What is the best drink to refuel you when you are running?

Question

water,gatorade,propel,viteman water...........

Answer 1

Water. I've been running for 10 years and with my experiences, the energy drinks and power drinks and such only gave me cramps.

Answer 2

None of the frinks have enough Sodium. None of them will actually help unless your run is more than an hour.

Water goes through the system the fastest, so for hydration, water is best. If you are running for more than a couple hours, the higher calorie stuff works better. When I bike 100 miles (6 hours), I try to eat at least 500CAL per hour.

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Answer 3

Advocare's Rehydrate. Used to be called POS 3 (Performance Optimizer System). It balances all of the electrolytes and it's formulated to uptake into the body better and faster than Gatorade. Many Pro-teams actually have Rehydrate in their Gatorade branded coolers on the courts and on the fields.

Answer 4

WATER. I just watched a great tv program which delved into what was the best drink and it was concluded that pure H20 is the best. The Gator aids and other drinks of that nature are too high in salt content.

Answer 5

If you are a long distance runner or training for a marathon, you need more than just water. You can sports drinks with water or make sure your take a banana or orange with you.

Answer 6

Water!!

Answer 7

Choose water if you want to be hydraded
energy drinks do give you energy because of the calories you recieve in the drink. chose calories will allow you to perform longer

Answer 8

Water is the best. Go natural!

Answer 9

Powerade

Answer 10

It's a known fact that a well-hydrated athlete always functions at a higher level than a dehydrated one. According to the textbook, Exercise Physiology, when we're dehydrated by just 4.3%, performance drops by 22%.

Laney Hixon, an Atlanta-based racewalker and registered dietitian says, "When exercising for one hour, you can lose a quart of water. Each one pound of weight lost during exercise represents 15 fluid ounces of fluids, a condition leading directly to dehydration. Marathoners have been known to lose more than 5 liters of fluid during a single race, and football players who do not replace their fluid losses may lose 15 to 20 pounds during the course of a two-a-day practice session."

What are the effects of dehydration? For one, it increases muscle glycogen use, which leads to premature fatigue. A 3- to 5% drop of water in the body can cause lightheadedness, headaches, dizziness and nausea. A 7% drop can cause hallucinations and worse. Dehydration also raises the body's core temperature, which can lead to heat stroke and in extreme cases, even death.

The solution, of course, is to drink plenty of water. According to Hixon, voluntary drinking only replaces about two-thirds of the body's water lost as sweat. That's because thirst is an imprecise indicator of dehydration. By the time you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated.

"Voluntary drinking only replaces about two-thirds of the body's water lost as sweat."

If you are an active adult and exercise regularly, you should be drinking two-thirds of an ounce of water daily for each pound of body weight. If you plan to engage in prolonged and strenuous exercise you should drink 17 ounces of water two hours before exercise to allow time for adequate hydration and excretion of excess water. WHILE EXERCISING VIGOROUSLY, YOU SHOULD BE DRINKING 5- TO 12 OUNCES OF WATER EVERY 15 MINUTES TO MATCH SWEAT LOSS. After all, sweat is 90 to 99% water.

Hixon concludes, "I recommend that my clients drink water instead of other liquids, especially drinks with caffeine and sugar-laden beverages, which contribute to dehydration. Although sports drinks can be useful for prolonged and strenuous exercise, the American College of Sports Medicine contends that for normal exercise (lasting less than one hour in duration), there is little evidence of physiological or physical performance difference between consuming a carbohydrate-electrolyte drink and plain water."