Science Articles

By: Bill Gookin, No. 12 in a series of occasional reports on wellness and dehydration “I have diabetes; do you make VITALYTE™ without any sugar?” or “Can I drink VITALYTE if I am hypoglycemic?” These and other variations are among the most common questions I have about using VITALYTE and with good reason: people with diabetes and hypoglycemia have problems...

By: Bill Gookin, No. 11 in a series of occasional reports on wellness and dehydration Chemotherapy and radiation therapy cause a patient to become very dehydrated from the nausea and diarrhea that result from these treatments, and also because the therapy causes fluid losses into the tissues similar to what happens when you become sick from a virus as each...

By: Bill Gookin, No. 7 in a series of occasional reports on wellness and dehydration The first report of Gookinaid™ being used in a medical emergency, came from the 1976 Canada-Pacific Mount McKinley Expedition. They had great success with it on their climb, drinking at least a quart a day, and reporting “no muscle soreness even with 100-lb. packs at...

By: Bill Gookin, No. 6 in a series of occasional reports on wellness and dehydration One of the early symptoms of dehydration is a headache, and almost all headaches are caused by dehydration. These are the “vascular headaches” that we take aspirin, acetaminophen and ibuprofen to relieve. “What about stress? That’s what causes my headaches”, you’ll say. Stress causes the...

By: Bill Gookin, No. 4 in a series of occasional reports on wellness and dehydration The first symptom of dehydration is mental; remember that the brain is the most sensitive organ of the body and even the slightest changes in the body’s chemistry will affect it. Long before you begin to feel thirsty; when you are down less than 1%...

By: Bill Gookin, No. 3b in a series of occasional reports on wellness and dehydration Shortly after VITALYTE™ was developed, a runner told me about his whole family being down with the flu a few weeks before. He was so sick he didn’t feel like eating or drinking anything, even if he could keep it down. But, he knew that...

By: Bill Gookin, No. 3a in a series of occasional reports on wellness and dehydration Yes, I know ... we all say “Everyone has one.” or “Its the flu season.” But, why you? Basically, four conditions must be right (or wrong) for you to catch a respiratory illness: first, of course, you need to get the germ, usually a virus....

By: Bill Gookin, No. 1 in a series of occasional reports on wellness and dehydration *** We usually think of dehydration as related to physical exertion, heat stress or illness, but you can get seriously dehydrated without any real effort and under cool conditions. You realize that you’re getting dehydrated when it’s hot and you’re sweating, and even when it...