Sentences with phrase «carbohydrates in sports drinks»

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«Sports drinks, also known as electrolyte drinks, are functional beverages designed to hydrate and replace carbohydrates and electrolytes in people engaged in intensive physical activity or exercise for periods greater than an hour.

The drink that researchers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland say helped 12 - to 14 - year - old athletes in the study play, on average, 24 % longer before exhaustion during stop - and - go, high intensity team sports was a solution containing 6 and 8 % carbohydrates and electrolytes; in other words, a sports drink.

«Sports drinks have an important, specific role in the diet of young athletes who are engaged in prolonged vigorous sports activity - primarily to rehydrate and replenish carbohydrate, electrolytes and water lost during exeSports drinks have an important, specific role in the diet of young athletes who are engaged in prolonged vigorous sports activity - primarily to rehydrate and replenish carbohydrate, electrolytes and water lost during exesports activity - primarily to rehydrate and replenish carbohydrate, electrolytes and water lost during exercise.

Sports drinks containing 6 - 8 % carbohydrates and sodium may be beneficial in some situations and for some individuals.

Sports drinks should be consumed by children and adolescents only when there is a need for fluid, carbohydrate and electrolyte replenishment during and after prolonged, vigorous sports participation, while the ingestion of energy drinks should avoided completely, recommends the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in a clinical report published in the journal PediatSports drinks should be consumed by children and adolescents only when there is a need for fluid, carbohydrate and electrolyte replenishment during and after prolonged, vigorous sports participation, while the ingestion of energy drinks should avoided completely, recommends the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in a clinical report published in the journal Pediatsports participation, while the ingestion of energy drinks should avoided completely, recommends the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in a clinical report published in the journal Pediatrics.1

«In comparison, carbohydrates — like pasta, rice, sports drinks and bread — stored in the body are limited — and at most provide energy to sustain 100 minutes of exercise.&raquIn comparison, carbohydrates — like pasta, rice, sports drinks and bread — stored in the body are limited — and at most provide energy to sustain 100 minutes of exercise.&raquin the body are limited — and at most provide energy to sustain 100 minutes of exercise.»

Hidden sugars can be found in refined carbohydrates (like baked goods and packaged cereals), sweetened drinks (like the sports drink you refuel with after a workout), and bottled sauces, dressings, and condiments.

Energy drinks may include simple carbohydrates, but in a much higher concentration than sports drinks and are thus more likely to cause stomach upset during competition.

If you can't tolerate solid food in the morning, consider liquid carbohydrates such as juice, sports drink, low - fat chocolate milk, or a smoothie.

Digestive issues are very common in athletes from eating too many refined carbohydrates especially those found in sports drinks.

As you check out the graph above, think of plasma glucose as something you'd get from a gel or sports drink or bar (or from the breakdown of protein); plasma free fatty acids as something you'd get from breaking down your own fat tissue, or from a dietary source of fat; muscle triglycerides as stored fat in muscle (or perhaps from an external source like coconut oil, if that's your fuel of choice), and muscle glycogen as your body's storage carbohydrate.

On the flipside, carbohydrates, especially the type that are really favored by endurance athletes, like bagels, sports drinks, and cereal, give you that soft, pudgy look in the mid-section, accompanied by a complete inability to build impressive, defined arms and legs.

With the increase in popularity of «low carbohydrate» diets over the last few years you may have noticed the fat levels of some of the popular sports foods, in particular the bars and drink mixes, has crept up to levels which would have previously been considered «unacceptable» by many fitness and nutrition enthusiasts.

In a series of four studies, researchers found that chocolate milk offered a recovery advantage to help repair and rebuild muscles, compared to specially designed carbohydrate sports drinks.

Sports drinks and carbohydrate solutions containing a two - to - one ratio of glucose to fructose can increase performance and recovery in athletes.

During long or hard workouts and races you may want to consider high glycemic index carbohydrates mostly in the form of fluids such as sports drinks or gels like GU.

Some of the sports drinks provide fluid and electrolyte intake with a low amount of carbohydrate, while others supply carbohydrate to meet recommended amounts in addition to the fluid and electrolytes.

A study from McMaster University, in Ontario, Canada, found that milk is better than either a sports drink or water because it is a source of high quality protein, carbohydrates, calcium and electrolytes.