Gatorade Vs. Powerade
"Sport is what you make it"
Background Information on Gatorade
- Gatorade was created by a team at University of Florida College of Medicine in 1965.
- Believe it or not, Gatorade was owned by Quaker Oats in 1983. As of now, it is owned by PepsiCo.
Conclusion
- Water alone isn't enough when you’re playing intensive or an endurance sport.
- The purpose of Gatorade and Powerade is to help improve performance, productivity mostly during sports and to be in balance with your body’s fluids to give your fast hydration and energy when you need it most.
- The major electrolytes in your body are sodium, potassium, and chloride which they are both present in Gatorade and Powerade.
- Overall Gatorade and Powerade are there to provide you hydration and electrolytes that have been lost during workouts.
- Gatorade contains more sodium and sugar for less calories and Powerade contains more vitamins and is a prevention from muscle cramping.
- As a group, we came to a conclusion that Gatorade is a better Sports Drink, since it replaces sodium losses more effectively than Powerade does.
Football player from the University of Florida drinking Gatorade.
Bibliography
- http://www.lifescript.com/diet-fitness/articles/s sports_drinks_exploring_the_pros_and_cons.aspx
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerade
- http://www.livestrong.com/article/43161-list-ingredients-gatorade/
- http://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/is-gatorade-bad-for-you
- http://www.gatorade.com/products/hydration
- http://www.livestrong.com/article/176398-powerade-vs-gatorade/
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- http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/exercises/3-sports-drinks-to-avoid.html
Effects of Gatorade & Powrade on the body
Background Information on Powerade
- Powerade is Gatorade's biggest competition.
- It was first manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company in 1988.
- It’s also another famous sports drink that gives athletes electrolytes.
- Powerade became the official sports drink of the Olympics in 1988.
- Loaded with Carbohydrates
- meckids.com/powerade-vs-gatorade/
- http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/healthy-drinks/ask-diet-doctor-should-you-drink-flavored-water
- When you sweat, your body loses about 900 to 1400 milligrams of sodium per liter of sweat.
- Sodium is an important component of blood.
What are the differences between Gatorade & Powerade?
- Gatorade is 6% sugar, whereas Powerade is 8% sugar.
- Gatorade uses normal glucose whereas Powerade uses a different type of glucose, polymers.
- Powerade uses Glucose polymers such as maltodextrin and it’s absorbed and used more quickly than just regular glucose.
- In Gatorade, the sugar that’s being used is Sucrose and that’s a Disaccharide. Glucose + Fructose = SUCROSE
- There are only three main differences between the two and that’s the amount of sodium used, the amount of sugar used, and the type of sugar used.
- The sodium content of Gatorade is about 450 milligrams per liter; for Powerade, it’s 225 milligrams per litre.
Ingridients List
Losing Sodium due to sweating
- Transparent fluid and is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life.
Pottassium Citrate (Salt)
- Your body rapidly absorbs potassium citrate when it touches your mouth and reduces the acidic nature of urine.
- Since potassium citrate is considered as an electrolyte, this can have a huge effect in the control of the body's fluid balance.
- Aside from this, this substance can also help the heart to function.
- An amino acid, nonpolar and it’s hydrophobic.
- Monopotassium phosphate is a soluble salt which is used as a fertilizer, food and drinks.
- Source of phosphorus and potassium (which is an electrolyte).
- In the drink it keeps the ingredients from clumping together and the PH from changing.
Sucrose (Disaccharide - Table Sugar)
Maltodextrin (Polysaccharide)
- Sucrose is composed of two simple sugar molecules, glucose and fructose, that are chemically attached to form the disaccharide.
- The sucrose needs to undergo some digestion and metabolism before it gets to where it needs to go.
Maltodextrin (Polysaccharide)
- Maltodextrin is a polysaccharideand produced by starch by hydrolysis.
- Digestive system breaks it down into simple sugars it’s absorbed.
For a Hydrolysis Reaction to occur
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