Sports drinks, are you drinking them right?

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Definition of sports drinks

According to the definition of "sports drink" (GB 15266-2009), sports drink refers to a beverage

Sports drinks can timely replenish energy and lost potassium, sodium and other electrolytes, maintain the human acid-base balance, so that the human body in a long period of high-intensity exercise training, maintain good physical strength and endurance, and significantly reduce the fatigue

How to choose a sports drink?

Sports drinks are a kind of special purpose drinks, in the General Rules of Beverages (GB/T 10789-2015), special purpose drinks are divided into sports drinks, nutrient drinks, energy drinks, electrolyte drinks and so on

Energy drinks, the main role is to provide the body with supplementary energy, or to accelerate the release and absorption of energy drinks

Nutrient drinks, such as vitamin drinks, are not sports drinks, but because they add vitamins and electrolytes, they can also be drunk

Electrolyte drinks, although there are potassium, sodium, calcium and other substances, but compared with sports drinks, there is no "energy supplement" and "rapid absorption" characteristics, more suitable for daily drinking

Can sports drinks be drunk as a daily drink?

Sports drinks are not exclusive to professional athletes, some people who carry out medium and high-intensity sports or engage in heavier, longer-term physical activity, in the case of large sweating, can also drink sports drinks appropriately to supplement water, electrolytes and energy

Sports drink consumption should be scientific

Sports drinks are suitable for more than 1 hour of strenuous exercise, high-intensity exercise or labor that sweats a lot, and do not need to drink sports drinks

Sports drinks have a high sodium content and are not recommended for people with high blood pressure, heart disease, and kidney function problems

Sports drinks have a high sugar content, excessive intake of sugar will produce obesity, diabetes, caries and other health problems, children or diabetics drink with special caution

When buying a sports drink, the easiest way to tell is to see if there is a word "sports drink" on the package