Robert Cade

They call it Gatorade.

Dr. Robert Cade.

How do you?

Gatorade.

The answer is, yes, absolutely, Gatorade.

Um, the coach, uh, asked Dr. Robert Cade why his players were losing so much weight during the games but not urinating.

Cade and a research team realized they were sweating out their electrolytes.

Hmm.

Uh, the invention of Gatorade at the University of Florida.

Everybody kinda knows that story, but, you know, most people might not know is the invention by Robert Cade, he was a UT graduate.

Mm-hmm.

And so-

So the guy's wife added this thing called cyclamate, which is now banned by the FDA as cancer-causing, and some lemon, and they made it drinkable, and the original what's called Gatorade was formed because A formulation at the University of Florida, their team name is the Gators, is part of how this name started.

It was originally a guy named Robert Cade who called it Cade's Aid, and he basically changed the name to Gatorade, which had a catchier name to it.

He tried to patent it, but then the university said, you work for us, we're going to get a royalty from it, and I think University of Florida has probably gotten about half a billion in royalties on just that sports drink alone in the last 60 years, 50 years or so.

What it's done is it's revolutionized hydrating people and getting fluid replacement when you're in sports activities.

Yeah.

Robert Cade.

Consisted of glucose, sodium, potassium, and water.

Hmm.