Are sports drink actually good for you? Believe it or not, the answer is YES! However sports drinks aren't supposed to be drunk unless you are doing a workout that is at least an hour or longer.
Sports Drinks like "Gatorade" and "Powerade" were intended to improve athletic performance by replacing fluid lost in sweat, these drinks include ingredients like sodium, magnesium, potassium, and calcium, and sugar, to restock your energy. However you are only supposed to be drinking about 1/2-3/4 cups of water or a sports drink every 15-20 minutes. By drinking Gatorade you also may tend to drink more, which also means more sugar in your system. If you are going to be working out/exercising for a long period of time drinking a sports drink will help you in the long run as it helps replenish lost fluids and sodium your body has gotten rid of.
Personally, i believe that drinking Sports Drinks is better for teens, as many kids crave sugary and different flavoured drinks and it is also better than teens drinking pops like ; coke, pepsi, rootbeet etc.
However i think that water would be the best choice for teens to drink, whether they are just walking to school, doing a light workout or playing a sport. Also a study showed that with the decrease in teens drinking soda and more teens drinking water and sports drinks the amount of fruit consumed also went up, especially with the girls.
I do also realize that Gatorade is packed with sugar as well, it has about 35 grams of sugar per bottle,but since that is less sugar that is found in other drinks and soda's it is considered a better choice for many teens. Another problem with teens is that most of the time they are dehydrated, and if their drink tastes better they are most likey going to drink more of it and become less dehydrated. One of the big problems with sports drinks being very easily accesible to teens and young childern these days, everywhere you go whethers it's the grocery store, mall, gas station etc. they all carry sports drinks.
Sports Drinks were not meant for un-active teens, they were intended to help your body recover from losing many fluids during a HIGH intensity workout, not just a walk around the park, If you play a very active sport where you will be sweating alot like hockey, soccer, basketball etc. then Gatorade would be helpful in helping your body recover. So i think that if you do work out and are involved in a high intesnsity workout then i agree that sports drinks are alright for you once in a while.
Sorry i just realized i forgot to write the sites i used! http://caloriecount.about.com/sports-drinks-healthy-necessary-b501723
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/27/health.sports.drinks.teens/index.html
http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/30/teens-dont-need-sports-and-energy-drinks-pediatricians-say/
http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/healthy_eating/power_drinks.html
Hi, Razia! :)
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to read a different article about the same topic as mine! Your article looked great! :) As we are into the second week of posting, I think you're understanding what a multi-paragraph essay is supposed to be. You have the introduction, the body paragraphs and a conclusion. You're doing very good with expressing your opinions in your essay like saying that you think that water would be the best choice for teens. I really liked how you did some research such as, how many grams of sugar are in sports drinks. I totally agree with you on thinking that teenagers should drink water instead of sports drinks or soda. Both of those contain lots of sugar and to go on the safe side, drinking water is the best. I always look for other drinks if there is water because I personally think that water is too boring for my taste buds. They do not taste like anything but I should probably change and try to drink more water! I believe that teenagers like us are supposed to drink about 3 cups a day. Wow! That's not going well for me AT ALL!
Some of the things that you could improve on is to get ride of I think's, In my opinion's and more. I know, it's really hard to resist yourself from saying those words. I always say them myself but if I have the time to edit, I go over my work and I try to correct them. Also, you're introduction could be a little longer because every paragraph is supposed to contain at least 3-5 sentences. I am pretty sure you can improve on these parts very quickly if you remember to remind yourself so don't worry too much!
Other than those, you did a great job on your blog post this week, Razia! Keep up the good work :)