Can ingesting too much FD&C Yellow No. 6, a food dye, change the color of your urine and make you think you are dehydrated? It is found in orange Gatorade Zero. I have been drinking way too much orange Gatorade Zero lately.
The Google AI summary says maybe. Many food dyes can do this. Of additional import, it’s bad stuff and you might want to switch flavors/dyes. It’s banned in Europe.
My very first food scare, luckily not involving Disodium 6-hydroxy-5-[(4-sulfophenyl)azo]-2-naphthalenesulfonate was when I went at age aound 4, for my morning ablution, and noticed instead of yellow as expected, it was purple.
Quick visit to my parents, and I was reminded I had eaten a lot of beetroot the night before.
Moral of the story; ok, yes. I am not a health practioner and I have no experience with Gatoraid.
Common sense says: if you are worried by your consumption of Gatoraid, stop consuming Gatoraid and see what changes.
FWIW, you do not need the sugar Gatoraid provides.
Gatorade Zero has no sugar. The maltodextrin, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium are probably worse for you than sugar.
If I were smart I would just drink water. Unfortunately, … .