News| 07/01 | Sports Drinks: how to make your own
If you don't like to use any of the popular sports drinks like Gatorade, Cytomax, Allsport, Accelerade, etc because they are too expensive or you don't like their taste what should you put in your own? In general you can simply follow the ingredients from any of the popular drinks but many of the ingredients are either hard to get, only used for taste, or marketing reasons. So let’s look at the most basic sports drink:WaterWater is a good ingredient. It is the main reason you want to use a sports drink. And if you’re doing a low intensity sport, and you goal is to loose weight it is really all you need. Using anything else will only add calories.CarbohydratesSugar (a type of carbohydrate) is | | 06/16 | Sports Drinks bad for your Dental Health
While sports and energy drinks help athletes re-hydrate after a long workout, if consumed on a regular basis they can damage teeth. These beverages may cause irreversible damage to dental enamel, potentially resulting in severe tooth decay according to a study reported in the January/February issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry 's clinical, peer-reviewed journal. Dental enamel is the thin, outer layer of hard tissue that helps maintain the tooth structure and shape, while protecting it from decay. “This study revealed that the enamel damage caused by non-cola and sports beverages was three to 11 times greater than cola-based drinks, with energy drinks and bottled lem |
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