Abstract: A conventional food in the form of a sports drink which contains quinine for preventing muscle cramping in athletes who undertake strenuous physical activity. In one form, the sports drink is a water-based composition which includes quinine as a muscle cramping preventative, as well as suitable electrolytes, such as potassium, calcium, sodium, and one or more flavoring agents for palatability. The sports drink also includes magnesium and/or calcium to enhance the muscle cramping preventative effects of quinine. The sports drink may also include carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and other nutrients as desired, and may have an acidic or substantially neutral pH. When consumed prior to, during, or after undertaking physical activity, the sports drink has been observed to be effective in preventing muscle cramping, or alleviating muscle cramping once it has occurred.

Abstract: A method allowing for the rapid retrieval of advance medical directives such as, e.g., living wills and health care proxies. The method of the current invention increases the number of executed advance medical directives, and also increases the likelihood that the correct advance medical directive will be found quickly and efficiently when necessary. The method incorporates the marketing of advance health care directives to entities responsible for providing payment for health care services. By marketing advance health care directives to the entities responsible for providing payment for health care services, the exorbitant costs associated with unnecessary, i.e., unwanted by the patient, medical care are greatly decreased, in part, because a greater number of people who will be aware of, and execute, an advance medical directive will increase. The executed advance medical directives are stored in a central database for later retrieval, e.g., via a telephone or computer query system.