Isotonic drinks

Energy and isotonic drinks for sports

The importance of isotonic and energy drinks before, during and after exercise

An energy drink is made for athletes, to make up for energy losses during an effort. The concentration of particles in these products is the same as that of your blood. Osmotic pressure is similar to that of your blood plasma. That said, your body will have no trouble absorbing it.

In addition, an isotonic drink is recognized by being easy to digest, ensuring comfort at the digestive level and not weighing down the stomach. If the drink you consume is less concentrated than blood, it is a hypotonic drink. Furthermore, if the drink is more concentrated than blood, it is a hypertonic drink. Either way, the exercise drink is isotonic or somewhat hypotonic, but never hypertonic.

The importance of betting on isotonic drinks

During the practice of a sporting activity, the energy produced by the muscles disperses in the form of heat. To cool down, you have to hydrate the muscles. However, in general, during training, the water loss is very important, that sometimes it becomes difficult to keep the ideal temperature for the body and biological balance. However, dehydration has an impact on the performance of the athlete. Indeed, this leads to cramps, fatigue or injuries.

Isotonic, energy or effort drinks maintain the body during sports. They provide water, minerals and also nutrients, essential to replace the water consumed by the body during exercise. They therefore optimize rehydration and assimilate nutrients during exercises, such as glucose, sodium, magnesium, potassium and BCAA.

However, it should be noted that energy drinks are quite different from energy drinks, which cannot be consumed as part of a sporting activity. These drinks are rather made to acidify and excite certain parts. This accelerates dehydration and digestive disorders.

An energy drink includes:

• Water: which occupies an important part of the drink, to ensure hydration after an effort.
• Carbohydrates, to ensure energy intake in order to optimize its performance during exercise.
• Sodium, to compensate for the loss of salt during sweating.
• B vitamins to reduce fatigue.
• Potassium and magnesium, to fight fatigue.
• Antioxidants, to prevent toxic waste like lactic acid from harming the body.
• BCAAs, rich in proteins, which repair and facilitate muscle recovery.

For an hour of effort, you can regularly take an energy drink, at the rate of 1 sip every 10 minutes.

So that you can replace the water lost during exercise, SportFood Center offers you several isotonic energy drinks, rich in electrolytes, sugars and water. The drinks offered are rich in natural active ingredients and comply with the Afnor anti-doping standard. Obviously, for an optimal result, it must be accompanied by a healthy, varied and balanced diet.

Its use varies depending on the product. While some must be consumed before or during sport, others are made to be drunk after sport, to speed up recovery and to replenish energy reserves.