Exciting edition of Nutrition Mythbusters

Mythbuster Script:

Hello everyone, Aubrey here for another exciting edition of Nutrition Mythbusters

Today’s topic is sports drinks! You know Gatorade, Powerade, and all the other aids like it. Let me ask you a question, how many of you drink sports drinks over other drinks because you think they are healthier? Open your eyes, turn that bottle around, and look at the label! A standard 20 oz sports drink has 30 g of sugar in it. That means that 120 calories come from sugar. Might as well be drinking a sweet tea or coke.

I just want to bring light to what sports drinks are ACTUALLY designed to do. They ARE designed to replenish your body with electrolytes like sodium, potassium, and sugar AFTER hours of intense exercise. SAY WHAT? What are you talking about, Willis…I mean Aubrey…? Anyways. Sports drinks are designed for when you are in football practice for 3 or 4 hours sweatin’ the big stuff, not the small stuff. Or, when you have been working for hours in the hot sun. They are to replenish what you’ve lost in sweat. A sports drink is NOT designed to replace water. You always want to grab water first.

So next time you want to have a sports drink at lunch, ask yourself if you have done 3-4 hours of INTENSE exercise prior…not including mental exercise. If you like the flavor, grab a zero-calorie option instead. No sense in getting all of your calories from your drinks.

That’s all the time we have for today! I will see next time a nutrition myth needs to be busted or you just need your nutritional thirst quenched.