Can Gatorade Dilute Urine? The Truth About Sports Drinks
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According to the National Institutes of Health, the kidneys excrete approximately 600 milliosmoles of metabolic waste each day, adjusting water volume to maintain proper fluid osmolarity. Gatorade and other fluids can increase urine volume, but using them to deliberately dilute a urine sample for specific purposes, like drug testing, is largely ineffective and often easily detected.
