AIM BarleyLife® Xtra
Quench your thirst! Boost your energy.
— In the sports drink isle of your local grocery store, bottle
after bottle shouts for your attention. If you do sports or work out, you've
probably spent time trying to choose the right sports drink. Which is best
for you? How do you choose? Consider the AIM alternative.
Sports Drinks versus Energy Drinks — Do not confuse energy drinks with sports drinks. "Energy drinks" are taking the world by storm, especially the world of those who are 13 to 25 years old. These tasty, sweet, often caffeine-laden drinks have one purpose — to give the consumer an instant energy boost.
Don’t be misled by marketing claims like, "contains B6, B12, taurine, ginseng and other natural ingredients." Although these substances may be in the drink, often the "active" ingredients are caffeine and/or sugar. The purpose of these drinks is not health, but a short-lived energy boost.
Sports drinks are not the same as energy drinks. The purpose of sports drinks is to replenish the body's fluids, essential minerals and nutrients during and after exercise or events.
Terms like, “isotonic,” “hypertonic” and "hypotonic" define classes of sports drinks. Most commonly used are "isotonic" sports drinks which focus on quickly replenishing carbohydrates and electrolytes lost through sweating during athletic activity.
While many of the sports drinks do provide bona fide benefit for athletes, preventing dehydration and restoring levels of glycogen in the muscle, very few, if any, are from totally natural, whole food sources. Most sports drinks are chemical formulations with little or no true, food value.
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