The following article is not intended as medical advice and only provides general information. For medical consultation, please consult a doctor or medical professional. If you’ve ever been jolted awake by a calf that’s decided to seize up, or had to hobble off the footy field midgame, you know exactly how much fun a muscle…
Hydralyte has been specially designed to fight dehydration and rehydrate your body faster than water alone1-5 – but how exactly does it do that? And what makes it different from other hydration options out there? Here we unpack exactly what we mean when we say LYTESPEED Rehydration. What is Hydralyte? Hydralyte is an oral rehydration…
Parenting. Equal parts exhilarating, rewarding and worrying. There come a number of questions with being relatively new to parenthood: “What colour do I paint their room?” “Have I run out of nappies again?” “Am I even cut out for this?!” The answers are blue, probably, and absolutely you are! But constantly lurking in the back…
Kids, as we know, are always on the hunt for regular sources of excitement to keep them stimulated. Through this lens, the thought of drinking water every day can be… well, a little bit boring. Hell, even some adults still don’t like the taste of water! However, it’s important that, despite their protests when offered…
Top 5 Hangover Heroes We’ve all been there. That dull headache, a mouth that’s as dry as the Sahara… don’t even get us started on the nausea! “I’m never drinking again”, you say to yourself curled in the foetal position on the bathroom floor. Famous last words, right? It’s times like these that you forget…
It’s official. Winter has really hit – the days are short, the nights are cold and the flu season is upon us. However, just because you aren’t getting hot and sweaty, it doesn’t mean you can forget about your fluid intake. While dehydration is often associated with summertime, it is just as vital to stay…
Sweating is all part of a good workout, but is it necessary? And how much sweat is too much? Perspiration may seem a little ugly and messy (only Hollywood actresses look attractive when they sweat), but it’s a totally natural process, and nature’s way of cooling our body down. It’s normal to sweat when you…
Not just for elite athletes, Hydralyte Sports suits anyone who raises some serious sweat through their exercise routine – and needs to rehydrate fast. The History of Sports Drinks It may seem as if they have been around since that Greek guy Pheiddipides ran from Marathon to Athens. But sports drinks were actually only invented…
Not if it’s only a little bit. And not if it helps with your rapid rehydration. In fact, in some cases, sugar really is beneficial. The Goldilocks sugar zone Goldilocks would never have consumed too much sugar. Or too little. She’d have taken just the right amount to help rehydrate after a gym session or…
You go to lift your head from the pillow and it feels like it weighs 20kg (and the room is spinning, you swear). You lick your lips and it’s like licking sand. What’s in your stomach wants to come out the way it went in. And you’re thirsty. Oh, so thirsty. Yep. You’ve got yourself…
When you’ve been around the sun a good few times and you’re of a certain age, there are lots of awesome things that come with that privilege – wisdom, a big old family tree and possible ‘silver fox’ status. One thing about getting older that you might not realise and is not THAT awesome, is…
If we had a dollar for every time someone said, “Why can’t I just drink water instead of drinking Hydralyte?”, we’d have enough money to get a Hydralyte Ready to Use Electrolyte Solution in the hands of every Australian. The truth is, we love water. We love it so much we use it (or put…
Tummy bugs, stomach flu, the bug, whatever you want to call it, is nasty business for all involved. We know that one sick child can take down a whole family when it hits, but there are ways you can minimise the disruption to your daily life if you follow these five easy steps for an…
If you’ve never had it before, you’ve certainly heard about it. It’ll turn any holiday into a total nightmare. Bali Belly. Ugh. Just saying those words gives you shivers. But there are tricks to help avoid being struck down by it, and to survive through it. As they say, prevention is the best medicine. But…