 [ Symptoms ] 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 have 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 [ Disease ] gatorade is primarily water so really any liquid is fine to help thin mucous water is cheaper less sugar tea is fine