sport_drinks


 * Sport Drinks **

Eleazar Cardoso, Melanie McFarlane
 * __gStudents__**
 * Steven Bors, Kyana Johnson, Aynye Adams, Shayne Fisher,** **Mark Ramsay, Laila Gilliam, Gretchen Raisch,

__Questions__:** (Answer below the line - do not answer within the questions!) Don't forget to post all your sources!
 * 1) What is a sports drink? (i.e. Gatorade)
 * 2) Why are sports drinks used?
 * 3) What are the dangers of NOT using sports drinks when exercising or playing sports?
 * 4) How are sports drinks different from water? What can sports drinks give or do for an athlete that water cannot?
 * 5) What is the chemistry involved in sports drinks? (ie - What are they made of and why do they work?)
 * 6) How are sports drinks different from other drinks like OJ or soda?
 * 7) Why would an athlete need a sports drink?
 * 8) How is a sports drink different from an energy drink?
 * 9) If you were a coach of a sports team, would you require your team to drink sports drinks while practicing and playing? Why or why not?

1. A sports drink is a soft drink that is intended to quench thirst faster than water and replenish the sugar and minerals lost from the body during physical exercise.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. __MSN Encarta__. 2007. 10 Apr. 2008 . Melanie McFarlane

1. Sports drinks is basically a caffeinated soft drink. It has large amounts of caffeine in it than the ones in coffee. The difference between energy drinks and coffee is that coffee is a regular drink that's all caffeine.

Ramsay, Mark __Brown University Health Education__ Last Modified: Feburary 29 2008  April 11 2008

[a sports drink isn't a caffeinated soft drink, what your talking about is an energy drink]

2. We use energy drinks to gain energy, nutrition, vitamins, and minerals

Ramsay, Mark __TeensHealth__ Reviewed by March 2006  April 11 2008

2. We use drinks like Gatorade or Propel to have a higher level of sugar and energy for a sport or exercise but we use energy drinks like 5-hour energy to get through a long day of work. Fisher, Shayne

3. Cramps, dehydration, and oxygen deprivation. Ramsay, Mark __DrMirkin.com__  Check Date: 8/11/05 Copywright Date: 2007 April 15 2008

3.There really isnt a huge danger in not drinking sports drinks while doing physical exercise. Normally your just loosing electrolytes in your body and the sports drink helps you regain them while maintaining your workout.

4. Drinks that contain salt and sugar(i.e. sports drinks) are better than just plain water during exercise, unless you are also eating foods. During exercise, you need energy, salt and water and your body doesn’t care how it gets these nutrients. Eating any salted food with water or any beverage you like will supply your body as efficiently as sports drinks. So what sports drink give athletes that water cannot is the energy, salt, and sugar that they need.

Jacobs, Adam. __The Final Sprint__. 2006. 10 Apr. 2008 < [|www.thefinalsprint.com]>. Melanie McFarlane

4. Water us the better choice of beverage of the day than the other drinks esp. sports drinks because it's the natural choice for hydration since the amount of better hydration is less than the sports drink and that it tends to be very cheap and more available that any other drink. While some will choose to have its taste over other drinks, most of them will find the taste of water similarily artificial and that they're not fully hydrated when they threw it away.

Ramsay, Mark __About.com__  April 14 2008

5. Sports drinks hydrate better if you drink large amounts of it. It's possible to get a carbohydrate boost from sports drink and it lowers calories than juice or soft drinks. Sports drinks have water, sugar, and a flavoring of your choosing.

Ramsay, Mark __About.com__  April 11 2008

5. Sports drinks are made with lots of carbohydrates, so that when the person drinking them is participating in a sport, he/she can acually gain back all of the fliuds that they've lost or are losing. This gives the person more energy, and the person is able to continue the game/practice without out collapsing or getting sick. They also quench the the consumer's thirst, so that the person won't have to continue to drink. Obviously that is definently a good reason for athletes to drink them, because they work. Adams, Aynye' 

6. The big difference between sports drinks and other drinks that is the tragic truth of drinks is that sports is very good for the body while most of the others drinks can cause teeth damage, bones weakening, and dehydration. Sure that juices, carbonated soft drinks, coffee and tea are good in other ways of their perspective but it isn't good to but you can't drink these stuff that get rids of the one thing you need the most and that is hydration. Alcoholic beverages are the worst kind in the seven seas.

Ramsay, Mark __About.com__  April 14 2008

6. Sports drinks are very different then soda and oj. Soda has tons of sugars and other chemicals that arent good for our body, drinking sports doesnt have near the amount of sugars and calories as sodas.OJ is healthy and good for your but its very different then sports drinks it doesnt have the amount of electrolytes and ingredients that keep us going.

Jacobs, Adam. __The Final Sprint__. 2006. 10 Apr. 2008 <[|www.thefinalsprint.com]>.

Sports drinks are used for boosts of energy while soda has just a high level of sugar and OJ has a high level of vitamins without the instant boost of energy...but OJ does give you energy. Fisher, Shayne

7. Athletes drink sports drinks for energy boost and fluid absorption for sports, activites, plays, and other stuff they use it for.

Ramsay, Mark __Cool Running__ Posted in 9/23/1997  April 15 2008

7. Many athletes have been told by a sports nutritionist or coach that it’s essential to replace the electrolytes in their body after intense training sessions. This is where sports drinks and some enhanced waters that are infused with electrolytes come in handy. Sodium and potassium are the most common electrolytes lost during intense cardiovascular activity – long-distance running, biking, sprinting, etc. You don’t perspire the same way if you’re just sweating it out in the gym. In this case, plain old bottled water will do just fine to rehydrate you. Sports drinks and enhanced waters contain the electrolytes and water that an intense athlete would lose during a workout. For the athlete to progress, they need to ensure they’re replacing their levels of water and electrolytes right after training. This replenishment encourages muscle and cell repair. Edrinks, ed. E Drinks. ? 10 Apr. 2008 . Melanie McFarlane

8. Energy drinks contain some form of sugar and one or more stimulants, and vitamins, amino acid, or herbal ingredients. There are no stimulants in sports drinks. Sports drinks provide low concentrated carbs to make the absorbing liquid easier and some minerals to replace those that are lost during perspiration and its specifically used for exercise only. Sports drinks only contain water, sugar, and a customizable flavoring. Large sugars of energy drinks is what forbid it for exercise. Sports drinks contain Most energy drinks has 50-90 mg of caffeine compared to the caffeine in an 8 on. cup of tea or coffee. There are unknown amounts of added recipes for energy drinks. Exceeding the limit of some energy drinks will cause health problems compared to overdosed coffee and other sources of caffeine.

Ramsay, Mark __About.com__  April 11 2008

2. Sport drinks used to drink healthier because they supply low calories and are low sodium. Also sport drinks are used more by non athletes than athletes because its better to drink than just soda or juice. laila gilliam __About.com__ http://chemistry.about.com/cs/foodchemistry/a/aa070803a.htm__ 4/17/08

__8. In a way, sports drinks are designed to give you a burst of energy – to replenish your carbohydrate and sugar stores – as well as to [|top up your tank with the essential electrolytes] and vitamins that you sweat out during exercise. This is why doctors often prescribe Gatorade if you have the stomach flu, since the drink contains essential nutrients you might have lost if you vomited. For the athlete, sports drinks encourage muscle repair to make you that much better the next time you perform. What makes energy drinks a bad choice for athletes is the fact the [|ingredients] actually dehydrate you instead of hydrate you. This is because they contain high doses of caffeine, which gives you that high feeling.

Edrinks, ed.__ E Drinks__. ? 10 Apr. 2008 [|www.edrinks.net]. Melanie McFarlane__

9. If I were a sports coach, yes I would require my players to drink sports drinks during practice and playing, beause I think that sports drinks are good for athletes and they keep athletes awake a lively during their games and practices and if I were a coach, I would want my players to play and practice the best that they can, and think that sports drinks would definently allow and help them to do so. Aynye' Adams Edrinks, ed. E Drinks__. ? 10 Apr. 2008 .

9. If i were a coach for a team I would have my team drink sports drinks because sports drinks have sugar, salt, and water which are all needed by the body when you exercise. By having my sports team drink sports drinks, they would be able to have the energy they need to keep playing. Edrinks, ed. E Drinks. ? 11 Apr. 2008 [|www.edrinks.net]. Melanie McFarlane

9. I'll give them the sports drinks after practice and playing because it's meant to be preserved and savored after a hard working day.

Ramsay, Mark__ Cool Running__  April 15 2008

9. If i were i coach i would let my athletes drink energy drinks because they are tested that they give you more energy than regular water.