It will be better to use a sports drink instead of water for children and athletes especially in hot conditions because sports drink contain carbohydrates, water and electrolytes which help athletes refuel and rehydrate.
Sports drinks contain water and electrolytes, such as sodium and potassium. Electrolytes can maintain your body's ionic balance. Whereas water is the most logical form of hydration. Sports drinks can help replace what we lose during longer duration exercise, especially in the heat.
Not only water and electrolytes, sports drink also contain carbohydrates which help restore the body's glycogen levels or fuel levels. These electrolytes and carbohydrates help athletes refuel and rehydrate.
One of sports drink brand, Gatorade claims their product hydrates better than water because of these additional ingredients (Electrolytes and carbohydrates). But, some research backs their claims. University of California at Berkeley says that sports drinks might better than water for children and athletes who engage in prolonged, vigorous physical activity for more than one hour, especially in hot conditions. For example people with exercise 60-90 min not need to drink the sport drink to maintain their stamina
Grade: 9
Subject: biology
Chapter: sports drink
Keywords: sports drink
