And a million other excuses, but I know, and acknowledge, the truth... only to myself though.;)

Isotonic drinks are beloved of sportsmen.
And students; in their case as a hangover cure.
The original Lucozade - an orange fizzy glucose drink, usually served warm (retch, not in our house) - was the staple of many a child's sickbed experience.

When Sarge was overseas, I did ask if there was anything I could send him, given the basics Brit troops asked for (toothpaste, boiled sweets to reduce thirst, wetwipes, shaving gel, deodorant etc) but he told me they were pretty much sorted. I don't think this really shows how much better off US troops are provisioned, just being a rations pack.

It's a really good IOTD - I'm just saying outside of this there are further shortages for overseas troops.

Stop me if you've heard this one:

Three quartermasters are discussing the daily rations allotted for their troops. The Russian (feel free to update the nationalities) Q'master announces proudly, "We give all our troops 2,500 calories per day!"
The German snorts with laughter and replies, "HA, all our troops get 3,500 calories per day."
The American looks at them both, kind of chuckling and says, "Each of our troops gets 5,000 calories per day."

The Russian shouts, "Impossible! No one could ever eat that many potatoes in a single day."