Sports Drinks – Are They Really Necessary?
Friday, 16th November 2007 sports By Darren Ellis Walk into any gym, or sit in a café on the waterfront and watch the cyclists and joggers go by, and you will see most of them drinking a strange, brightly coloured liquid. It has exotic sounding names such as Mountain Blast and Tangy Apple and Berry Ice and Cherry Rain; and it’s all being sucked down by the bucketful. When asked their reasons for drinking this stuff, the standard reply is ‘to give me energy’. But, energy for what? I saw you ride past me twice from my seat at the café, which means you clocked up about 15 km, and now you’re in here after draining two bottles of ‘optimized energy and electrolytes’, and ordering the ‘Big Breakfast’ because you deserve it after all that hard work this morning. Four words for you my friend, ‘that ‘aint hard work’. Now, please don’t get me wrong, I am the Supplement Guy. If you take a look in my kitchen cupboard, you would think I’m sponsored by a supplement company (I wish), and understand wh
