Fruit drinks are not as healthy as you think they are. Parents give their kids fruit drinks thinking that they are better for them than soft drinks, when in fact one-hundred percent fruit juice contains “unnecessary calories.” When fruit drinks say “one-hundred percent” on the bottle, it is actually contained with minimal fruit juice and more sugar than advertised on TV. Children should only have one glass of fruit juice a day. It would be more nutritious for parents to buy fruit juices that contain whole fruit instead of one-hundred percent.
When you play a sport or get done exercising and you drink Gatorade, you drink it to hydrate you and because it is a good sport drink, but do you really know how much sugar Gatorade contains? Gatorade contains about the same amount of sugar that soft drinks contain. They have high-fructose corn syrup and have caused obesity among children throughout the United States. Scientists Ranjit says, "Drinking just one can of soda or other sugary beverage a day could lead to more than a 10-pound weight gain in a year." Sugared drinks, such as Gatorade, are only healthy to consume after extreme exercising. Other than that the better choice to drink is water.
Article published on September 28, 2010
Posted by Kelli at 6:14 PM 0 comments 10/12/2010
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My Question:
ReplyDeleteWhy does the Gatorade Company need to use High Fructose Corn
Syrup in Gatorade if it's supposed to be a healthy drink?
The Response to my Question:
They use High Fructose Corn Syrup as a form of a carbohydrate. The
Carbohydrate is what gives energy that is needed for an athlete.
Which is why they recommend that Gatorade be used only after
exercising.
Research:
Gatorade is currently trying to switch out the High-Fructose Corn syrup into a Sucrose Dextrose blend, which will still allow for the drink to give energy to athletes. They say that the taste of Gatorade with sucrose dextrose blend is actually preffered by athletes.
http://www.gatorade.com/frequently_asked_questions/default.aspx
My question:
ReplyDeleteIs water truly the only healthy thing to drink?
My Responce:
I knew that soda's were unhealthy, but i never knew that gatorades had more calories than a 12- ounce can of soda had. I think that the companies that sell the sports drinks should advertice and tell people the real facts that gatorades are a main beverage that leads to childhood obesity.
Research:
I didnt know that gatorade, and fruit drinks are unhealty. According to http://health.usnews.com/health-news/diet-fitness/diet/articles/2010/09/28/are-sports-drinks-healthier-than-soda-teens-think-so.html they say that gatorade is nothing but a bottle of sugared water.
Teenagers think gatorade is healthier than milk, so that is what they choose to drink more, but in all reality gatorades are just like a coke or sprite.
According to the 2008 study, sports drinks give children 10 to 15 percent of their daily calories, but also are leading cause for childhood obesity. A gatorade has 224 calories of sugar, while a 12- ounce can of coke has 162 calories. The sports drink popularity since the 70's deals with the biggest increase in this countires childhood obesity rate. Everyone's best bet is to drink more water and lightened up on soda's and sports drinks.
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/diet-fitness/diet/articles/2010/09/28/are-sports-drinks-healthier-than-soda-teens-think-so.html
First, I must say WOW! I never knew how much sugar Gatorade contained. I have tried the beverage before, but I have never purchased, nor drank entire Gatorade before.
ReplyDeleteMy Question:
After researching on gatorade, What is G2-low cal Gatorade, is this any better than your typical gatorade beverage?
Research:
The G2-low cal version of Gatorade is said to have half the calories of a regular Gatorade, 5 grams of carbohydrates (which is where the 20 calories of energy comes from), and and 110 milligrams of sodium and 30 milligrams of potassium. The website below is the Gatorade website, this is where I gathered the information in my research. I still have a few lingering questions; How come nobody has brought this to the attention of athletes who consume so much Gatorade? How could this drink potentially be harming these people? Should Gatorade be responsible for misleading their consumers, or are consumers responsible for not researching the product?
http://www.gatorade.com/default.aspx#product?s=gatorade-g
My Question- If something is supposed to be healthy, why do companies add sugar?
ReplyDeleteMy Answer- With the Gatorade situation, it also depends on which Gatorade is chosen. Gatorade contains an average of 6 percent carbohydrates.
My Research- I found out that the G Natural Gatorade contains 5 percent carbohydrates. The company adds carbohydrates to provide energy to fuel performance. However, the company does say that it is better it is consumed during training or practice over being consumed by itself. If you consume Gatorade during training, the carbohydrates will be burned off.
On the other hand, a Dr. Pepper contains 9 percent carbohydrates. Most people who consume a Dr. Pepper, or any other soft drank for that matter, does not work out before or after consuming the drink. Some people can't work out after having a soft drink because it makes them sick.
Another difference between a soft drink and Gatorade is that a soft drink is carbonated. Is that something that could make people sick after a workout?
Sources:
http://www.gatorade.com/default.aspx#product?s=g-natural
http://www.gatorade.com/frequently_asked_questions/default.aspx
http://www.drpepper.com/info/faq/#o
http://www.drpepper.com/products/#drpepper
My Question:
ReplyDeleteSince gatoraid contains so much sugar and calories and is only good for you after "extreme" exercise, is there a better "sports" drink for athletes to drink during and after practices?
Response:
Gatoraid contains a lot of sugars in the form of carbs that are in there in atempt to make there drink give you "energy", but most athletes know how many carbs to take in and dont need gatoraid to do that most of the time they just need hydrated and need there electrolytes replenished. There are other products out there that can hydrate and provide electrolytes without putting in sugar and a ton of calories. One example being Nuun.
Research:
Nuun was created by scientist to create an optimal hydrating drink that provided electrolytes without the tons and tons of sugar. Plus nuun products contain about 5 calories per 16 oz serving. Nuun is a much better choice then most sport drinks because it doesn't have all those calories and it has zero sugars. It is chemically balanced so that it gets the important electrolytes into your body as fast as possible. There are already a lot of athletes that have turned to nuun instead of products like gatoraid. So behaving all the electrolytes you need plus all the water you need and just enough favor to help you finish drinking it nuun is a much healthier "sports" drink.
http://www.nuun.com/index.html
i had no idea gaterade was soo unhealthy for you! why would Gaterade be able to say they are healthy when really they arent?
ReplyDeleteResponse: they dont actually claim to be healthy but they do use carefully crafted words like "healthy alternatives" and "essential", which many consider an insult to anyone who understands the issue of nutrition. they have less sugar than many sodas, not by much, but according the FDA its enough to use " healthy alternative".
I had no clue that Powerade & Gaterade had soo much sugar in them. I'm really glad i read this blog because i will not keep consuming these products.
http://healthinmotion.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/marketing-sports-drinks-to-children-is-a-load-of-bollocks/
This may be true, and to be honest I never knew the amounts of sugar that Gatorade contained or how harmful it could be to athletes. Despite such, the question is, will anything actually happen to change or will anyone take the iniative to change the gatorade beverage that we know today?
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