SPORTS DRINKS

BY SODAM
WHAT ARE SPORTS DRINKS?
SPORTS DRINKS WERE ORIGINALLY CREATED IN ORDER TO HELP ATHLETES
AVOID THE FEELING OF CRAMPS OR NAUSEA DURING A MATCH (WHICH ARE
COMMON OCCURRENCES WHEN AN ATHLETE DRINKS WATER DURING GAME
TIME).
WHY DO THEY GET CRAMPS OR THE FEELING OF NAUSEA?
THIS IS BECAUSE DRINKING WATER DURING EXERCISE CAUSES GAS TO TRY TO
COME OUT OF THE BODY IN LARGE AMOUNTS WHICH MAY HAVE A HARMFUL
EFFECT ON THE BODY.
WHAT ARE SOME COMMON EXAMPLES OF
SPORTS DRINKS?
GATORADE
PURE NRG FX
LUCOZADE SPORT
POWERADE
STAMINADE
WHAT ARE AEROBIC EXERCISES?
AEROBIC EXERCISE
WORKING MUSCLES NEED LOTS OF OXYGEN. THIS IS DELIVERED TO YOUR
MUSCLES AND ORGANS BY BLOOD, SO EXERCISE PUTS INCREASED DEMANDS ON
YOUR HEART AND LUNGS. YOUR HEART BEATS FASTER TO SUPPLY THE BLOOD AND
YOUR LUNGS GULP IN THE AIR TO GET THE OXYGEN FROM IT.
HERES THE TECHNICAL BIT. THE CHEMICAL EUATION FOR RESPIRATION AND
AEROBIC EXERCISE IS!
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OR (MORE SIMPLY)! GLUCOSE &OXYGEN 'ATP &WATER &CARBON DIOXIDE.
WHAT IS ANAEROBIC EXERCISES?
ANAEROBIC EXERCISE
IF YOU CANT GET THE OXYGEN TO YOUR CELLS FAST ENOUGH, YOUR SYSTEM
USES WHATEVER ELSE IS AVAILABLE TO CREATE ATP! IT USES LACTIC ACID. THE
CHEMICAL EUATION FOR ANAEROBIC EXERCISE GOES LIKE THIS!
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OR, IN SIMPLER TERMS! GLUCOSE 'LACTIC ACID &ENERGY.
THE PRESENCE OF THIS ACID IS THE REASON WHY YOUR MUSCLES FEEL SORE
WHILE EXERCISING.
HOW DOES THIS EVEN HELP SPORTS?
SPORTS DRINKS WERE ORIGINALLY
CREATED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PLAYER CAN SAVE HIMSELF FROM
DEHYDRATION AND RELATED
PROBLEMS, WHILE BEING ABLE TO
UENCH HIS THIRST. BUT, ANOTHER
BENEFIT THAT HAS COME UP DUE TO
THE RECENT ADVERTISING TECHNIUES
AND PROPAGANDA IS THAT IT
PSYCHOLOGICALLY HELPS THE PLAYER
THROUGH MORAL SUPPORT SINCE THE
PLAYER NOW BELIEVES THAT WITH A
SPORTS DRINK IN HIM HE SHOULD BE
ABLE TO PERFORM BETTER THAN HE
ALREADY IS.
THIS BENEFIT WAS AN UNCALLED FOR
YET ESSENTIAL BOOST TO THE MORAL
STAMINA OF THE PLAYERS DURING A
LOSING GAME OR TIED GAME.

HOW ARE THESE RELATED TO SPORTS
DRINKS?
SO WHERE DO SPORTS DRINKS COME INTO ALL THIS?
ISOTONIC DRINKS CONTAIN ELECTROLYTES AND
CARBOHYDRATES. WHEN YOURE ENGAGED IN
STRENUOUS ACTIVITY, SECONDARY BODILY
FUNCTIONS LIKE DIGESTION OFTEN )SHUT DOWN.
ISOTONIC DRINKS WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF
GLUCOSE ARE AN ALTERNATIVE TO EATING SOLIDS *
THEY ARE A UICK AND LIGHT WAY TO GIVE YOUR
BODY THE FOOD IT NEEDS TO KEEP GOING.
THE DRINKS ARE FORTIFIED WITH ESSENTIAL SALTS
TOO, SO DRINKING THEM CAN HELP TO MAINTAIN CELL
FUNCTION AND PREVENT DEHYDRATION. FLAVORS ARE
ALSO ADDED, BUT THIS IS + UST TO MAKE THE DRINKS
TASTIER.
HOW WAS GATORADE MADE?
GATORADE WAS ORIGINALLY AN EXPERIMENT THAT
WAS MADE IN UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, IN #,(-. THE
DIRECTOR OF THE ELECTROLYTE AND RENAL DIVISION,
CADE, DEDUCED THAT THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM HAD
BEEN LOSING IN THE SEASON DUE TO THE LACK OF
ELECTROLYTES IN THEIR BODY. AFTER ABOUT TWO
UARTERS, THE TEAM WOULD COME BACK TO THE
BENCH FULL OF SWEAT AND TIRED TO THE CORE.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE UNABLE TO PLAY THE
REMAINING OF THE GAME DUE TO NAUSEA OR
CRAMPS, IN AN ATTEMPT TO UENCH THEIR
DEHYDRATION.
SO IN ORDER TO CURE THIS COMMON EPIDEMIC, THE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TEAM DECIDED TO CREATED A
DRINK THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THE PLAYERS DID
NOT LOOSE ESSENTIAL FLUID WHILE TRYING TO STAY
IN THE GAME. AND SO, THIS WAS THE NAISSANCE OF
THE BRAND WE ALL KNOW NOW AS )THE DRINK OF
ATHLETES OR GATORADE.
HOW DO I MAKE MY OWN SPORTS DRINK?
INGREDIENTS REUIRED!
$..ML OF FRUIT SUASH/CONCENTRATE
-..ML OF WATER
A PINCH OF SALT
PROCEDURE!
MIX ALL OF THE ABOVE INGREDIENTS AND EXCEL ON THE FIELD
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WHAT TYPE OF EXERCISE WOULD THIS
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OF SPORTS DRINKS?
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