Gatorade is the New Cigarette | Kurt Beecher Dammeier | TEDxTacoma

Kurt Beecher Dammeier’s talk compares the early media campaigns of cigarettes to that of today’s advertising of sports drinks like Gatorade, and warns that the health consequences of sugary drinks may be on par with cigarettes.
Kurt is an entrepreneur, investor and the founder of Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, an artisan cheese company with locations in Seattle’s Pike Place Market and New York City’s Flatiron District.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@matthelveston5820]

Watching this while drinking a Gatorade

[@muhammadnizamani5185]

Same 😂

[@Reallyffaky]

Lol same too

[@jjjjjj6053]

My brother

[@mrrobott9202]

Same drink 3 a day plus 3 red bulls

[@chrisl1878]

No way!

[@crushbl723]

*sips cherry Gatorade while watching*

[@deeupshaw4408]

I'm literally drink a blue one🤣😂

[@goat634]

Gatorade glacier freeze hits different

[@mannyw_]

Ronak K trueeee

[@noonehere4332]

Lemon lime

[@matthewvail7226]

Fruit punch

[@neonwolf9842]

Gatorade and cigarettes are different things.!

[@porcelaindoll6863]

My homemade gatorade is a glass of water, a pinch of salt, lemon, and apple cider vinegar or if I am busy or on the go, fresh coconut water is awesome long-lasting energy giving drink without the the side-effects of commercial energy drinks.

[@fatimahalfadeel3935]

This person does not have a problem with Gatorade but with sugar basically

[@chronoviz]

Fatimah Alfadeel yo this guys like if you eat or drink sugar you’re hurting yourself worse than cigarettes no lung cancers nothing compared to gaterade

[@milest1240]

Suger is unhealthy!?!? What??? Why am I only finding out about this now???

[@Smil7001]

1 in 5 deaths is caused by sugar (google it)

[@hughujkbkilhhhfbhgyre6436]

I’m glad I stumble upon this. I thought because doctors sometimes tells their patients to drink Gatorade I thought it was safer to drink then soda. Welp, I’m done with Gatorade

[@fishedhook2697]

Hughujkb Kilhhhfbhgyre no Gatorade isn’t bad there mainly talking about monster red bull Coca Cola and other sweet things I bet they don’t even know the difference and think Gatorade is a energy drink

[@saw-alone-man6150]

@@fishedhook2697 Bruh promote drink this,and sometime promote to hydrate... You know can get over hydrated. You watch Adam ruin everything.

[@ProGamer-kk9wc]

Literally every video on 'up next' is by TEDx Talks

[@cole7526]

wtffff

[@nevanster]

Gatorade does help more than water though for high intensity workouts. It replenishes sodium and other key things that your body sweats out. Of course a 5 year old kid playing T-Ball doesn't need a Gatorade anymore than he needs water. However, to an athlete who is at half-time in a championship game, Gatorade helps.

[@drippy9093]

Luke DelPriore you do realize vitamin water is almost the same as Gatorade right?

[@fishedhook2697]

Luke DelPriore back that up please or did bill and Garry tell you that?? Exactly

[@Smil7001]

1 in 5 diets is caused by diet today (google it) no rea athlete would drink Gatorade

[@buttfart12]

*slowly sips gatorade while watching this*

[@jackwest4742]

What about the electrolytes you need from what you sweat out if you work outside or play sports is it not something you need,not to get rid of water but to suppliment what uou lose?

[@donaldthomas4685]

now that........i dont know

[@kristiand2973]

I thought we were talking about Gatorade not powerade, vitamin water, monster, and coke. Besides you were talking about cigarettes for more than half the time this did anything but convince me to not drink gatorade. If you look ALL athletes are like machines can endure things the normal body would not be able to with hold for as long as they do. Guess what they drink gatorade not smoke cigarettes on the field

[@mistacole1335]

If your doing strenuous athletic activity, Gatorade can be good, but if your like 99% of people, you might find yourself drinking gatoade while on the couch watching tv, which is not needed.

[@Smil7001]

LMAO no real athlete would drink Gatorade get out of here

[@justindenlinger6304]

It might help that they train for that literally every day. But maybe it is the Gatorade. Also, you are a prime example of someone who has been so brainwashed by marketing that you cannot fathom a world where Gatorade isn’t the most healthy sports hydration.

[@kristiand2973]

@@justindenlinger6304 you are a prime example of no body asked

[@grzzly2241]

@@kristiand2973 I asked

[@tombeckett4340]

Gatorade really works for leg cramps. I know that from experience. I’d be lost without it. I’m 79 years old now and still rely on Gatorade. Sorry Pal.

[@TheElectricCheeseProductions22]

In a video by Tantacrul, he says that advertising is the closest vantage point from which we can peer into the abyss

[@billv.3953]

I just came to youtube to learn about the electrolytes in Gatorade. I didn’t expect it to be as bad a cigarettes.

[@FrankZen]

I'm drinking a Lemon Lime Gatorade Zero while watching...

[@mistacole1335]

The idea that Gatorade is better hydrator than water ignores basic chemistry Pure water is 100% of a hydrator because it is 100% water, that is what hydration is Anything you put in water dilutes it and makes it less of a hydrator

[@sandro7]

But there’s other helpful stuff like electrolytes and sugar - it’s not a better hydrate but it helps more in other respects

[@therealkingm3301]

Very informative 👍

[@tennisisphysical]

So true. Kids are addicted to these low quality sports drinks

[@sandro7]

I feel like most of your points are valid in that excessive sugar is bad for you and that it doesn’t make you more athletic, but I feel that it’s not bad for people who are already athletes because they need more sugar and electrolytes (in the same way lots of carbs are generally looked down upon but athletes often have to carb-load). There could be something else that makes these drinks bad for athletes but he doesn’t address them at all...does anyone have any reasons they might be??? and if there isn’t smth, that’s a huge difference between these and cigarettes

[@ventilator98]

I have a feeding tube, and a trach. I drink water, or take water through the tube in a feeding bag, that's an Enteral bag every day. I get lightheaded, and my already bad vision gets very blurry at the end of my infusion. I use to take Gataraid mixed in with the water, until my assistant said It caused inflamation, and cancer. Now I'm trying to find other drinks with electrolytes. If I had my way, I'd have a central line, I'd be on TPN, AND I would just get Saline and Dextrose EVERY DAY through the IV. I mean, come on. It's a central line, and having those is AWESOME!!! Just getting fluids through an IV is AWESOME!! It's SIMPLE! It would make life a LOT easier for me.

[@greekfreak1436]

I have to drink Gatorade because I don't drink enough normal water so I'm always dehydrated. It hydrates me faster and it tastes better than plain water so I'm actually willing to drink it. Better than nothing 🤷‍♀️

[@fishedhook2697]

Greek Freak plus that this video is incorrect and that Gatorade isn’t a energy drink its healthier than most sodas if you use it correctly

[@banyasbeansofficial6484]

What?!!? Drink more water dude

[@subto_]

drink more water

[@PrevailingFreedom]

“I have to drink Gatorade because I don’t drink water” Then drink water..? Solution is clearly drinking enough water to be hydrated.

[@StevePhillips]

Thank you interesting chat. Did you know Elvis drank Gatorade. But, I'm not sure if it had aspartame (believed to be an exciter-toxin) in it those days.

[@Darcsied27]

Obviously this guy didn’t have the balls to come out against the gazillion dollar ice cream and dessert industry.

[@saw-alone-man6150]

Bro it's obvious by common sense of ice cream and dessert is unhealthy. Unless maybe make it at home.

[@houmamzwiya]

Lol i was watching this and drinking my lemon gatorade....while smoking my malboro gold white...*just having my PUBG mobile break*

[@701delbronx8]

Sugar isn’t necessarily bad for you if you’re regularly using up your glucose storages, that’s like saying fruit is inherently bad.

[@KimKongKun1337]

so you are saying i should smoke cigarettes?

[@akashjoshi3385]

13 cubes of sugar = loves 🥺🥴🤣

[@Naravayax]

I just drank a Gatorade before this

[@ervinstankovic2462]

100 percent true and it is most all products not just Gatorade

[@clonecommanderbly7408]

I drank gatorade and then couldn't stop drinking it lol

[@blueshotgun017]

0:57 weird thing to applaud but alright.

[@itisceez]

If it doesn’t kill you it makes you stronger

[@Justice55339h]

There are natural electrolyte drink mix is alternative

[@tombeckett4340]

They make sugar free Gatorade !

[@tommiegallegos5162]

In moderaion gatorade is not bad for you . But you need to take in far more water than gatorade. Sports stars do not guzzle it They maybe drink 4counces to 8. It would cramp them up to have more.

[@clonecommanderbly7408]

Half the time they don't even drink it

[@jocabbb]

You also need sugar to live soooo?

[@fishedhook2697]

Plus I think diet isn’t bad for you atleast diet gatorade

[@ulisesc4388]

@@fishedhook2697 the ingredients affect gut bacteria

[@saw-alone-man6150]

Sugar is drug, no doubt. Also glyphostate food that america people consume every day. Glad knowledgeable about this. I hope soon able to detox glyphostate lose more weight and grow more inches

[@joelbizzell1386]

This is alarmist nonsense. Or it's a parody. I can't tell anymore, I hate to say.

[@chronoviz]

If it don’t hurt my lungs I don’t care

[@alwinbenjamin]

Great 👏

[@yellowdough2001]

great side-by-side image comparisons and good talk!

[@fishedhook2697]

Yellow Dough no this video is ASSScheeks

[@MingkGoat]

maybe gatorade can help seattle now, just drown the chop district in it

[@robertcampbell1656]

Is this guy a real doctor?

[@seansmith4150]

😂

[@BlackBlue-bg8vp]

Govern ment something once

[@jr-md3gx]

No mention of the use (or lack there of) for hydration? Terrible presentation, all appeal to emotion