The Starting Blocks
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Sports Drinks - Who are they Really For?
There are articles every day about sports drinks in schools, children drinking them in class, high school kids and college aged adults drinking them by the gallon, being offered in vending machines on school grounds, being the drink of choice, being a "fad" drink...
Sports drinks are for athletes who are exerting themselves beyond measure!
Sports drinks are NOT for students who are sitting in study hall or classes doing lessons!
Sports drinks are supposed to be full of calories and carbohydrates! Calories and carbohydrates are essential when you're burning them. When you are sitting in class at school you need brain food, NOT muscle food.
Brain food consists of, but is not limited to: Vitamin B complex (don't let anyone tell you to get an unbalanced vitamin B... B vitamins MUST be balanced), Vitamin E, Selenium and Lecithin.
Calories and carbs are NOT in the list! The powerhouse sports nutrition manufacturers may be getting a piece of the schoolhouse market, but the powerhouse sports nutrition manufacturers don't care about your health, and they certainly don't care about your athletic dreams.
When you drink a sports drink inappropriately, you are compounding tooth decay, you are compounding your possibility of high blood pressure, you are compounding your likeliness of diabetes, your are compounding your chances of heart disease and obesity, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression and.... do you really want to wait to see what next year's scientific tests come up with? Or maybe you want to wait for ten years.
If you're not running yourself silly... why are you drinking a SPORTS drink?
Sports drinks are for athletes. Not for some fad that makes the fat cats rich.
Sports drinks are for athletes who are exerting themselves beyond measure!
Sports drinks are NOT for students who are sitting in study hall or classes doing lessons!
Sports drinks are supposed to be full of calories and carbohydrates! Calories and carbohydrates are essential when you're burning them. When you are sitting in class at school you need brain food, NOT muscle food.
Brain food consists of, but is not limited to: Vitamin B complex (don't let anyone tell you to get an unbalanced vitamin B... B vitamins MUST be balanced), Vitamin E, Selenium and Lecithin.
Calories and carbs are NOT in the list! The powerhouse sports nutrition manufacturers may be getting a piece of the schoolhouse market, but the powerhouse sports nutrition manufacturers don't care about your health, and they certainly don't care about your athletic dreams.
When you drink a sports drink inappropriately, you are compounding tooth decay, you are compounding your possibility of high blood pressure, you are compounding your likeliness of diabetes, your are compounding your chances of heart disease and obesity, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression and.... do you really want to wait to see what next year's scientific tests come up with? Or maybe you want to wait for ten years.
If you're not running yourself silly... why are you drinking a SPORTS drink?
Sports drinks are for athletes. Not for some fad that makes the fat cats rich.
Labels: athletics, Carbohydrates, sports drinks
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Carbohydrate Products and Energy for Athletes
This study done by an honors biology class at U of A, proves the practical applications of these products
"For many athletes, especially those who compete in endurance sports, drinking liquids that will replenish the amount of carbohydrate being used by the body is essential." This sports drink comparison could be a valuable tool when deciding which one to use.
"For many athletes, especially those who compete in endurance sports, drinking liquids that will replenish the amount of carbohydrate being used by the body is essential." This sports drink comparison could be a valuable tool when deciding which one to use.
Labels: Carbohydrates, exercise, sports nutrition
