, then it should have no issues with any weight you might drop on them during lifting.
Speaking of animal shampoo, me and the wife rescued some pups and they had issues...
Too young for flea/tick shampoo, but we found a hippy organic shampoo that just smelled like the best of the fall season. Took care of the fleas/ticks, and we kept it around for general dog bathing for the smell. It was amazing, lol.
I worked at an animal feed plant once upon a time. It was all people-food grade ingredients, but the factory and equipment were not exactly maintained at the level you'd like to hope for your normal packaged food.
That said, I'm pretty sure everyone there had this place on their "shit hits the fan" list as a way to pick up months worth of calories in an emergency.
I can't speak to animal food, but I know plenty of folks that are too poor for insurance so when they get an infection they take fish amoxicillin. It's dirt cheap and you don't need a prescription.
I don't recommend it because it contributes to the issue with antibiotic resistant bacteria and I believe most people won't take it right, but I've been that poor with an abscessed tooth. So I took it for a week to kill the infection and saved up to have that tooth yanked. Sometimes you've gotta do what you've gotta do to survive.
The antibiotic resistance thing isn't the only issue. We have FDA regulations for a reason. You will probably be OK, but those drugs are not meant for human consumption for a reason. I wouldn't take them unless you literally have no other choice.
I mean, horses are mammals that sweat. It probably mostly works fine, but between lower stakes for the manufacturer, different dietary needs between taxonomic Orders, and our Rebel friend's apparent decision-making, I think we're pretty close to [email protected] territory. I'm particularly concerned that the copper sulfate and manganese sulfate may not be where you'd like them.
Growing up on a farm, I always told my spouse that if a severe earthquake hit I was going to go to the farm supply store and get two 50 lb bags of "calf mana" to feed our child with (if needed). "Calf mana" is basically powdered baby formula for calfs/colts/sheep/etc.
I'm sure it would be safe to eat (in an emergency). Wouldn't normally use it, but in a pinch it's better than starving.
Well, our child is past the stage of using formula. So it's not an issue (for that) anymore.
The farm store is fairly close, so getting there shouldn't be an issue (even in an emergency). Spouse is not as concerned about those things as I am (and I'm not real concerned about it either [i.e. I'm not a prep-er]).
"Probably have COVID. I'm gonna go take some Ivermectin."
Words spoken by people who prefer to get their "healthcare" from the same place you can buy pet food, garden tools, and candy by the pound instead of an actual doctor.
I used to do research in a hospital... One of the worst things I ever saw was someone who had taken a horse whatever med and it had literally melted all of his skin. He had no skin, or if he did it very much looked melted. It was horrifying. Stay away from horse meds kids.
I'm not big on the whole internet thing so I didn't know about the whole Ivermectin thing until way later.
Around the time that craze was really I was hospitalized for what turned out to be a tropical parasite (strongyloides) which the only place I had gone was deep in the mountains in a cold region so it was a big shocker when the test came back.
They told me I needed Ivermectin and they were just waiting for approval, all the while I'm almost certain I'm dying, agonizing pain, at this point I was throwing up blood.
After a while of "waiting for approval" I couldn't take it anymore, like 2 weeks had passed and all they were doing was pumping me with morphine, which as a recovering addict I loved in the worst way. So I left the hospital I was at and went to another one. Went into the ER and told them the whole shibang, tropical parasite, I was told I need Ivermectin etc. And the second hospital basically told me to fuck off.
Out of frustration I gave up, I called the first hospital and asked if they got approval and they said they were still waiting and would call me back.
So I went home and basically waited to die, taking basically any opiod I could get my hands on. My neighbor who got me some stuff hung out with me one night and I told her the story, later on she brought me more stuff only this time she had 'something else' for me. I didn't question it, just popped it back, never thought about it again until recently.
I still don't know what it was but I ended up recovering, the pills were harder to kick but I did it.
I don't know why the first hospital was so hesitant to give me the medication, if they didn't have it or were worried about how it would look prescribing it. But fuck that place.
I do wonder if they're still in there and I'll just drop dead one day but I'm off medicade now so doctor visits are out of the question.
I've got some electrolytes supposed to be taken while doing sport to fill up what you lose by sweating. And that shit does wonders when having a hangover, take one, wait 30 minutes, be absolutely fit again
Drink that BEFORE going to bed and you will not even have a hangover.
You feel hungover because you are dehydrated. If you hydrate before being dehydrated you will not be dehydrated.
A few of the horses I cared for at the barn I used to work at refused eat those electrolytes in their grain, or drink it if I mixed it into their water.
If horses don't really like it I can't imagine humans fairing much better.
I get bulk electrolyte powder for my hangovers and it tastes like salty weirdness. That's probably why every electrolyte drink has flavours and sugar to mask it.
That's exactly the reason for the over-the-top flavorings. A while back I looked into making sports drinks myself and getting ingredients in bulk, and you're basically drinking dissolved salt, saltpeter, and Epsom salt.