Nick Grodotzke sur Twitter : "#sportspics... Trade sports drinks for water. Nicely timed for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has published several articles revealing the “truth about sports drinks.” That truth is this: drink when you are thirsty and don’t waste your money or calories on sports drinks—choose water instead. Sports drinks are flavored beverages that contain carbohydrates (usually sugar) and minerals such as sodium and potassium.
Those minerals are generally referred to as electrolytes. The granddaddy of sports drinks is Gatorade, a beverage created in the 1960s for the University of Florida Gators football team. Before the rise of sports drinks, athletes (and the rest of us) drank water when we exercised or got sweaty. Overhydration is more worrisome There is no evidence that dehydration has ever killed a marathoner, Dr.
Sports drinks don’t appear to prevent hyponatremia. Trust thirst, drink water I asked Dr. What about the rest of us, who may run a couple miles in the morning or play a few sets of tennis? Where amazing happens. | NBA.COM. LOS ANGELES Sports Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Rumors - ESPN Los Angeles.