Isotonic Drinks

estebancambias

Your views? Should I stay clear?

unreggd

what are your goals?

They're really only for fitness, to keep you goin

They're packed with sugar/carbs/calories so not great for weight loss

I found this out AFTER I bought the tub of Lucozade powder and used half of it

crotalus667

estebancambias wrote: »

Your views? Should I stay clear?

I used them each workout then switched to water , I have to say the only defference yas the money I saved

Racing Flat

If they are between 6 and 8 grammes of carbohydrate per 100grammes they will be better than water at keeping you hydrated. When you sweat you lose electrolytes as well as water, so drinks of this solution replace the electrolytes as well as water. I don't think there'd be many calories in these. I tend to have 500mls of powerbar drink (buy the powder, mix it up myself) within 30mins of every session. Aids recovery. Lucozade sport (still) will do much the same.

unreggd

Lucozade Sport Nutrition Information

140 Calories per bottle

rubadub

They don't necessarily have any added carbs. The "isotonic" bit is the electrolytes (salt) which aids water absorption. I reckon I get more than enough salt in my normal diet anyways. Also you can make your own cheap version, using electrolytes you can just buy. They recommend people taking E/mdma take salt as they can drink too much water and if you do not have the salts you can actually die from too much water, this is how some people have died and it is then blamed on E, while they took small doses and were overly worried about dehydration.

joepenguin

isotonic drinks do work but very expensive when you compare it with say the price of a serving of protein powder.

you can make your own one for very little:

get 500 mls of water
30g of glucose powder (500g tub is around 2.50 can get it in chemist/tesco)
some mi wadi/kia ora etc to taste
and some people add a tiny pinch of salt.

this is your isotonic drink for around 40 cent.

not recommended if you are trying to lose weight.

plain water is also very good and often underrated/underused in training programmes,

Khannie

bbc website has a guide to making your own....link. I use "hypotonic" (lower carbs) for fluid replacement (and the lower calorie content).

In short: Water, sugary mi-wadi or ribena or whatever, pinch of salt, shake.

rubadub

I think some mix in lo-lo salt which has potatssium chloride in it as well as normal sodium chloride salt.

jph100

rubadub wrote: »

I think some mix in lo-lo salt which has potatssium chloride in it as well as normal sodium chloride salt.

why is the salt added?

Khannie

jph100 wrote: »

why is the salt added?

Helps absorbtion (to the best of my knowledge). Also, when you sweat you lose salt. That's why the salt n' vinegar crisps are so appealing after a workout.

terrier98045

depends what your using them for, if its for the rehydrate/ replenish side berocca is your only man... forget the isotonic stuff

Beanmachine

personally i don't bother with isotonic drinks working out just stick to the water i would say.

Odysseus

To the op it depends on the type of training your doing I only consider them during the summer while I'm running for more than 5hrs+ even then its only at the end to try aid rehydration, even the I sometimes just use dioralyte. The only other time I'll use them is if my hydration level are low before a run.

rubadub

jph100 wrote: »

why is the salt added?

Absorption as mentioned. That is why you should have salt if drinking loads of water (people on e). it can actually be dangerous to drink too much water.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

bit on salts and sports drinks halfway down here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolytes

I reckon I get enough salt from my diet anyways so dont bother with them, I actually make sure to drink water to offset all the salt in my diet.

SligoBrewer

estebancambias wrote: »

Your views? Should I stay clear?

If it's good enough for Alan Shearer, it is good enough for me

rubadub

SligoBrewer wrote: »

If it's good enough for Alan Shearer, it is good enough for me

I reckon he is/was doing more training than the average fat bloke in the pub wearing a football jersey and using it to dilute his triple smirnoff.