Who are "healthy drinks" suitable for?

The weather is hot and it is easy to sweat.

The author believes that, except for high-intensity sports athletes or heavy manual workers, most people do not need to drink sports drinks.

Suitable for people with sports drinks

According to the national standard "Sports Drinks" (GB15266-2009), sports drinks are defined as "nutrients and their contents that can adapt to the physiological characteristics of people who exercise or are physically active, can replenish water, electrolytes and energy for the body, and can be quickly absorbed.

Only those that really meet these conditions can be declared as "sports drinks".

If you want to choose a sports drink, you should choose those products with the words "sports drink" clearly written on the package, and then pay attention to whether the "sodium" content column of the nutrition table is qualified (5-120 mg/100 ml)

"Sports drink" is designed for high-intensity sports athletes or heavy manual laborers, and is more suitable for running a marathon, high-intensity sports training, such as strenuous exercise for more than 1 hour and a lot of sweating

In a special case, sports drinks and electrolyte drinks can also be used as a convenient rehydration salt to prevent dehydration when gastroenteritis has diarrhea that prevents food

Do ordinary people want to drink?

If you do not exercise much (less than 1 hour per day), generally speaking, the electrolytes in the body will not be lost very much.

For the average person who just sweats daily, there is no added benefit to drinking a sports drink, don't think of it as a "nutritional drink" or even a "supplement"

Looking at the sports drinks on the market, you will find that the sugar content is not low.

Previous studies have also found that athletes who usually think they should be healthy have a high risk of dental caries, which may be related to drinking a lot of sports drinks

What kind of people drink with caution

If you are exercising to control your weight, and it is not too strenuous and the amount of exercise is not large, drinking a bottle of sports drink after the end may greatly reduce the consumption of the exercise just now, because many sports drinks are not low in calories

People with chronic diseases and people with high blood sugar and high blood pressure are obviously at risk for drinking this high-sugar, high-sodium beverage

Children and children should not drink casually

Drink “energy drinks” in moderation

There are also some beverages that promote vitality and refresh the mind.

People know that coffee contains caffeine, so they drink less, drink slowly, and do not let children drink it, but for energy drinks, everyone is less vigilant.

A survey of telephone records in the Australian Poisons Information Centre database found that there were 297 calls for distress after consuming energy drinks from 2004 to 2010, with palpitations, tremors and gastrointestinal distress being the most common symptoms, and 21 subjects with epilepsy attack, arrhythmia, or cardiac ischemia
.
The National Poison Data System (NPDS) recorded 4,854 calls related to energy drinks in 2010-2011
.

There are also many case reports of serious consequences caused by excessive consumption of energy drinks.
For example, a normally healthy 28-year-old American man drank three 250-ml cans of energy drinks 5 hours before a basketball game.
After 30 minutes of playing, He lost consciousness, went into cardiac arrest and died 3 days later
.
Although causality cannot be fully established in these individual cases, after other factors have been excluded, excessive consumption of energy drinks is considered the most likely cause
.

　　In short, when adults drink these beverages, they should not drink too much at one time, too fast, or too frequently
.
In particular, it should be reminded that energy drinks should not be drunk with alcoholic beverages, and the probability of discomfort symptoms is higher
.
Children and teens should not drink it
.

(Gu Zhongyi)

Special Purpose Beverages

　　According to the national standard "General Principles of Beverages" (GB/T 10789-2015), special-purpose beverages refer to liquid beverages with specific ingredients that meet the needs of all or some people, including sports drinks, nutrient drinks, energy drinks,
etc.

　　Sports drinks, nutrients and their contents can adapt to the physiological characteristics of people who exercise or physical activity, can replenish water, electrolytes and energy for the body, and can be quickly absorbed
.

　　Nutrient drinks, add an appropriate amount of food nutrient fortifiers to supplement the body's nutritional needs, such as nutritional supplements
.

　　Energy drinks are products that contain a certain amount of energy and add appropriate amount of nutrients or other specific ingredients, which can supplement energy for the body, or accelerate the release and absorption of energy
.

　　Electrolyte drinks are products that add minerals and other nutrients needed by the body to supplement the electrolytes and water consumed by the body's metabolism
.

　　Other special purpose beverages
.

　　"China Food News" (05 edition on April 15, 2022)

　　(Editor in charge: Yuan Guofeng)