Drop it. Dissolve it. Drink it. Those are
the quick instructions Chicago-based
BE Innovations Inc. gives for the use of its
quarter-size ZYM electrolyte tablets. The
small effervescent drops - which fizz and dissolve in water like
Alka-Seltzer tablets - are made to ease the process of converting plain
water into a vitamin-fortified, electrolyte-rich sports drink.
ZYM is one of
three similar drop-and-dissolve options for exercisers and outdoors
types. The originator of the category, nuun & co. of Seattle, as
well as hydration-products behemoth CamelBak Inc., offer essentially the
same thing.
The products from all three companies come
packaged in small plastic tubes with 10 to 12 tablets inside. Prices
range from about $6.50 (nuun) to $10 (CamelBak). Over the past four
years, I have used these products extensively, and each one is good. The
differences come in the flavors each company offers as well as the
amount and type of vitamins, electrolytes, caffeine or other constitutes
added into the fizzing mix.
In 2004,
nuun & co. changed the category of sports drinks
by introducing the original fizzing tablet. It took sugar out of the
sports-drink equation and created a "fast-acting, optimally-balanced
electrolyte hydration drink in a tab," as the company puts it.
I have used nuun since 2006 on dozens of
trips...
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