Energy drinks for kids

[Kerrangaroo 10]

Exercise uses energy it doesn't make it.

[dvp82 10]

Don't think you understand, the point I was making was that if you regularly exercise then you will have more energy .. These " sport " drinks your on about do not work. Lucozade was forced to relabel their sport drink as energy drink.

 

But when you take part in some forms of sports / activity you do need to quickly and easily replace what the body is loosing and that's where theses drinks come into play.

 

Doesn't matter how fit you are, you need to replace what the body has lost, take Bradley Wiggins who has just ridden the Tour de France, before during and just after each days stage he will be drinking more than just water. He will have been drinking specialist sports / energy drinks. Think of it as refueling the body.

 

No Lucozade is branded as a sports drink, check out the Lucozade sport website. It states Lucozade is the UKs leading sports drink.

Edited August 7, 2012 by dvp82

[Drone 10]

But when you take part in some forms of sports / activity you do need to quickly and easily replace what the body is loosing and that's where theses drinks come into play.

 

Doesn't matter how fit you are, you need to replace what the body has lost, take Bradley Wiggins who has just ridden the Tour de France, before during and just after each days stage he will be drinking more than just water. He will have been drinking specialist sports / energy drinks. Think of it as refueling the body.

 

No Lucozade is branded as a sports drink, check out the Lucozade sport website. It states Lucozade is the UKs leading sports drink.

Drinking energy drinks or water during exercise has the same effect, you can get those nutrients back when you get home and have an healthy meal. " sport " drinks have no more effect than water, and for wiggans, he cycled for weeks at a time but saying that, if he was having energy drinks, it would not have an effect on the race otherwise they would be banned

[Drone 10]

And if you take a closer look at lucozade website you will see its been rebranded as lucozade energy though they marketing it as a sport drink, it's not, just an energy drink.. Sport drinks are a myth

[Kerrangaroo 10]

Drinking energy drinks or water during exercise has the same effect, you can get those nutrients back when you get home and have an healthy meal. " sport " drinks have no more effect than water, and for wiggans, he cycled for weeks at a time but saying that, if he was having energy drinks, it would not have an effect on the race otherwise they would be banned

 

No it doesn't. The body needs water for many reasons that much is true but it doesn't replace essential nutrients it only acts to carry them around the body.

[dvp82 10]

Drinking energy drinks or water during exercise has the same effect, you can get those nutrients back when you get home and have an healthy meal. " sport " drinks have no more effect than water, and for wiggans, he cycled for weeks at a time but saying that, if he was having energy drinks, it would not have an effect on the race otherwise they would be banned

 

Water and energy drinks don't have the same effect. A lot of these energy drinks are packed with carbs and calories and that is what Bradley Wiggins will have been replacing during a stages the TDF. During each 4 to 6 hour stage he will have been burning anything up to 6000 calories. He will have needed to easily and quickly replace them and that's where these drinks come into play.They are also designed so that the body absorbs them far quicker than eating a meal. If your burning off 1000 calories an hour and you don't replace theses you body will just run out of energy, they don't have an effect on the race as everyone is allowed to drink them becuase all you are doing is replacing what you have burned off.

 

For the average person doing a 1 hr steady workout down the gym or someone going for a jog in the park, water is perfectly fine and no need to waste money on energy drinks.

[Drone 10]

Water and energy drinks don't have the same effect. A lot of these energy drinks are packed with carbs and calories and that is what Bradley Wiggins will have been replacing during a stages the TDF. During each 4 to 6 hour stage he will have been burning anything up to 6000 calories. He will have needed to easily and quickly replace them and that's where these drinks come into play.They are also designed so that the body absorbs them far quicker than eating a meal. If your burning off 1000 calories an hour and you don't replace theses you body will just run out of energy, they don't have an effect on the race as everyone is allowed to drink them becuase all you are doing is replacing what you have burned off.

 

For the average person doing a 1 hr steady workout down the gym or someone going for a jog in the park, water is perfectly fine and no need to waste money on energy drinks.

But I wasn't talking about athletes drinking them anyway, you mentioned wiggins, I'm on about the ordinary person thinking they need to drink them after they just been for a jog or to gym, that was when I was saying water is the best sport drink and you will get the energy by drinking water then having a meal rather than " sport " drinks as I think the sugar and caffeine and what not outweighs the good it would do you.. But anyway wiggins would have used shakes more likely than sport drinks..

Edited August 7, 2012 by Drone

[dvp82 10]

But I wasn't talking about athletes drinking them anyway, you mentioned wiggins, I'm on about the ordinary person thinking they need to drink them after they just been for a jog or to gym, that was when I was saying water is the best sport drink and you will get the energy by drinking water then having a meal rather than " sport " drinks as I think the sugar and caffeine and what not outweighs the good it would do you

 

I'm an ordinary person and I drink these drinks when I'm out on a long cycle ride 100 miles +. Water will keep me hydrated but water also provides me with no calories and if I'm burning 500 calories an hour I will need to fuel up during the ride. It's not practicable for me to stop off and stuff my face with food, last thing I want is to be cycling on is a belly full of food. These energy sports drinks provide me with the calories my body needs to keep me going and are quickly taken in by the body as so not to give me that belly full bloated feeling.

 

So you can't just says water and theses drinks do the same thing because they don't.

 

But we agree that anyone doing a steady 1 hr on the treadmill or a bit of step aerobics won't need to be drinking these specialist drinks. Of course they get marketed at these people because some yummy mummy down the gym will part with their money because they think they need this type of drink.

 

There is a market for these drinks, but that market isn't the yummy mummy doing a step aerobics class.

Edited August 7, 2012 by dvp82

[Drone 10]

My dad is a ex cycler, you might have heard of him on here, cycleracer is the username he uses.. He never had energy drinks when on his bike, and he regularly did 100 miles plus, i would suggest shakes not energy drinks would be better for you.

[Drone 10]

And if your burning 500 calories an hour, you would need 5 cans of energy drinks to get that back, awful lot of sugar

[dvp82 10]

My dad is a ex cycler, you might have heard of him on here, cycleracer is the username he uses.. He never had energy drinks when on his bike, and he regularly did 100 miles plus, i would suggest shakes not energy drinks would be better for you.

 

I guess it's down to a different generation thing, I read a book on the history of the Tour de France and it amazes me when I see old black and white pictures of the riders drinking bottles of wine while racing around France.

 

Back in the early 60's the average speed was around 37kph this years average speed was 39.8kph. So dispite all the technology going into the sport, ultralight carbon fibre bike, energy drinks, sports scientist, nutritionist ect ect the average speed has only increased by just over 2kph. I know there will be some variables from year to year as each years course is different, but looking up the average speed of the event from 50 years ago to what it is now, there isn't that much of an increase in average speed to say the leap in technology has been huge.

[dvp82 10]

And if your burning 500 calories an hour, you would need 5 cans of energy drinks to get that back, awful lot of sugar

 

Thing is though they arnt that high in sugar. One 500ml bottle of energy drink I drink has 47g of carbs but of that only 1.4g is sugar. Compare that to a 500ml bottle of coke which has well over 50g of sugar in it or a Mars bar which I think has 34g of sugar in it.

 

These energy sports drink I use are designed for sport and can't really be compared to say a can of Red Bull which has about 30g of sugar in one 250ml can.

 

I can drink 10 litres of my sports drink and would only take in the same amount of sugar as 1 can of Red Bull or drink 17 litres to take in the same amount of sugar as a 500ml bottle of coke.

Edited August 7, 2012 by dvp82