Sports Drinks

For optimal performance, athletes should aim to be hydrated and adequately fuelled during exercise. Exercise scientists have extensively researched the best fluid to drink during exercise and there is now a competitive market of beverages available that are marketed with reference to sport or performance.

Sports drinks are designed to provide the right balance of carbohydrate and fluid, to ensure that they are emptied quickly from the stomach and are rapidly absorbed from the small intestine.
 
Click here to read up on how sports drinks can have performance benefits, when used according to nutrition guidelines: Sports Drinks.pdf

Have you seen our other fact sheets? 

Fluids in Sport

Eating and Drinking During and After Sport

Eating and Drinking Before Sport

Fuelling and Cooling the Junior Athlete


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