The added ingredients in sports drinks only benefit those who engage in extreme workouts.It's important for anyone who exercises to imbibe water, which is the primary ingredient in any sports drink. However, according to nutrition experts, the sodium, potassium and sugar that differentiates Gatorade and its ilk from straight H20 doesn't actually "ade" most folks who are working up a sweat. That's because the body of the typical exerciser has already received enough of these added nutrients and minerals from his or her regular diet to make up for what they lose during a workout.
"Sports drinks are [meant] for an hour to an hour-and-a-half or more of hard exercise, like a 100-mile bike ride or a 10-mile run," Nancy Clark, the author of "Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook," told The Los Angeles Times.
That seems to make sense. However, if some fancy-schmancy nutritionist tries to claim that Gatorade doesn't really help quell hangovers, we're calling B.S.


























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Wednesday 28 July
By luigi
"Sports drinks are [meant] for an hour to an hour-and-a-half or more of hard exercise, like a 100-mile bike ride..."
Show me someone who can bike 100 miles in an hour to and hour-and-a-half and I'll show you someone who's juiced on way more than Gatorade. Maybe some fact checking is in order???
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Thursday 29 July
By heather
I've never been able to ride my bike 100 miles in an hour or hour and a half. I guess I need to work harder!!
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Wednesday 28 July
By Steeplethis
No one can bike 100 miles in an hour to an hour and a half but runners can run 10 miles in a little over an hour. So the article was probably more so noting the hour for running.
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Wednesday 28 July
By Dick
This is not news. The fact that Gatorade doesn't significantly improve the electrolyte levels of average exercisers has been known since the mid-sixties, when I was a graduate student at the Univ. of Florida working for Dr. Bob Cade. Initially, it was clearly advertised to be used by college and professional athletes who regularly and repetitively spend hours in vigorous activity. The royalties the U of F enjoyed however soon caused a change in advertising suggesting that Gatorade could benefit everyone. And to some extent that is true. Gatorade can be used, for example, to ease the effects of a hangover. Conversely, it can be used to get alcohol more quickly into your bloodstream due to its glucose content. Drinking Gatorade, is like eating chicken soup, it wouldn't hurt. So why not chug-a-lug a bottle today?
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Wednesday 28 July
By dee moses
a competitive biker can easily ride at a 50 to 60 mile per hour speed. so, 100 miles in 1 1/2 is not farfetched
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Thursday 29 July
By Bob Allen
You obviously don't ride a bike nor do you know anyone who does. Even the best competitive bikers do not ride at 50 to 60 miles per hour. They may reach those speeds on long downhills and may touch those speeds during a short time-trial. No one does 100 miles in 90 minutes!
Wednesday 28 July
By debra
it helps for dehydration and thats a fact
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