Sport drinks are designed to replenish the electrolytes lost when you sweat during exercise or other physical activities. Although they are effective at rehydrating your body and boosting its electrolytes back to normal levels, store-bought sports...
Sports drinks are designed to replace fluids lost through exercise. Water is an abundantly available fluid replacement that's the best choice for most people. It is the best sport drink especially if you are exercising for 90 minutes or less. If...
Sports drinks are designed to rehydrate competitive athletes during workouts, training and competition. Comprised mostly of water, these beverages also contain a mixture of carbohydrates for energy, and electrolytes to ensure proper muscle...
Sports drinks provide options for athletes who need to replace body fluids lost during exercise. These drinks play an important role in rehydration and rebalancing your electrolytes during and after strenuous exercise or athletic events. The...
Although water, of course, is perfect for keeping you hydrated while you exercise, your body needs more than that while under strain. Ideally, sports drinks should provide a source of energy and nutrients that water lacks, but without overloading...
University of Florida researchers became pioneers in the field of sports drinks in 1965, when they began investigating why student-athletes often experienced exhaustion during football games. Their findings soon led to the creation of a sports...
Sport drinks have become an essential part of the athletic and fitness supplementation market over the past few decades. The essential purpose of such drinks are to increase an individual's physical performance and allow for maximum competitive...
Most people understand the importance of drinking enough fluids before, during and after exercise. What is less understood is whether using sports drinks make a big enough difference in performance to justify their cost in place of water. Many...
For athletes, staying hydrated is vital. During your workout, your body temperature rises and you produce sweat, which keeps your body cool but causes you to lose water along with sodium and sugars needed for maximum performance and overall...
Sports drinks can offer a bit more in terms of energy replacement when you exercise. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, during exercise you should replace fluids every 15 minutes to avoid dehydration. With so many choices of...
Sports drinks mainly consist of water, but other ingredients can make a difference in performance and fluid balance during exercise. Staying hydrated during extended physical activity is important, but too much water can cause problems if your...
Sports drinks are designed to restore fluids, carbohydrates and electrolytes lost during intense physical activity. These products help prevent dehydration and fatigue. By packing sports beverages with nutrients such as sugars and sodium for...
While professional athletes promote sports drinks for optimal performance, most people don't exercise at the same level as Kobe Bryant or Lance Armstrong, so they don't need to drink the same kinds of fluids. Everyone needs water while playing a...
Although training can help improve your natural abilities, you can also use a variety of supplements and sports nutrition products to enhance performance. Sports drinks are commonly used to improve performance, and they can make a difference if...
Energy drinks and sports drinks are typically found in the same section of the supermarket and drugstore, which leads many to believe the two beverages are interchangeable. Although the marketing strategies of the two types of drinks both target...
There is a vast difference between sports drinks and energy drinks in their ingredients, purpose and audience. Despite this, the fact that they both provide a source of energy causes some confusion, especially among athletes, as to which is the...
Whether sports drinks actually help athletes has been debated for over 20 years. Ever since the creation of Gatorade in 1987, sports drinks have become a health standard for athletes around the world. Sports drinks do contain the necessary...
According to the American Dental Association, or ADA, consumption of soft drinks, including carbonated beverages, sports drinks and fruit juices, have increased by 500 percent over the past 50 years. Various studies report conflicting information...
The human body is 60 percent water. Water and important nutrients are lost through breathing, sweating, talking and urinating and this fluid depletion is enhanced when exercising or participating in a sport. Sport drinks are designed to replenish...
Water performs many roles in your body, including helping to eliminate waste through urination and perspiration. One type of substance your body loses through perspiration is electrolytes. Electrolytes help regulate fluid levels in your body and...
Sports drinks are beverages that were initially designed to give athletes an option for hydration when playing sports. Dr. J. Robert Cade of the University of Florida has been credited with inventing the sport drink. Sports drinks are designed to...
Hydration is important when exercising, but if you wait until you're thirsty your body has trouble catching up. Sports drinks attempt to make fluid consumption more appealing with vibrant colors, energizing names and a pleasant taste. To sway you...
From an early age we're told that sports drinks are crucial to our success in the sports we play, and that sports drinks will speed our recovery by replenishing the minerals and nutrients we lose with exertion. But are these statements truthful?...
You can't watch a sporting event without seeing ads for sports drinks, such as Gatorade and Powerade, designed to instill in you the belief that to be a true athlete, you must consume their products. And clearly, the ads work--Gatorade sales top...
Sports drinks are beverages that typically provide hydration, essential electrolyte minerals and carbohydrates to replace fluids and nutrients lost through vigorous exercise and sporting events. Athletes who don't re-hydrate during exercise with...
Got hypohydration? Sweating out body fluids during exercise without taking in enough liquid results in this dehydrated condition, which can lay even the strongest athletes low during a game. Gatorade G, the top-selling sports drink in America, was...
Sports drinks appeal to people just starting an exercise program. The American Council on Exercise, or ACE, points out that sports drinks can be a boon to your health when you need to rehydrate --- but a bust to your weight. The effects of sports...
Proper hydration is essential for athletes, and for moderate-intensity exercise lasting less than one hour, water is adequate. As sports drinks move out of the niche market into the mainstream, you might wonder if they will help improve your...
Increased marketing and consumption of sports drinks has come under fire as a contributing factor for the increased incidence of kidney stones. Because sports drinks have potassium and sodium in their ingredients, it is assumed these salts...
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