Gatorade’s Beat the Heat Campaign!
You know when I was growing up I absolutely HATED Gatorade, but as the teen years came and the need to have something that quenched my thirst taught me it was a good thing to have on time. As a mom I know how important it is to keep your kids hydrated, if ya don’t there can be serious side effects that no one wants to see or have happen. We haven’t played many sports lately but now that we are in Indiana I know it gets hot and the kids will drink all types of water and Gatorade, which brings me to MomCentral asking if I’d talk about “Gatorade’s Beat the Heat” campaign. Since this is the beginning of a new school year for many folks it is also 
the beginning of FOOTBALL season and everyone knows how much they like to run, ram and all that. This means they break a sweat pretty quickly and need to be hydrated pretty often, football players LOVE Gatorade. Currently the NFL Site has a few tips for those of you that need to keep people (young or old) hydrated and safe during these warm months.
Tips to Hydrate and Fuel for the Football Season- Tips like checking urine. Yes, you can tell if someone isn’t drinking enough fluids by the color of urine.
Have any of you ever experienced being dehydrated? I use to get it constantly when I was pregnant with my first child, so I learned real quickly about drinking enough water and Gatorade. In fact I had a hubby that monitored how much water I drank because of “doctor’s orders.” As a child I experienced a severe case and was rushed to ER, I just remember how hot and sick I felt and my dad was extremely worried. I’d been visiting with my mother and we’d been at the pool all day and didn’t get enough to drink. The hospital had IVs in me and were asking me to drink anything, including Mountain Dew. These two things have made me always watch how much my kids drank, if they get flushed I make them stop what they are doing and drink. Gatorade sent us 3 Different Gatorades, the blue, red and purple. G2’s purple is grape flavored and has less calories then the regular ones. I like the fact that this means it also has less sugar. Here’s what the kids said about it.
“Taste like a little bit of grape flavored water.” – “Taste like it has very little sugar.” – “I like it, can I finish that one.” – “It reminds me of grape koolaid without the sugar.”
Thank you MomCentral and Gatorade, I now have to go get more Grape Thirst Quenchers, the blue weren’t a hit in our house but the red was the next one in line.
For every unique download of the Gatorade Heat Safety Kit, Gatorade will donate $1, up to $20,000, to Beat the Heat charities.
Head on over to Gatorade’s Heat Safety Kit and download it today, you never know who you’ll be helping.
“I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Gatorade’s “Beat the Heat” campaign and receivedGatorade samples to facilitate my candid review. Mom Central sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.”
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