If one was to approach a sports event at any competitive level of any age group, they would likely find the athletes drinking a sports drink of some sort. A abundace of flavors and colors exists amongst a wide variety of brands such as Gatorade and Powerade. As colorful and tastful as these alternatives to water may be, the question must be asked: Are they really beneficial to athletes? The first sports drink was created in the 1960’s by a team of physicians, led by Dr Robert Cade, at the University of Florida (Mayo & Kravitz n.d.). The beverages production was motivated by the football team and the curiosity surrounding their decreased performance in the hot Florida heat (Mayo & Kravitz n.d.). After several studies were conducted, the team of physicians found that the poor performance was mostly due to the loss of fluids, electrolytes, and carbohydrates (Mayo & Kravitz n.d.). Thus, the electrolyte rich, sugar filled beverage Gatorade was born. Given that, all sports drinks today follow those same three common themes. Water to hydrate, simple carbohydrates for energy, and electrolytes to distribute the fluids and promote muscle contraction (Levin-Epstein, n.d.). …show more content…
In the first football game of the season, I had exerted more energy than I was accustomed to at that time. During halftime, I consumed a twenty ounce bottle of gatorade; Hoping that it would help me power through the rest of the contest. To my dissapointment, I felt just as fatigued the during the second half as I had felt throughout the first. Therefore, I personally am not a proponent for consuming sports drinks. Sports drinks are very popular amongst the athletic community. However, whether they provide benefits to competitors or not is a question that remains unanswered. In my opinion, I do not believe they provide the outstanding benefits that they claim; Despite their delicous
This was invented by scientists from the University of Florida, for football players to drink during practice and games. The basic idea was to hydrate the players faster than just normal water would by regenerating electrolytes. In the mid 1930’s, the stadium that is still known as home for the Gators was known as Florida Field. The name was changed in 1989, to show how much the team was grateful for the college benefactor by the name of Ben Hill Griffin, Jr who gave money towards revamping the stadium.
Every generation has that “one athlete” that defies all boundaries and expectations of their respected sport. The player that you pass down stories about to your children, grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren. The player that you appreciate how privileged you were to be able to watch them play day in and day out and grow with them throughout their careers. For most, these athletes have redefined every facet of the sport they associate with, and for millions of soccer fans around the world, Abby Wambach is the person that has become that athlete. Recently in the light of Wambach announcing her retirement from international soccer, Gatorade released a commercial that was felt around the world by millions.
Purpose The purpose of this project is to test common sports drinks for their electrolyte content and compare the results to the electrolyte content in common fruit juices. Hypothesis If fruit juices were to be compared to sports drinks for electrolyte content, then orange juice would contain the most electrolytes. Materials orange juice sports drink (Gatorade, PowerAde, Generic sports drink)
Unit 3 Argumentative Processed Essay: The Soda Ban The highly debatable and argued over ‘soda ban’ has been taking over the world and grabbed the media’s attention. But why? Well, many think the ban is about soda, but really, it isn’t all about soda.
Gatorade is an energy drink that is made to maximize athletes strength in the harsh surrounding like heat. Gatorade was created by a man named Robert Cade who Was the Assistant coach of the Florida Gators as you can see right here, “Gatorade was developed by Cade 's team who were helping the University of Florida football team deal with dehydration related to playing
He created Gatorade at the university of Florida. It's located in Gainesville, FL. According to www.nerdfitness.com, “Gatorade has electrolytes: your body soaks up these electrolytes quicker because your electrolytes are depleted from exercise, and they soak up the water right along with it. Regular water works just fine too, it just doesn't get absorbed as quickly. Gatorade has a good amount of sodium and glucose “.
Gatorade has been around since 1965; it is now one of the main leading companies that provides athletes with drinks that replenishes the water, carbohydrates, and electrolytes in an athlete. Many professional athletes drink Gatorade so it comes with no surprise that the Gatorade Company came out with three new drinks called the G-series. These three drinks are meant to be drank before, during , and after being involved in some type of physical activity. After all no athelete wants to give half of what they are capable of performing. There are many ads about the g-series drinks but this one stood out in particular.
Being a person of sports and fitness, the brand ‘Gatorade’ is quite familiar. Gatorade isn't just any sports drink but a sports drink that is known for its exquisite taste and excellent job at replacing ones electrolytes. Gatorade is a beverage most enjoy but for athletes it is practically a blessing. The world known drink motivates and pushes its athletes to go above and beyond and to be sure to hydrate as well. In one of the many Gatorade commercials out there, I was able to see as to how Gatorade used ethos, pathos and logos to both amuse and convince its audience.
The energy drink increased running pace (Ps conclusions are that the ingestion of 3 mg/kg of caffeine using an energy drink increased the speed of the players and movement patterns during the rugby games. Also, the energy drink had an insignificant side-effect that shows the energy drink was not a health risk to the players, at least with the dosage used in this investigation (Coso et al.,
Last year, over 5,000 athletes had somebody else do their homework, and coaches encouraged it. Colleges generally spend 79 million dollars each year on sports, and even after The Syracuse Scandal and other academic frauds, the funding only continues to grow. Since the colleges pour large funds into the teams, the athletes often are able to cut corners in education. College sports are definitely a terrible investment for universities as they discourage education, drain university funds, and gives athletes unfair advantages over everyone else.
Electrolyte Challenge: Sports VS Orange Juice Every year sport drink companies spend millions of dollars on advertising there drink they advertise what the drink can do and how it can help you stay awake during your day but what they advertise the most are the electrolytes they supply to your body. Electrolytes are minerals in your blood that you lose from sweat, they transfer energy through your body regulate fluid balance and transport nutrients they are very important to your health and help you overall with your day. In my project i am experimenting which gives you more of the needed electrolytes that help you stay awake. Sports drink A glance at the beverage aisle in a supermarket shows that sports drinks are growing in popularity
Introduction: The use of drugs in sports is termed Doping. It is the use of any stimulant ordinarily utilized to build the individual of activity in athletic rivalry over the normal. Any individual intentionally acting or aiding as clarified above shall be prohibited from wherever where this guidelines are set up or in the event that he or she is a competitor be suspended for a period or generally from further support in armature sports under purview of its league. The use of medication use in sport is both undesirable and as opposed to the morals of sport.
The principles of using acid catalyzed carbohydrate dehydration as a quantifier was sufficiently communicated, and the possible sources of error that resulted in a relatively inaccurate determination of the total carbohydrate concentration in the soda and Gatorade will be taken into consideration if conducting this analysis in the
With the constantly increasing paces of everyday life the search for an energy source, capable of boosting the human body to new limits by extending its endurance, continues. In the recent years a specific product, called an energy drink, has received much publicity worldwide. The energy drink is a highly caffeinated stimulant that is able to rise the performance of the human body. Many people consider it as a refreshment after a hard day’s work. What’s more one of the most frequently used cases of energy drinks is in combination with alcohol during parties.
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, which include soft drinks, fruit drinks, ice tea, energy and vitamin water drinks across the globe. Regular consumption of sugary sweetened beverages have been associated with weight gain, obesity and diabetes. The role of sugary sweetened beverages in the development of related chronic metabole diseases such as metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, has not been quantitatively reviewed . How is consuming sugary beverages harmful to the body ?