lessen its affect? Ive heard you have to wait 30 minutes after doing any work out to drink a soda..is this true?
2007-02-28 09:24:39 · 5 answers · asked by Matt D 1 in Health ➔ Men's Health
soda is nothing but empty calories sugars and carbs, it doesn't any nutrients you need and will in fact contribute to dehydration when you work out, drink water, if you don't like water try gatorade or powerade or flavored water.
2007-02-28 09:34:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lets think about this. The point of exercise is to do one or more of the following: burn calories, build muscle, increase cardiovascular capacity (endurance). Soda which is primary water with added sugar (or other sweeteners), flavorings, carbonation, perhaps caffeine. Water is essential for life, so obviously that can't hurt.
Sugar would increase you calorie intake, so it could negate the amount of calories you burned. Non-caloric sweeteners would have no effect. Flavorings are just that.
Carbonation is just CO2 dissolved in water. You exhale CO2 all the time. The small amount in a soda, may make you burp, but it should adversely affect you otherwise.
Caffeine is a stimulant that increase your alertness, and might increase your heart rate a little bit. It might cause you to have problems falling asleep. It might increase the risk of certain heart rhythm disturbances in those that a vulnerable, but should have no effect on exercise results
2007-02-28 17:38:08 · answer #2 · answered by Jeffrey P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can drink a soda any time, but if you want to see the best results, take protein right after a work out to help your muscles re-build.
They're are many great flavors that mix easily...Pop has extremely high and unnecessary sugar content that does no good for your body.
Look at the amount of calories on a pop, then find out how many calories you burn in your workout...
2007-02-28 17:29:31 · answer #3 · answered by EvanMichaels 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The timing doesn't mean anything. But sodas with sugar add empty calories back after you've just burned all those calories working out.
2007-02-28 17:28:27 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it is not, never trust what anyone says that sounds odd or ridiculous, unless they can back it with some documentation.
2007-02-28 18:50:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋