The Science of Gatorade

Gatorade was the result of an offhand question posed in 1965 by former University of Florida linebacker Dwayne Douglas to Dr. J Robert Cade, a professor of renal medicine. "Why don't football players ever urinate during a game?"

Cade and his team of researchers - Drs. Alejandro de Quesada, Jim Free, and Dana Shires - began investigating dehydration on the sports field – a topic on which no reliable data existed.

They soon designed and tested a drink that replaced the electrolytes lost through sweat during intense exercise.

This short video describes the science behind Gatorade.