Thirsty? Edmonton product developers enter the sports drink market
‘This is going to be a David and Goliath story for sure’
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Published Oct 01, 2026
Six years ago, Austin Swiniarski was close to death.
He had Crohn’s disease, a condition where the good bacteria in a person’s gut gets attacked by the immune system. His healthy weight was 180 pounds, but then his body began to crash.
“I weighed 118 pounds, and I stopped losing weight because it was skin and bones,” recalled Swiniarski. “They said I was losing the weight around the insulating fat around my heart, right? Like, the fat you’re not supposed to lose.”
After stubbornly refusing them for far too long, putting his own life in jeopardy, he tried rehydration drinks and agreed to medication to help regulate his condition. But, Swiniarski, an engineer by trade, soon recognized he could make the hydration formula.
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