Assignment: Do sports drinks really work? Question... How do sports drinks affect muscle reaction time? Hypothesis My hypothesis is if sport drinks are consumed‚ then the reaction rate will improve. Sport drinks provide individuals with the required amount of water‚ carbohydrates and electrolytes (sodium and potassium) which is lost in sweat while exercising. Maintaining adequate electrolyte levels will enable better cell function‚ which is needed for muscle endurance‚ among other bodily capabilities
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T-13 T-14 T-15 T-16 T-17 T-18 CL-1 CL-2 CL-3 CL-4 CL-5 CL-6 CL-7 CL-8 CC-1 CC-2 CC-3 CC-4 CC-5 CC-6 Dr Pepper Sparkling Fruit Flavour Soft Drink Pepsi Cola Coca-Cola USA Classic Cola American Classic Cola Whole Earth Organic Cola Coca-Cola Coke Light (Sugar Free) Dydo Energy Gym Gatorade Lemon Flavour Sport Drink Red Bull Energy Drink Barr IRN-BRU "V" Energy Drink 250 250 240 250 250 250 50 50 250 330 100 280 500 500 300 250 250 500 500 250 500 350 500 240 250 300 250 350 340 500 500 250 250 330
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Sports Drinks vs. Water Some people think sports drinks replenish your fluids better than water while playing sports. Some say water replenishes better than sports drinks. According to some scientists sports drinks include many sugars and electrolytes that water does not have. Others say that those sugars and electrolytes actually dehydrate more than they hydrate. They say that water is much better than these drinks. Sports drinks are being used by people who are not even active‚ they just like
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Sports drinks: Hype or help? Date updated: April 03‚ 2007 Content provided by Revolution Health Group Energy drinks‚ sports drinks‚ recovery drinks…call them what you will‚ their names still suggest that they’re designed for hard-working athletes. These days‚ however‚ it seems that everyone is tipping them back. But who really needs them? "I recommend sports drinks for intense exercise that lasts for more than an hour‚" says Suzanne Farrell‚ R.D.‚ a registered dietitian and spokesperson for
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for the global and U.S. beverage industry macro-environment are market growth rate‚ market size‚ segmentation and scope of rivalry. Economic characteristics of alternative beverage segment differ from other beverage categories in several ways. The market size for alternative beverage was $40.2 billion globally and $17 billion in the United States‚ while the market size for other beverages was $ 1‚548.3 and $28.9 billion globally. Market growth rate for alternative beverages between 2005 and 2009 was
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Sports and Energy drink market is amazingly growing hence consumers and businessmen have started showing interests in this market. Energy drink market has increased because people are working almost 24 hours in a day just to make a livelihood‚ so it’s difficult to work hard without sleep‚ rest or energy source. This is one of the reason people made energy drinks as part of their life relying on energy from energy drinks‚ ultimately contributing to rising energy drinks market. Market players are concerned
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bars‚ pubs or somewhere else we can see that people drink many kinds of alcohol such as wine‚ spirits and beer. Alcohol includes many components‚ some of which can be dangerous for people drinking alcohol. Everyday‚ millions people drink alcohol and more than billions of liters of alcohol is consumed all over the world. Alcohol may affect not only on our bodies but also on our lives. For many reasons‚ alcohol is considered a kind of drink having a lot of disadvantages. Because of its bad components
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Determination of Sugars in Sports Drinks: A Spectrophotometric Analysis By: Crystle Culling Student Number: 2686923 Class: Tuesday 12pm (odd weeks) Page | 1 1015MSC Lab Report Crystle Culling 2686923 Abstract The concentration of sugars in two well-known sports drinks‚ Powerade and Gatorade‚ were determined by monitoring an enzyme-catalysed reaction sequence involving the appearance of NADPH. Sucrose and glucose concentrations were calculated from the concentration of NADPH formed by the reaction
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Sports Drinks vs. Water Sports drinks have established a dominating position in the exercise world. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on media advertisements and athlete endorsements every year. The simple fact that many sports stars promote the use of rehydrating sports drinks leads the consumer to believe that such drinks must be more replenishing than just plain old water. If basketball superstars Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard “bleed Gatorade”‚ doesn’t that make it true?
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Alternative Drink industry analysis 1. Do a complete five-forces analysis of competition in the global alternative drink industry‚ then tell me which of the five competitive forces is strong‚ weak‚ and why. Especially in the force of rivalry (one of the 5 forces)‚ you must identify the market size‚ growth rate‚ profit margins‚ what are the main categories in the alternative drink industry‚ who are the major competitors and their
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