# Drinking sweat/urine **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 21, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-sweat-urine/128988 "2002-09-21T14:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-sweat-urine/128988/21 "2002-09-23T16:34:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by barbitu8 \* > \*\*Gatorade was formulated by a track coach who analyzed sweat and used that analysis in his formula. In other words, Gatorade is essentially sweat. \*\* Can you cite where there is sugar in sweat? Gatorade is 6% glucose, fructose, and sucrose. ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sgt.J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.J)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-sweat-urine/128988/22 "2002-09-23T17:18:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Gatorade is 6% glucose, fructose, and sucrose. In focus group testing the “unsweatend sweat” didn’t score nearly as high… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-sweat-urine/128988/23 "2002-09-23T18:02:50Z")
Generally speaking, I’d think the urine would be a little easier to collect. [quote] Wikkit: And that way, they didn’t have to carry cups with them… [quote] Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-sweat-urine/128988/24 "2002-09-23T18:15:56Z")
On a completely unrelated note, the Pokari Sweat is bottled by Coke I believe. I think that was one of the “lovely” (read: FOUL) drinks that they served in the Coke plant in Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-sweat-urine/128988/25 "2002-09-23T20:24:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CookingWithGas \* > \*\* > Can you cite where there is sugar in sweat? Gatorade is 6% glucose, fructose, and sucrose. \*\* Oops! Forgot to mention that he added sugar. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-sweat-urine/128988/26 "2002-10-07T16:44:54Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by lieu \* \*\*Generally speaking, I’d think the urine would be a little easier to collect. [quote] Wikkit: And that way, they didn’t have to carry cups with them… > [@](#): > > Hilarious! \*\* I believe Robert Mapplethorpe produced the illustrated guide to this collection technique. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-sweat-urine/128988/27 "2002-10-07T19:22:08Z")
Drinking urine, sweat, sand filtration, condensation devices, bah. Two word- Still Suit. That way you lose only a thimbleful of water a day. I’ve got a deluxe doxed set of the Dune series somewhere in this appartment. I picked it up at a yard sale. Herbert was kind enough to include detailed schematics for the suits. Unfortunately, the pages giving detailed instructions on seducing any woman and bringing her to ultimate sexual ecstasy are so damaged by water and mold that I can’t make out a single word. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-sweat-urine/128988/28 "2002-10-07T20:04:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DocCathode \* > \*\*Drinking urine, sweat, sand filtration, condensation devices, bah. > > Two word- Still Suit. > \*\* If people are squemish at the thought of drinking their own urine, how are they going to feel about a garment that, in the desert environment, can’t be taken off? No to mention the fact that you urinate and defecate in it. That will take some getting used to. What is done on the Space Station? They must be recycling all the waste water. \*\* > [@](#): > > I’ve got a deluxe boxed set of the Dune series somewhere in this appartment… Herbert was kind enough to include detailed schematics for the suits. \*\* As an aside, can you give me some information on your boxed set? I am a huge _Dune_ fan and have several editions of the books, but I have never run across a boxed set. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-sweat-urine/128988.md?page=1)