It is a Sunday afternoon and you are doing laundry in your two-story house. This involves running up and down the stairs from your bedroom on the second floor to the laundry room on the first floor. carrying a very heavy basket filled with laundry. After a few trips you notice you are getting tired, light headed, and your mouth is dry and sticky; you wonder why that is. When you exert yourself physically you are using more water to carry the glycogen that creates more energy, and you sweat to cool down your body; so you need to drink more fluid to rehydrate yourself. When you reach the kitchen you open the refrigerator you are faced with two options, drink water or drink a sports drink. Your wonder which is better for rehydration.
Before you can know which is better for rehydration you must first discover why you need to hydrate in the first place. According to Martina Navratilova, water is used in the body as an assistant to the loading and storing of glycogen in the body, glycogen is the element that energy is converted from in the muscles of your body. Water carries red blood cells in the veins and arteries and is vital to the life of the cells in your body due to the nutrients the water carries (5 Water Functions in the Body). Water also helps the body maintain homeostasis due to the production of sweat and the evaporation of water off of the skin that efficiently cools the body (5 Water Functions in the Body). Water lubricated the joints so they can move loosely (Navratilova, Martina). Water is vital to the body and no human can survive more than 3-5 days without water (5 Water Functions to the Body). The next question is if water is so important, then why where energy drinks made?
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Hydrating is very important to your body's ability to function. Your body must intake water as we constantly let off water as said i pg 1 of ‘Strange but True: Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill’ it states “At every moment water escapes the body through sweat, urination, defecation or exhaled breath, among other routes.” As it's been told that water is good for you and needed no one has ever thought of actually being able to overdue it. When you take in water your kidney stores up to a gallon of water so as to keep you hydrated. In the article mentioned previously it also states in pg 10, “every hour a healthy kidney at rest can excrete 800 to 1,000 milliliters … therefore a person can drink up to 800 to 1,000 milliliters per hour without experiencing a net gain in water”. Therefore your body is built
Hypothesis- Water will evaporate the quickest because there isn't heavy sugars in the drinks slowingdown the evaporation process.
To find the answer we performed an experiment. We decided to put the drinks to the test by exercising, and then seeing how well we shoot 10 free throws. But after we exercised we drank either Powerade or Gatorade. We would then collect data, analyze it, and ultimately find out which drink is more effective. When I finished working out on Day 1, I drank Gatorade. I made 8/10. On Day 2, I drank Powerade after exercising and shot 7/10. And since the results were very similar I decided I would exercise and shoot 10 more on Day 3. But instead of drinking a sports drink I just drank water. I made 7/10. This data was very interesting. It shows Gatorade improved performance more, but nothing really stood out. So unless you plan on running a marathon or other strenuous athletic tasks, it will not really matter if you drink Powerade or Gatorade. Our experiment even showed, no matter how many fancy sports drinks come out, water is always a very reliable option when it comes to regaining lost
In this project, I will investigate which drink provides more electrolytes: Gatorade, orange juice, coconut water, or spring water. Most experts agree that if you are participating in moderate exercise, drinking water should do the trick. But if you are exercising vigorously, you also need to replenish some of the salts that your body loses through sweat. These salts are called electrolytes. Water provides the liquid you need to avoid dehydration, but it does not have electrolytes. Electrolytes, such as sodium and potassium, are present in sweat. Chloride, calcium, and phosphate ions are also electrolytes.
That’s when a spark lit and I started asking questions such as, “What benefits do sports drink have over water or juices?”, “What exactly electrolytes are and how many are in sports drinks?” As a curious 12 year old, I started researching on sports drinks. I discovered electrolytes include potassium, sodium, calcium, and other elements too. As a person perspires he/she loses water and electrolytes in the body. Loss of electrolytes can lead to heat exhaustion, nausea, and other conditions. I continued my research.
In recent studies sports drinks like Gatorade, PowerAde, and Muscle Milk have been proven not to be completely truthful about their nutritional value and the impact it will have on their consumers. These studies consist of an argument that water might overall be better than any of these drinks though water might taste bland it may be the best choice for athletes everywhere.
It has long been established that both short and long-term exercise increase metabolic rate and heat production. This naturally predisposes participants to dehydration. Typical symptoms of dehydration include elevated temperature, fluid and electrolyte imbalance due to sweating, and loss of critical nutrients, such as glycogen (depleted via metabolic pathways). Many individuals participating in moderate to rigorous training schedules may engage in daily exercise, if not multiple exercise routines in one day (3,4,5,6). It then follows that the goal for these individuals should be avoidance of dehydration and maximization of rehydration through maintenance of electrolyte balance, replenishment of muscle glycogen, and plasma osmolality. Thus, examination of a fluid’s efficacy in these three areas is crucial. Through extensive research, it is evident that Gatorade will rehydrate faster and more effectively than water.
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Water is never a poor choice of liquid and is always a good thing to have in your diet. In source A it says have water “before you work out, and for workouts under 60 minutes.” Water is also very important in fluid replacement in source B it says “filtrated water is the best drink with to hydrate the body before, during and after the exercise, as it is easily absorbed by the body without filtration”. The big question is that do sports drinks replace water and can drinking too many sports drinks be harmful to the body? Drinking to many sports drinks can be harmful to the body when not exercising but when exercising sports drinks have some advantages over water. For example in source B it says “sports drinks are often more appealing to the palate. In other words, people who enjoy the taste of sports drinks may drink more of a sports drink than they would water; this will lead to better hydration.” The purpose of sports drinks are to replace the electrolytes and carbohydrates that are lost during the physical activity that you are
Sweat excessively while exercising and you 'll lose water and electrolyte but if you drink energy drink after that just to have more energy you 'll only dehydrate yourself more.
When more water leaves the body then comes in, dehydration is occurring ("Safe Drinking Water: Tap Water, Bottled Water, & Water Filters.”). Without the water you need you can’t regulate your body temperature and your body can’t lubricate you joints ("Athletes: The Importance of Good Hydration.”). Being a dehydrated athlete won’t let you preform at your highest level ("Athletes: The Importance of Good Hydration.”). Because being hydrated helps transport nutrients to give you energy and keep your body healthy ("Athletes: The Importance of Good Hydration.”). It may cause you to experience fatigue, muscle cramps, and dizziness ("Athletes: The Importance of Good
Hydration with water and other water-based liquids is critical for survival and functioning of the body’s organs. Water is 60% of the total human body composition. Water is involved in the function of temperature regulation, elimination of waste and secretion, digestion, and is 80% of blood composition. Deborah Boardly, assistant professor of health promotion and human performance at the University of Ohio in Toledo says, "I truly believe that dehydration (insufficient body fluids) may be the number one nutrition problem for athletes—and, possibly, people in general." Boardly goes on to say, "Today we have all these concerns about everything we should and shouldn’t eat—and yet here is this absolutely fundamental substance and it is grossly overlooked."(http://www.tdo.com/features/health/stories/0803/)
Water is an essential nutrient that our body requires every day. Without water human life cannot be sustained. Water deprivation kills faster than lack of any other nutrient. People do not think of water as a nutrient and don’t realize the important role of water in the body functions.
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