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I was just wondering about this because athletes at my school can''t drink pop... Anyway, I couldn''t find much on the web so does anyone here know if it''s true?
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Does carbonation in soda decrease athletic performance?
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A generation or 2 ago, coaches also told you to stay away from the ladies during the season. I believe the implication was that shooting a load was physically draining on the body. *shrug*
You would think that we would start with keeping the atheletes from drinking beer and smoking pot first (even in High School) long before we got to carbonation.
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You would think that we would start with keeping the atheletes from drinking beer and smoking pot first (even in High School) long before we got to carbonation.
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The sugar deplets you of water, and the caffiene (If applicable) does so too
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You would think that we would start with keeping the atheletes from drinking beer and smoking pot first (even in High School) long before we got to carbonation.
That would require them to admit that their precious athletes might have something wrong with them and they shouldn''t receive special treatment in school because they''re on a school team.
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American schools are whacked...
I play tennis and I know that drinking a cup of a caffinated drink, you will loose 2 cups of water. This obviously changes for different people and different caffiene levels of the drink, but the effect is the same. staying hydrated while performing physical activites is extreely important. Try doing an activity after drinking 8 cups of water and then again sometime after 8 cops of soda. see for yourself. I have.
from label on a poweraid ~ "if your thirsty, your already dehydrated"
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from label on a poweraid ~ "if your thirsty, your already dehydrated"
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I went paintballing a few days ago. The weather was fairly hot, so I was pretty thirsty after a while. I decided to see for myself what the effect of a carbonated drink would be. I drank one just before a round. At the end of the round, I noticed that I was slightly less thirsty.
I wouldn''t draw any conclusions from this, but anyway...
I wouldn''t draw any conclusions from this, but anyway...
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Now that you bring that up...is powerade and gatorade actually good for you during sports and the like?
Who cares? Water''s cheaper.
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Powerade and Gatorade are great sources of Electrolytes which do help a lot. But if you just drink your 10 glasses of water a day, you really shouldn''t need it, imo.
And please don''t whine about special treatment. Sure, when I first started seeing signs of it when I was in Junior High, I was kinda irked, but then I got smart--and eventually became Captain of the varsity team! :D
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And please don''t whine about special treatment. Sure, when I first started seeing signs of it when I was in Junior High, I was kinda irked, but then I got smart--and eventually became Captain of the varsity team! :D
-Michael
Water doesn''t contain electrolytes.
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I had a bottle of powerade before a game of hockey, and within 5 minutes, I spewed it back up again. Since then, I''ve just stuck with water which has done me fine. I hear that if you want to get really drunk, you mix alcohol with powerade, I''m no chemist, but the stuff in the powerade makes your body more able to absorb other stuff, and the alcohol goes straight into your blood... or something along those lines anyway.
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Acoording to what I have heard (from my coach who is also a bio proffesor), the chemicals and carbonation (CO2) in soft drinks inhitbit the production of ATP, the principal energy carrying molecule, in the body after a time.
Is that why when I used to drink Mt. Dew all the time I was always wide awake but never felt like I had any energy to do anything?
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Acoording to what I have heard (from my coach who is also a bio proffesor), the chemicals and carbonation (CO2) in soft drinks inhitbit the production of ATP, the principal energy carrying molecule, in the body after a time.
Bingo. It''s the CO2 in the sodas that noticeably hurts athletic performance. I don''t have any scientific proofs or references for you to see for yourself, but I''ve been told by several athletic trainers and doctors that sodas put CO2 into your muscles, which prevents the production of ATP (requires O2) and causes muscle strength depletion. I''ve also experienced this myself with baseball, and there''s a noticeable difference in my hydration levels, energy, and concentration when I stick with non-carbonated beverages. Besides that, soda is just plain unhealthy to begin with.. caffeine, tons of sugar, tooth deteriorating syrups, CO2, and so on.. tastes good though.
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My old coach told a story about a runner who drank a lot of pop all the time. About a month before his last race of senior year he decided to cut pop from his diet and keep everything else the same and he lost a lot of weight. I think it was 10 or 15 pounds. Anyway, having less weight as a runner usually means you will be much faster.
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