How Can Sports Drink Be Harmful To The Body?

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If you did a vote in one of your classes and ask the kids to pick between the sports drink or the water which one do you think the majority of the class is going to pick. I would say the sports drink is going to win. The sports drink has become a very popular drink and to many people it has a more appealing taste. It is necessity to stay hydrated while you exercise and humans need to know that there is certain time when the sports drink is needed and when water is more necessity. 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 …show more content…

Both sports drinks and water and better to have than energy drinks cause the sugar in energy drinks will only offer empty calories and those are only good for short bursts of time. But what it really boils down to is staying hydrated before, during and after

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