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let me reorder these:
1. water
2. coffee (for me)
3. beer (for my hiking partners)
4. zipfizz (after)

@Alston_Neal @chumley
It all seems pretty harmless except for the Sucralose. Interesting to note that the different flavors of Zipfizz sometimes have markedly different ingredients.

@Alston_Neal
You got it. I work in pecans and can tell you that the organics today are as toxic as any others were 5 or so years back. Funny, that the growers association argued that that would be the case, and were labeled as propagandists.

@LosDosSloFolks
I've fought way tougher hombres than sucralose and am still here to talk about it. Too many things to be afraid of these days.

So seriously if I may (as if), but what makes this different than the 5 Hour energy, Red Bull, Monster etc.etc. drinks?

@Alston_Neal
It's a powder and the others are liquids. Sorry, I couldn't help it. Seriously, comparing the label of a Zipfizz and a 5 Hour it looks like Mister Zippy has a LOT more trace minerals and electrolytes and potassium and the like. The other key difference is that 5 Hour has much more B6 and caffeine. Zipp has more B12. I'm leaving Red Bull out of my answer because I'm not up to Googling their label but I'm guessing lots of caffeine.

@Alston_Neal
I can't really tell you why it's a better choice, but I can tell you that I read an article written by a nutritionist (also an avid backpacker) who mentioned it as one of the better sources of electrolytes and the B12 boost (in the context of backpacking nutrition), and I just decided to try it. It has replaced coffee for me over this summer (until last week anyway) and serves me about as well, but with the added benefits already noted. I don't get an irritated stomach like I get from energy drinks, and have yet to have either a rush or crash from it. Will it cause me to grow a thumb in the middle of my forehead? Could be, but if it doesn't, something out there will. So I just don't sweat it as long as it keeps me truckin.

Good answers, thanks....It's a powder and the others are liquids.......jeez you're starting to sound like me.

I was living in England when they won Eurovision! [ youtube video ]

@Hansenaz
Sometimes I wish my work network blocked access to some things. #makeitstop

(unrelated: what does England have to do with anything "euro"?)

@Hansenaz
Re: Your Video ... Were you the one in the blue sweater or the green? Though we've never met, I'm deeply concerned for you Steve. There are plenty of avenues for help and hopefully you will find one that works. The tune was very catchy and I thank you for replacing the one currently stuck in my head, which was the Musak arrangement of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" for piano and flute. P.S. Nice dance moves, especially the digging with the shovel action.

@LosDosSloFolks
That wasn't me, I was just off-stage....I'll be curious if the word "zipfizz" (which I'd never heard of before ) brings these guys to mind to everyone on this thread (as unfortunately it does for me!).

@Hansenaz
MY GOD! It's like the Partridge Family had a one-nighter with the Bay City Rollers and now we all have to pay for it.

and another thread gets hijacked into internet history.

Not sure why they even bothered with the Xylitol since they already have Citric Acid and Sucralose in there...

Mountain_Rat wrote:MY GOD! It's like the Partridge Family had a one-nighter with the Bay City Rollers and now we all have to pay for it.

My wife's first reaction was ABBA meets the Brady Bunch singers.

could we go ahead and lock this thread?
I wasn't even the author - it was a spinoff
geez

@trekkin_gecko
it was just getting good....

I’m still looking for confirming feedback that this stuff is healthy.

@trekkin_gecko
Yeah it's all fun and games until someone gets their eye poked out, then it's just fun.

@chumley
"feedback that this stuff is healthy"
It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is.