HEALTHY HYDRATION

Healthy Hydration While you’re out on a run, or hitting the gym to tone your muscles, what do you bring to stay hydrated? A sports drink? As the legend goes, sport drinks are better for your body when exerting yourself as it replaces the electrolytes lost during strenuous activity. Athletes and casual exercisers swear by the sugary drink that markets itself to those in need of liquid energy. The brands are endless, demonstrating the demand by amateurs and professionals alike. Primarily used for sports activity, sports drinks can also be helpful during a stomach sickness as it promotes the absorption of acid. This is because, at its very core, sport drinks are composed of water, sugar and electrolytes. You can’t get much simpler than that. Or can you? If you consume sport drinks to retain the water you lose while