Do you ever wonder why sports drinks are so expensive, can't you just drink water? After games I’m always tired, and thirsty. I never know if I should spend a lot of money on sports drinks or to just drink water. I want to learn if sports drinks can really boost your performance and help you hydrate faster. I believe that learning more about hydration will help to explain the difference in water, juices, and sports drinks.
Sports drinks can rehydrate your body and replace some of the sugars, and salts you lose. Energy drinks provide energy, however the energy that they provide is not long lasting (Energy Drinks). The energy from energy drinks last for a short amount of time (Energy Drinks). Sports can help you rehydrate, but you only want to use them if you exercise intensely for 60 minutes (Proper Hydration for Exercise). If you want to stay hydrated during an exercise you should drink 18-20 fluid ounces of water two hours before your workout (Proper Hydration for Exercise). To maintain that hydration you should drink 8-10 fluid ounces before your workout also (Proper Hydration for Exercise). After you workout you want to consume around 20 fluid ounces of water for every pound you lost (Proper Hydration of Exercise). Depending on how hard and long you worked out you may want to drink a sports drink to replace the salts you lost (Proper Hydration for Exercise).
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Exercise causes you to loose a lot of water, it can also make you lose other important things. When you exercise you lose electrolytes (What are Electrolytes?). There are lots of ways that the body loses water, sweating is one of them (Proper Hydration for Exercise). The body also lose water when you're vomiting or whenever you get ride of a bodily fluid (What are Electrolytes?). Sports drinks add sodium and potassium to replace those that you lose (What are Electrolytes?). Dehydration is a really dangerous thing, it can cause permanent damage to you body or even death. Hydration is essential for everyone, but even more important for athletes (Proper Hydration for Exercise). The more intensely you exercise, and the longer you exercise the more important it is to stay hydrated (Proper Hydration for Exercise). The symptoms of dehydration are a dry mouth, thirst, headaches, dizziness, and light headedness (Proper Hydration for Exercise). The most common electrolytes imbalance is hyponatremia (Electrolyte Imbalance). Hyponatremia is associated with kidney diseases know as nephrotic syndrome, and acute renal failure (Electrolyte Imbalance). Electrolytes are very interesting things, without them our bodies would not be the same. Electrolyte is a medical term for salt (What are Electrolytes?). The term electrolytes means an ion is electrically charged and moves to either a negative or a positive electrode (What are Electrolytes?). An ion that moves to a cathode is positively charged (What are Electrolytes?). An ion that moves to an anode is negatively charged (What are Electrolytes?). To measure electrolytes you need a multimeter, a multimeter measures voltage, current, and resistance (Science Fair Project Ideas). The part of the multimeter that measures current is called an ammeter (Science Fair Project Ideas). After researching about hydration and electrolytes, I believe that athletes that drink a sports drink after a hard work out recover faster and better.
In my science fair experiment I plan to measure the difference in electrolytes in orange juice and a sports drink. In order to test this I will use a multimeter. I think that people who are working out to their full potential will find it more useful to drink sports drinks after their workout. I believe this because my research shows that the harder you work out the more salts your body loses, sports drinks have a lot of those salts and can replenish them
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...ble in a Gatorade bottle but these are the most important ones. The most chemistry that is present in sports drinks and in this case, Gatorade, is seen through the electrolytes. In a nutshell electrolytes are substances that are soluble in water and after being completely dissolved, they give ions. Our body consists of Cation and Anion electrolytes which are nutritionally referred to as Macrominerals. As stated before the balance level of electrolytes is every crucial for the human body, and if imbalanced the person can have serious and life threatening issues. But the only way to restore our electrolytes level is by consuming these sports drinks, so this is the main reason as for why even though the sports drinks have some negative aspects to them they are one of the cheapest and easiest ways a person can get the required electrolytes for their body.
Gatorade is a sports drink and nutritional supplement manufacturer that provides a line of products that athletes may use to hydrate, recover and fuel their body while they practice and compete in competitive sports. Gatorade, in their commercial “Your Game is Our Lab,” they claim, “This (athlete's place of training or competition) is our lab. It’s where we learn everything we know. Where we study the athletic body.” Many athletes consume Gatorade, but often do not know the importance of the company’s tactics in why they are consuming Gatorade’s line of sports fuel products.
Early summer, about forty-eight years ago in 1965, University of Florida assistant football coach, Dwayne Douglas, sat down and wondered why so many of his players were suffering from heat strokes and heat related illnesses during games or practice. So, he went to the university physicians and asked them to determine why this was happening. Not long after it was discovered that two key factors were causing the Florida Gator players to suffer from these conditions: the fluids and electrolytes the players were losing during the events were not being put back into the body, and the massive amounts of carbohydrates the players' bodies used for energy were not being replenished. So, he decided to create Gatorade. There are plenty of Gurus out there who will sit and tell you that water is natural and it’s the best thing you could ever put into your body, but let’s get real I’ll take scientifically proven research over someone’s “word” any day. (Rovell 58)
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Both Powerade and Gatorade refreshments hold numerous carbohydrates in the structure from claiming sugar fruit that replenishes vitality Throughout alternately then afterward An workout. The unique “Thirst Quencher” Gatorade and the conventional Powerade brands every hold 21 grams of sugar fruit for every 12-fluid-ounce serving, making them equivalent suppliers of the undoubtedly edible supplements. The kind of sugar fruit in every drink differs, however. Gatorade holds sucrose, otherwise called table sugar, Furthermore dextrose, another basic sugar compound, same time Powerade’s sugar fruit substance hails from high-fructose corn syrup. Investigations bring not definitively demonstrated that particular case sugar fruit is superior to alternate Throughout An workout, in any case high-fructose corn syrup may be connected with
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
The FIFA survey continues to prove that soccer, A.K.A. football, is the world’s #1 sport. There are about 240 million people in the world that play soccer from more than 200 countries. It is one of the most popular sports in the world that many people play now. It does take some time to learn the sport but, it shouldn’t be hard to learn it if you have the time and, put in a lot of effort.
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.
Wemple, Lamb, and McKeever (1997) Caffeine vs caffeine-free sports drinks: effects on urine production at rest and during prolonged exercise. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 18, 40-6.
Imagine the excitement of stepping on to a Champions League field, playing in the final, and listening to all 47,569 fans screaming in anticipation. That is the excitement that soccer brings into your life. Soccer is the 3rd favorite sport in the USA after basketball and then baseball but, it is the most popular sport in the rest of the world. The World Cup is the most watched sporting event in the world. I think soccer is the best sport in the world because the World cup is the most watched sporting event in the world, People start soccer at a young age, and the injuries that come with playing soccer.
My issue over the concern of athletes have been struggling with the usage of steroids has widely spread among athletes and others; not only do steroids give an athlete a hard times but it’s also an unfair advantage to the other athletes and what they’ve accomplish. “Besides making muscles bigger, anabolic steroids may help athletes recover from a hard workout more quickly by reducing the amount of muscle damage during the session” (“Steroids in Sports”,2005). Now a days steroids are everywhere as an athlete. Many males and female young athletes preferably take it because they want to look and feel good when it comes to impressing someone and trying to become someone they look forward too. Young teens and adults try to cheat themselves in the career of their dreams. When it comes to a sport, teen athletes are not aware of what type of consequences may happen to them at the time. It may come to the time where it’s too late to take care of. In other cases, some athletes may like feeling the aggressive they get when they take drugs such as steroids. Athletes shouldn’t take steroids as the harmful health effects of the anabolic steroid in population wise. Many people have had their lives ruined by the use of illegal steroids and yet the desired effects are overwhelming that people tend to forget about the results and consequences that may effect. Athletes on steroids believe taking steroids will enhance their performance, strength, and size without having to put necessary work. These benefits, however, are associated with much short-term and long term risk.
In 2002, a group of Australian researchers published a paper entitled the "Effect of different protocols of caffeine intake on metabolism and endurance performance". Caffeine use during sporting events has become much more popular and has widely studied. The purpose of the research was to examine the work increasing (ergogenic) effects of differing regiments of caffeine on metabolism and performance while simulating the typical nutritional preparation an athlete would do for a race. The study also sought to examine the effect of timing of caffeine intake, comparing results when caffeine was given before an event (precaf) to results from caffeine given during an event (durcaf). In addition, the researchers wanted to understand the practice of endurance athletes drinking defizzed Coca-Cola towards the end of a race. It was widely observed that many triathletes and marathoners feel they derive a boost from consuming Coca-Cola in the final stages of an event as a replacement to sports drinks.
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.
Would you drink something that is associated with health problems and even death? Well energy drinks are highly caffeinated beverages that many people have become depended on to get through certain things that need done. They are used to give individuals a quick energy boost to get things done. Today many people question how safe energy drinks really are for the quick energy they supply. In fact, a sixteen year old girl died of cardiac arrest just after ingesting an energy drink, while on vacation with friends. Almost everyone who enjoys drinking energy drinks, knows that high levels of caffeine are in these beverages, and they continue to drink the ignoring the risks. But some people are fine with the high levels of caffeine and just drink them because it makes them feel energized. They seem to accept the shocking circumstances because it helps them gets things done when they need the most energy. On the other hand, some people disagree and think that it is not only bad for individuals