Sports drinks are designed to help athletes hydrate and replace electrolytes lost through sweat during exercise. They come in three types - hypotonic drinks for quick rehydration, isotonic drinks to replenish fluids and provide some carbohydrates, and hypertonic drinks best consumed after exercise to replace glycogen levels through their high carbohydrate content.

2. SPORT DRINKS
• Sports drinks are functional drinks specifically
designed to help athletes and other active
people hydrate before, during and after
exercise.
• Rehydration is the major requirement during
exercise as performance deteriorates rapidly
with even low levels of dehydration. Minerals
such as sodium and potassium are also
frequently added to replace those lost through
sweat. Replacing the electrolytes lost during
exercise promotes proper rehydration, which
is important in delaying the onset of fatigue.

3. • There are three types of sports drinks all of
which contain various levels of fluid,
electrolytes and carbohydrate:

4. HYPTONIC
• Designed to quickly replace fluids lost
during exercise. Hypotonic drinks have
very low carbohydrate content and a
higher concentration of salt and sugar
than the human body.

5. ISOTONIC
• Isotonic drinks contains similar
concentrations of salt and sugar as in
the human body. They are designed to
quickly replace fluids lost during
exercise but with an increase of
carbohydrate.

6. HYPERTONIC
• These are designed to supplement the
body's daily carbohydrate intake. They
contain high levels of carbohydrate in
order to provide maximum energy
uptake.
• They are best drunk after exercise as it
is important to replace glycogen levels
quickly after exercise. They have a lower
concentration of salt and sugar than the
human body. There are very few of
these currently in the market.

7. SUMMARY
• Sports drinks are ideal for
hydrating before, during and
after participating in physical
activity.

8. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Anónimo. (s.f.). Britishs of tdrinks. Obtenido de
http://www.britishsoftdrinks.com/Sports-Drinks