What to drink ?
Workouts lasting an hour, water is all you need. If you are not keen on the taste of water, flavour it with little fruit juice, high juice squash.
Avoid artificial sweeteners .
Workouts lasting more than an hour , drinks containing carbohydrates –isotonic sports drinks, diluted juice and high- juicesqaush are better than plain water. The sugar they contain not only provide fuel for your exercising muscles but also speed up the absorption of water into your bloodstream.. drink 500 ml – 1 l of an isotonic sports drink or fruit juice diluted 50/50 with water .
Why choose sports drinks?
The main benefits of sports drinks are their sugar content , which speeds up the absorption of water, tops up blood sugar levels and provides extra fuel for longer workouts. Commercial brands are essentially mixtures of sugars and mineral salts or electrolytes. They may also providecertain vitamins, artificial sweeteners, colours and preservatives. Avoid drinking high levels as the long term risks are unknown.
*avoid drinking the sports drink which has a high level of Aspartame, a low cal sweetener upto 200 times sweeter then sugar. High intakes have been linked with headaches ,migraines, depression and is also linked to cancer in lab rats.
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