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Water, Gatorades and Powerades
I am a registered dietician, presenting my piece of work on the different types of beverages. I am giving this presentation because water is an overlooked nutrient in the hydration process while it can be an excellent sports beverage. Water is the most essential nutrient in the body because death can occur rapidly in the absence of water than any other nutrient. Knowing this, does not take much imagination when dehydration occurs during sports performance or training. Around 60% of the human body is inside water called intracellular cells, and the muscle tissues have 70% of water which is critical during exercise.
Gatorade and PowerAde contain added proteins, sodium and carbohydrates, which help in increasing blood glucose levels and high cycling performance. PowerAde has low calories while Gatorade is lightly flavored with enhanced vitamins also with low calories. These power drinks are moderately isotonic because, they provide a moderate level of salt and sugar in the form of chloride and potassium, hence help in the replacement of electrolyte loss during sweating. Water has fluoride, carbon, hydrates, iron, magnesium and sodium chloride, which aid in revitalizing the body. A lot of sodium is lost from the body during long hours of...
The fluid part of water regulates body temperature and also helps to maintain fluids in the joints during exercise.
Water can be tapped or bottled. Tapped water contains different levels of sodium chloride and fluoride, high levels of fluoride could be harmful to the teeth. Bottled water can be filtered, distilled or demineralized. Water source and processing will determine the water content. Bottled water is standardized to a certain level of minerals that make them safe for consumption. Gatorade have low sodium levels and examples are; Gatorade endurance, Power bar endurance, E-fuel, Electrolytic drinks and GU electrolytic. PowerAde drinks are G2, powerade zero, Ultimareplenisher and propel. Power drinks cost about 99 cents to $1.50 per bottle, and when in a six-pack, they cost between $3.99 - $4.29. Tap water costs less than a penny while bottled water costs around $3 per bottle.
Advantages
Water keeps the best drink to be used for hydration because it supplies the body with necessary nutrients especially during exercise. It has natural sodium chloride which replaces the water and chlorides lost through…
References
Heather, F.A. (2011). Practical Applications In Sports Nutrients. Atlanta: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Jones, R.S. (2010). Nutrition for Sport and Exercise. Atlanta: Jonnes and Bartlett Publishers.
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