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When and how to drink isotonic drinks

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When and how to drink isotonic drinks

When and how to drink isotonic drinks

If the physical activity is not particularly aggressive, it is not done in harsh conditions, it is not very long (no more than an hour) and it is amateur, it is more likely that water is sufficient for its maintenance as hydration and, perhaps, some sugary source, but the immediate replacement of electrolytes would not be necessary. So these are usually the first conditions to recommend when to drink an isotonic drink:

- Sports intensity and medium-high duration.

- Environmental conditions that increase losses: environmental temperature, humidity, altitude, season, time of day, adaptation to these conditions, and so on.

Regarding the way to drink these drinks the best recommendation is to small sips continuously. If you can start before the activity better, because we already provide small amounts of water and sugar for the start.

If we drink isotonic or sports drinks abruptly and concentrated in a single moment, there is a gastric distension due to the volume ingested, with the discomfort that implies for the sport and the possibility of feeling bad. In addition, the content is better used if it is coming gradually to the intestine.

So we started before the start, we kept taking little by little during the test, training, session or competition, and ended up drinking in the same smooth way after the completion:

When you drink before the competition you work on the improvement of the subsequent performance.

When drinking during the competition performance is acting on preventing the depletion of reserves and also on the replacement of liquids and elements.
When drinking after the competition, the replacement of the elements lost in the test is influenced.

It is convenient that the isotonic drink in question is not very cold, since, although it can be more pleasant and refreshing, this cold produces delay in emptying the stomach and sugar and mineral salts take longer to reach the blood.

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