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Sports Drink

Aka: Sports Drink, Carbohydrate-Electrolyte Beverage
  1. See Also
    1. Sports Nutrition
  2. Indication
    1. Strenuous Exercise for longer than 45 minutes
  3. Precautions
    1. Ideal carbohydrate concentration: 5-7%
    2. Do not use as a standard non-Exercise beverage
      1. Too high calorie (350) for non-sports usage
  4. Efficacy
    1. Increased performance and speed in endurance sports
      1. Welsh (2002) Med Sci Sports Exerc 34(4): 723-31 [PubMed]
  5. Preparation: Homemade Recipe
    1. Unsweetened kool-aid, any flavor
    2. Sweetener
      1. Standard version: 8 tbs sugar (360 calories)
      2. Sugar-free version: 8 packets of Sugar Substitute
    3. 3/8 tsp Salt (110 mg Sodium)
    4. 1/8 tsp salt substitute (38 mg Potassium)
    5. 2 quarts of water

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