Does Gatorade make you pee more than usual?

[Anonymous]

I never really have been a heavy Gatorade drinker, but the past few days I've been drinking it. I realized that after I drink a 12oz bottle of it, I pee so much more than if I was just drinking water. Does this happen to anyone else?

Yes, I pee more

No

[Anonymous]

Yes, I've just noticed. In the Caribbean after a long walk in hot weather, had a 16 oz gatorade and had to pee every 15 min, or hours. I peed more then 16 oz in that time. It was recommended that i drink gatorade before a medical procedure, same effect. Now sitting on my butt for hours with no need to pee for hours, sitting in cool weather, everything changed after i started drinking the left over gatorade. Since the described circumstances are totally opposite, dehydration & exercise vs just sitting. And in both cases the resulting need to pee excessively so shortly after drinking the small amount today, it appears that i (and others) am somehow allergic to something in gatorade. Just as I (and others) also have a different, constant reaction to canola oil. Drinking 8oz of gatorade and peeing out 24-48 oz in 2 hours or less, and only with gatorade is not right, and those claiming not to have that problem, just means they aren't sensitive to whatever ingredient (s) is in gatorade. Other food allergies are recognized, why not gatorade?

[-Zoe-]

It does make you pee if you don't sweat alot... although its not a diuretic nor have any caffeine on it, but it has something to do with electrolyte or salt and water balance in the body...
The more you sweat, the more you lose salt and water.. So if you drink gatorade, it refuels back to maintain balance... If you don't sweat a lot (and you have sufficient salt and water inside you) then you drink gatorade which has a lot of sodium, then your body will try to compensate to balance the salt and water and get rid of the excess through urination...

[JustinCaseUDontKnow]

I was told by my doctor to drink Gatorade cause
my sodium levels were abnormally low for some reason
and i was told to drink it and try laying off of excess amounts
of water cause the doctor told me water takes salt out of
your body so who knows..

[KandleGuii2]

First Off Gatorade Is Not A Drink Meant To Drank Unless You Are Actually Sweating Or Working Out, It's Full Of Salt Because Its Meant To Put Back The Salt In Your Body That You've Lost From Sweating Or Working Out...

[Bayley13]

You obviously aren’t educated enough because all my doctors have told me to drink Gatorade to stay hydrated and it also helps with many other problems. It’s not just meant for working out.

[tex45]

Maybe you're just drinking more, in general, than usual.