Thanks. Sports drinks are better than regular drinks. answer: not necessarily.

⒈ first said the positioning of the two drinks: ① sports drinks, its selling point is mainly to improve the body's fatigue resistance, can make the body resistant to fatigue or faster recovery. Inside is mainly some of the substances to improve nerve excitability, it has a certain target to help the human body to recover in a particular situation. ② The selling point of ordinary drinks is that they emphasize the taste of the drink, which is what improves the comfort of the body when a person is in his or her usual state. From this, it can be seen that sports drinks are mainly for special situations, while ordinary drinks are for general situations.

PEAK ADAPTATION CROWD: Sports drinks are mainly for sports people in the body after exercise adjustment (even if it is adjusted, only a small part of the adjustment, no big role), can help the human body to accelerate the body's recovery. And ordinary drinks are for the general population, the body in general to supplement. Therefore, the scope of application of sports drinks is relatively narrow, while the scope of application of ordinary drinks is wide.

To summarize, both drinks have their own merits and are not good or bad, they are just for different groups of people.

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Sports drinks are beverages whose nutrients and their content can adapt to the physiological characteristics of sports or physically active people, and can replenish the body with water, electrolytes and energy, and can be rapidly absorbed. It is one of the popular beverages among consumers in recent years. Sports drinks can replenish the minerals and vitamins needed by the human body, is it better and more nutritious than ordinary drinks?

Sports drinks contain a certain amount of sugar to supplement the energy consumed during exercise, while containing a certain amount of sodium, potassium and other ions, these ions will be discharged from the body along with sweat during exercise, and moderate supplementation is conducive to maintaining the normal ion concentration and normal physiological functions in the body. From the perspective of sports people, sports drinks have certain advantages over ordinary drinks, and moderate consumption is conducive to the recovery of physical energy.

However, sports drinks are mainly made for the needs of the sports crowd, the general population is not necessary to drink sports drinks to replenish electrolytes and energy, and sports drinks are often high in sugar, drink more instead of easy to human health hazards, the drinks of the general population should be white water as the first choice.

Dr. Ma's Health Group, Master Ho Hoi Yung

With the improvement of people's living standards, more and more people to join the ranks of the fitness army, women's fitness is nothing more than the purpose of losing weight and shaping a good figure, men are crazy obsessed with eight-pack abs, that the exercise process, because of high-intensity exercise exercise, which will result in the loss of the amount of water in the body, we say that the water is the best and most healthy drinks, but many people feel that drinking water does not fully meet the body fluids after exercise! But many people feel that drinking water does not fully meet the body fluid supplementation after exercise, so businesses have launched a variety of functional drinks, nutrient drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks and other special purpose drinks. So we will focus on what are sports drinks today? What do they do for our bodies? Is it really necessary to supplement?

In fact, most people choose functional drinks for the simple reason that the type of drink tastes good, not only to replenish water, but also to replenish the loss of energy and electrolytes during exercise, that sports drinks are really so magical, we have to first identify from the nutritional composition of sports drinks, sports drinks are based on the physiological consumption of the characteristics of the exercise and the formulation of the sports drink can be targeted to replenish the nutrition lost during the exercise to play a role in Maintain, improve athletic ability, drinks generally contain sugar, to ease the consumption of large amounts of glycogen in the movement; the addition of vitamins, especially vitamin B12, is conducive to the functional activities of the human body; the right amount of electrolytes can alleviate the loss of potassium, sodium and other electrolytes caused by sweating, thus avoiding the body fatigue, cramps and other causes of the decline in athletic ability, taurine can play a role in eliminating the fatigue of the role of the exercise, the composition of the On the point of view, sports drinks do have some effect, but we should know that sports drinks can not be ignored contains a large amount of sugar and sodium, high sugar and high sodium food will undoubtedly cause a great burden on our kidneys, and is not conducive to weight control!

Therefore, for professional athletes and bodybuilders, it is not a big problem to drink some sports drinks occasionally, but for the weight loss crowd, if a large number of sports drinks after exercise, and can not achieve the purpose of fat loss, strengthen the protein supplementation after exercise, choose the correct way of drinking water, small mouth many times, can also play the same role in restoring physical strength.

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(Reference book: Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents, 2016 edition)

Sports drink refers to the nutrients and their content can be adapted to the physiological characteristics of sports or physical activity of the crowd, it for the body to replenish water, electrolytes and energy, can be quickly absorbed drinks. Sports drinks are formulated according to the characteristics of physiological consumption during exercise, and can be targeted to replenish the nutrients lost during exercise, maintain and improve athletic ability, and accelerate the elimination of fatigue after exercise. Ascorbic acid thiamine and its derivatives, riboflavin and its derivatives are additive ingredients, in the direct reference products, ascorbic acid not more than 120 mg/L, thiamine and its derivatives for 3-5 mg/L, riboflavin and its derivatives for 2-4 mg/L.

In GB/T 10789-2015 General Rules for Beverages, special-purpose beverages are categorized into sports beverages, nutrient beverages, energy beverages, electrolyte beverages and so on. Red Bull belongs to anti-fatigue functional beverage, which is health food and contains more sugar and caffeine, and Gatorade belongs to sports drink.

Three key features of sports drinks:

1. Sports drinks contain a variety of substances that promote energy metabolism, including taurine, B vitamins, sugars, and antioxidants.

2. In addition to sugar, glucose and other refined sugar, sports drinks also contain oligosaccharides, while most of the sugar in ordinary beverages is sugar, glucose, fructose and other easily absorbed sugars, which will stimulate insulin secretion increases, quickly lower blood glucose, which is not conducive to the stabilization of blood glucose. Sports drinks, in addition to refined sugar, but also added oligosaccharides, a class of water-soluble dietary fiber, thereby delaying the absorption of sugar, to help maintain stable blood sugar levels.

3. The osmotic pressure of sports drinks should be lower than or equal to the osmotic pressure of blood. According to the national standard, the sugar content of sports drinks is 3%-8%, which is lower than or equal to the crystalline osmotic pressure of blood, and it is easy for the nutrients in sports drinks to be absorbed by the human body.

How to choose a sports drink:

No carbonation and alcohol, to have the right amount of electrolytes (also contains potassium, sodium ions), a reasonable amount of sugar, sports drinks in the sugar that is carbohydrates, the general recommendation of sugar content of 30-80g / L.

As a result of a large number of sports, sweating will consume water in the body, but also consume some inorganic salts such as potassium, sodium and magnesium, etc., at this time, if you rely only on hydration is far from enough. Therefore, sports drinks in order to meet the needs of a large number of consumption, and thus more than ordinary drinks added some electrolytes, sugar, etc., and the content is higher. Some functional drinks also add caffeine to replenish the nutrients consumed in a timely manner and accelerate the relief of fatigue after exercise.

However, in daily life, there is no need to drink sports drinks if there is no exercise consumption or a lot of sweating. The body's regulatory function is very strong, after normal exercise through hydration and proper recovery, enough to meet the body's need for water and other substances. Blindly drinking sports drinks will make the intake of sugar and calories increase, for fitness and weight loss partners, it is simply not worth it.

It is important to note that sports drinks are not suitable for everyone, children, hypertension and diabetes, should be used with caution to avoid excessive intake of electrolytes causing kidney burden.

It depends on the situation. If it is a case of heavy sweating, high-intensity training, for the drinker, sports drinks are better drinks, because he can quickly replenish the body lost water, electrolytes and energy.

For people who exercise at low to moderate intensity and sweat in trace amounts, sports drinks are not as good as regular drinks because they increase the intake of sugar and sodium quite a bit, and excess can affect the health of the body. It can also trigger obesity if you drink it regularly.

You can't simply say whether a sports drink or a regular drink is better, he has to decide based on the situation at the time.

Whether sports drinks are better than regular drinks depends on the situation.If it is after a strenuous exercise and a lot of sweating, drinking a sports drink is indeed more beneficial for the body to recover quickly. This is because some inorganic salts are added to sports drinks to replenish electrolytes such as potassium and sodium that are lost with sweat, thus avoiding problems such as lethargy and reduced athletic ability.

Some sports drinks also contain caffeine, taurine and other ingredients that can stimulate the central nervous system, with the effect of refreshing, anti-fatigue, stress relief. It is indeed advisable to drink a little sports drink during and after strenuous exercise to relieve exercise fatigue and get better exercise performance.

However.Drinking sports drinks when you don't normally exercise is not advisable. It is very wrong behavior to drink sports drinks as water, especially if you allow minors to drink sports drinks.

In the normal state without exercise, the body's electrolytes are not lost, this time to drink sports drinks, too much electrolytes in the body, it will increase the burden on the kidneys, and excessive caffeine and taurine will increase the burden on the heart, which is not good for health. Sports drinks are often added to a variety of organic acids, these organic acids can break down calcium, the enamel layer of the teeth has a corrosive effect, long-term drinking teeth is finished. People with acute gastroenteritis who drink sports drinks, diarrhea will be more serious.

Sports drinks because of the good taste, many children love to drink. But if the amount of exercise is not enough, drink too much sports drinks are very easy to lead to obesity, dental caries, diabetes and other health problems, is not conducive to the growth and development of children. So parents have to keep a good gate, do not think that sports drinks are just ordinary drinks, let the children drink casually. For insurance purposes, it is better to drink more mineral water and plain water.

Thanks for the invitation to answer. As a physician who has been involved in health management for fifteen years, I would like to offer a little bit of my own opinion on beverages and sports drinks for you knowledgeable people to correct.

First of all it must be stated that as a physician I do not recommend drinking any configured beverage drinks.

It should be noted that the following beverages do not belong to the category of beverages: clean drinking water (plain water, mineral water, purified water), fruit and vegetable juices made from fresh vegetables and fruits, tea, fruit and flower tea, coffee.

Then I'll talk about sports drinks. Sports drinks are a member of the large family of functional foods. As such, they should meet the relevant requirements for functional foods. Among the elements of information that must be present in the product labeling include at least (1) the approval number of the relevant agency approving the sports drink. (2) Its functional ingredients must be clearly labeled. The content of functional ingredients. (3) The names and contents of other additional ingredients of the sports drink. It is strictly prohibited to contain sports prohibited drugs (4) Drinking instructions and a maximum drinking limit. (5) Production date and shelf life. (6) The name of the production plant, plant address, contact phone number and other responsible traceability information.

There are four things to keep in mind when drinking sports.

1. Sports drinks need to be selected based on the goals of your exercise program, type of exercise and volume of exercise. The choice should be based on the advice of a kinesiologist, nutritionist or trainer. You should not blindly choose based on advertisements and price alone.

2. Drink sports drinks only after exercise. Otherwise there are serious consequences such as vomiting or sudden rise in blood pressure during exercise.

3. When drinking any water or sports drink after exercise, you must take a sip to rest and then take another sip. It is strictly forbidden to take a sip. The fastest rhythm of drinking is ten normal breaths between sips.

4. It is important to clearly understand the basic concept that sports drinks are not a substitute for normal hydration.