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Sports Energy Drinks

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Hypertonic, Isotonic, Hypotonic Drinks

ISOTONIC - Isotonic drinks have the roughly the same concentration as your body fluid. They are ideal for ordinary fl uid replacement during exercise.

Energy drinks can be quite a confusing subject especially when people start throwing around terms such as Hypotonic, Isotonic and Hypertonic.

Fundamentally they provide two things : hydration and energy.

The difference between the terms are described below.

HYPOTONIC - These type of drinks are usually weaker than your body fl uid and help to speed up water absorption in the body. After exercise these drinks come into their own, providing rapid replacement of spent fluids but are not ideal for energy replacement during exercise. Unlike Isotonic and Hypertonic drink these type of drinks are low in carbohydrates. They are great for the athlete looking for fluid replacement without the boost of carbs generally after a session. They can target one cause of fatigue, which is loss of fluids rapidly.

HYPERTONIC - These drinks generally contain higher levels of carbs than the other two types mentioned and can be used after exercise to replace spent gylcogen. During endurance sessions they can be used to top up carb levels when glycogen stores are depleted. They are absorbed slowly and therefore are not appropriate for fluid replacement. In fact using these drinks as fluid replacers could increase your dehydration as your body releases water into your intestines in order to dilute the drink enough for it to be absorbed.

Some athletes use these drinks along side Isotonic fl uids to keep the hydration and carb replacement levels balanced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High5 Isotonic is designed to provide the fastest possible fluid replacement and maximum possible delivery of carbohydrate energy when training or racing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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