 Alanineglycine and rice powder containing ORS demonstrated some reduction in the stool output 2-5. However, none of the formulations developed and tested till date demonstrated any beneficial effect on the duration of diarrhoea. Similarly, reduced osmolarity ORS has some beneficial effect on reducing the stool output and vomiting, and reducing failure of ORT mainly in children with non-cholera diarrhea, but did not have any effect on the diarrhoea duration 6. The World Health Organization WHO and the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF have recently recommended routine use of the reduced-osmolarity ORS in the management of diarrhoeal diseases 7; however, there are scopes to further improve its efficacy. 