Diy Selzerwater

You can find hundreds of sports drinks on store shelves, marketed by companies with commonly known names and also not so well know — but which really boost your performance, and which are just overpriced sugar water?

The best choice is ordinary water. But with all the marketing and advertising, many people believe that they must have one of the sports drinks or energy drinks because of the flavors and fortification with different minerals. A sports coach would probably say it depends on what taste best to you while another might tell you it depends on the type of exercise that you do and for how long.

It depends on what type of sportsman you are. Do you play a stop and go sport occasionally? Are you an endurance athlete? This question really can’t be answered without knowing who the sports drink is for. I mean, Tiger Woods in a golf tournament, has different needs than a person who is running a marathon. A child’s needs for water while playing outside, is different from an older adult; a female’s needs are different than a male’s.

Everyone will ususally drink more if their drink has a flavor and this probably better for you because you will better maintain you hydration when exercising. Which ever will keep you hydrated is probably the one you should buy. A large assortment of calorie free flavors to flavor sparkling water to great taste is sold at http://allfreightfree.com. And if you are just a occassional athlete, then perhaps this is the best drink for you. It would certainly be better for a child than sugar laced soda pop would be.

You most important need while exercising is to rehydrate from water and minerals they have lost through sweat during the exercise period. The harder you workout and the more you sweat, the more your need for a sports drink to help replace these lost nutrients. A good sports drink offers your body three things it might need before, during, or after vigorous exercise:

• Hydration
• Fuel
• Electrolytes or Minerals

There is a condition known as hyponatremia, in which marathoners and other athletes can suffer low levels of sodium in their blood due to over-hydration with water. But not all sports drinks provide enough sodium to offer real protection from hyponatremia. This year, Gatorade is introducing a new beverage called Gatorade Endurance Formula, with more sodium and potassium than its regular drink.

Most coaches or experts says that during exercise lasting less than 60 minutes there’s little need of any difference in those who drink sports drinks carbohydrates or electrolytes, and those drinking plain water. Someone exercising 1.5 hours in a cool gym and sweats less is fine just drinking water.

Many in the industry say consumers must decide for themselves whether to use sports drinks or which sports drink is best for them. Others in the industry also put the decision on the consumer to make smart dietary choices.

Actually it is very hard to name a best bottled water, and perhaps this information can help you better understand why.

Individual Americans drink about an average of 23 gallons of bottled water a year. That comes out to around a total of $11 billion of bottled waters. (Wow, I am in the wrong business.) And, Americans could be drinking more bottled water than municipal/tap water within a few years. Now that is a lot of money being spent on bottled water considering that municipal water cost very little and I wonder why.

Some people say that they just don’t trust their local municipal water to be safe or they just don’t like the taste. When my son was a baby and we would visit my mother, he always got sick from the change in the two different cities’ water supplies, so we would use bottled water for those trips to grandma’s house.

The FDA has standards that define the types of bottled water. Bottled water may be labeled as just only bottled water or drinking water, or one of the below listed terms can be added.

“Spring Water” – This is water from a source underground which flows to the surface. My grandfather had a spring on his farm and spring water taste really great. This water has to be collected only at the spring. It must have the same properties after treating as before.

“Purified Water” – Water that has been purified by any of a number of ways can be labeled as “purified drinking water”. The method of purification can also be added on the label.

“Mineral Water” — Water having no less than 250 ppm (parts per millions) dissolved solids may be labeled mineral water. The minerals already there give this water a unique taste.

“Sparkling Bottled Water” – Water that has been treated and has naturally, or added to it, carbon dioxide (CO2) to add a fizz and bubbles. Seltzer water and club soda aren’t sparkling waters – they are considered soft drinks and can contain added sugar or salt.

Sparkling bottled water is also one of the waters that you can add flavor to, which can make a person drink more of it. A large assortment of calorie free flavors to flavor sparkling water to great taste is sold at http://allfreightfree.com

“Well Water” – water from a well – that’s easy!

So, there are different bottled waters. But what does “best” mean? Well, obviously best bottle water is in the opinion of the consumer. Personally, my best bottled water is from the spring at my grandpa’s land in Pennsylvania and no one can convince me otherwise. With all the money this industry is making, I am thinking of selling it. I could call it “Grandpa’s Pure Spring Water”.

According to an article just recently published this month on WebMD, the healthy benefits of drinking water for already healthy people may not have any real benefit.

Surprise! So why have we been told for years that we need to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day? So I guess that water is healthy put it can’t be proven. That makes no sense to me as we can just look around and see that with so much water in our systems that it must provide some essential functions.

I wonder what affect this information will have on the multi-billion dollar bottled water market. Probably nothing as health conscious consumers are deep into the trendy fad of always having a bottle of water with them. Now the environmentalists have started a new fad of Earth friendly bottles, producing a whole new market of trendy bottles in all sizes, shapes and colors.

If a person examines this issue clearly, it becomes obvious that water has abundant benefits since the earth, people and all other animals are about three-quarters water. The health benefits for regular water drinkers are many. Humans are made up mainly of water – in fact around 70% water. So it should be obvious that drinking plenty of water is very important to our well being. Without water we would dehydrate, and all our bodily functions would evidentially shut down and this shut down causes death. Also, water not only keeps our organs functioning, but a well hydrated body has energy and a healthy glow about it. Water not only increases energy, it is also necessary and essential for weight control, and keeping our bodies disease free by regulating body temperature and flushing out toxins and other waste.

Coffee, tea, sodas and alcoholic drinks which are mostly water, have a great taste but are full of compounds that are not healthy and usually cause extreme dehydration. After all, that is what a hangover after a night out is, a body that is dehydrated. We lose water naturally with exercise and illness, so with the extra ingredients that cause dehydration, it is necessary to replace that loss with more clean drinking water.

We also need water to deliver minerals, nutrients and vitamins to our muscles and tissues. So to be a healthy person – we do need to keep up our intake of fluids. We can live longer without food than we can without water and if this doesn’t prove the benefits of water, then I can’t think of any other more dramatic way to prove it!

Often when our sense of thirst kicks in, we mistake it for hunger and grab something to eat. So, the next time you think you are hungry, drink a glass of water and see what happens. Perhaps you are only dehydrated.

It is my opinion, no matter what the above mentioned new report says, the benefits of drinking water are so very obvious that there it no need to prove it with any further evidence.