With the current pain of swine flu pandemics and all sorts of crap floating around as we draw closer to winter, I can't help but notice the amount of people that are drinking Lucozade when they are ill.
When I ask people why they are drinking it, they don't actually know why. The best that somebody has come up with is "Because it gives you energy...durgh!". Let me tell you people, even Lucozade/GlaxoSmithKline don't promote it as an aid for illness or recovery from illness!
I'll keep this brief, but back in the day where we knew pretty much bugger all about medicine, Lucozade was used in hospitals for no good reason at all. They stopped doing this for a reason.
Everybody thinks that Lucozade is made from top secret, super ingredients that causes this magical, syrupy affair of dazzling orange and intertwining electro bubbles. The fact is, it's basically made from sugar, colours, preservatives and bubbles. The reason it gives you a 'boost' is because there is so much sugar in it that your body's blood/sugar levels go absolutely crazy, then 5 minutes later, after your body is trying to cleanse itself from the dangerously high amounts of sugar in it's stream, it over-cleanses itself and you hit a low or 'come down'. It's completely pointless and actually does more bad than good. You think that the 'medical effect' of the 'zade is wearing off 15 minutes after having a glass and that your illness is starting to come through again.....OMG! I better have another glass!!!
There is one potential 'plus' about Lucozade, and that is that the preservatives used in it can help replace some of your lost antibodies, but you only need to do that if you are recovering from having severe diarrhoea or vomiting because your body has lost some of it's necessities (although not to a point where you notice or need to worry, you will regain these quickly just by starting to eat and drink again). You probably lose more antibodies from your blood trying to cleanse itself from the crap you've just put in your body from the Lucozade than you do when you've got the shits!
All in all, stop kidding yourself. If you are ill and feel better after drinking lucozade, then you are not ill - Get to fucking work, the miraculous, magical recovery you have just experienced from drinking Lucozade is all in your head.
7 comments:
Oi Goose...keep fightin' the good fight ;}
Most people are so used to being programmed by media and "Big Pharma" they won't spend 10 seconds reading a label on a drink bottle!
Much like many companies that promote their products as "supporting breast cancer research" with the little pink ribbon, but if ye read the label it contains cancer causing ingredients!
I have chrons disease and its the only thing that helps me through the day if i don't have lucozade i may as well stop in bed all day. Ive tried the diets the pulls everything i consume at least two to three small bottles a day. Could say if i don't have it im no good to anyone. Even if its full of sugar and crap for normal people. It works for me and this blasted disease i have.
Well said Lesley. I think it depends om the individual. It always make me feel better. I think as long as it's drunk in moderation there I nothing wrong with it.
Absolute miracle cure,end of! I don't give a flying fig what the "experts" say, I know if I have been ill or feel run down the this magical elixer makes me feel better...tastes great too!
This post is absolute rubbish! You have clearly never nearly died from throwing up for 10 plus hours.. Before drinking lucozade and been suddenly cured before! Lucozade had saved my life on so so many occasions! Including horrible illness from bad reaction to anti biotics!
This post is absolute rubbish! You have clearly never nearly died from throwing up for 10 plus hours.. Before drinking lucozade and been suddenly cured before! Lucozade had saved my life on so so many occasions! Including horrible illness from bad reaction to anti biotics!
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