gatorade is primarily water so really any liquid is fine to help thin mucous. water is cheaper; less sugar. tea is fine.
does drinking gatorade work just as well as water when thinning mucus? . my boyfriend has a cough. his rule when i was sick was "every time you cough take a drink. " i usually had water but he wants something with more flavor and basically refuses to drink regular water. we've been getting gatorade tea powerade etc. but never just water. do the other drinks work just as well as water does when trying to thin the mucus? or is there no effect when drinking anything but water?