Water: An Overlooked Essential Nutrient
You are a Registered Dietitian, and you have been invited to a Lunch and Learn program at a very large law firm. The firm must make a decision about which company they will select for a year long beverage contract. The lawyers must choose water, Gatorade, or PowerAde. Of the 55 attorneys attending your presentation, 32 of them workout regularly for 1 hour five days out of the week.
The firm has requested that you address all of the questions mentioned in the introductory paragraph while creating a handout that compares water, Gatorade, and PowerAde on the following categories:
Daily recommendations
Daily recommendations for water are an average of 3.7 liters (125 oz) for men about 2.7 liters (95 oz) for women. Some individuals who have higher than average fluid and electrolyte needs may need more (GSSI).
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the National Athletics' Trainers Association have both cautioned athletically active people against allowing thirst to be their guide for rehydration. Thirst is not a good indicator of hydration status of the body's fluid levels, and both these groups recommend that athletes and individuals engaging in exercise drink, before, during, and after exercise and other active occasions (such as recreation or physical work) (GSSI).
As regards the sports drinks, Gatorade and PowerAde, they have no specific daily recommendations but can be drunk whenever the individual is thirty (Gatorade FAQ) and should be drunk during sports and hard physical activity.
Nutrient content
Nutrition Data (online) rates bottled water as being "very low in sodium fat, cholesterol, and sodium"
The nutrients of PowerAde consists of water, high fructose corn syrup, salt, potassium citrate, Phenaylaline, sucralose, sodium citrate, Malic Acid, Potassium phosphate, and vitamin B (Associated Content)
Some Gatorade flavors use brominated vegetable oil as a stabilizer, whilst Gatorade Thirst Quencher contains water, sucrose (table sugar), dextrose, citric acid, natural flavor, sodium chloride (table salt), sodium citrate, monopotassium phosphate, and flavoring/coloring ingredients (29). 240 ml of Gatorade Perform 02 contain 50 calories, 14 grams of carbohydrates, 110 mg sodium and 30 mg potassium.[30]
Gatorade has a sucrose-dextrose mix, whilst G2 and G2 Natural are...
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