| Over the years, many myths about the water we | | | | Exercise causes you to lose fluid rapidly, so it should |
| drink have popped up and become incorporated into | | | | be replaced rapidly to prevent dehydration. |
| our knowledge base until half the time we don't know | | | | Another reason that cold fluids are preferred is that |
| what is fact and what is fiction. For the same reason, | | | | they taste better, so you'll be more likely to drink all you |
| water can be flavored. Sports drinks will replace | | | | need. Why? Research has shown that chilled water |
| electrolytes and carbohydrates lost from the body by | | | | passes through the stomach much more quickly than |
| exercising for an hour or longer. | | | | drinks consumed at room temperature. Some say that |
| But if you haven't exercised for very long e.g. less than | | | | we should drink water at room temperature; others |
| an hour, then you won't have lost very much fluid. In | | | | proclaim cold water to be best. Still others claim that |
| this case, fluids at room temperature are what you | | | | drinking cold water will cause cancer. Don't let this |
| should consume. Some say that we should drink water | | | | worry you; it is certainly a myth. Therefore, chilled |
| at room temperature; others proclaim cold water to be | | | | drinks will re-hydrate you a great deal more quickly. |
| best. Still others claim that drinking cold water will | | | | Exercise causes you to lose fluid rapidly, so it should |
| cause cancer. Don't let this worry you; it is certainly a | | | | be replaced rapidly to prevent dehydration. |
| myth. | | | | But if you haven't exercised for very long e.g. less than |
| The American College of Sports Medicine | | | | an hour, then you won't have lost very much fluid. In |
| recommends that all drinks used during exercise be | | | | this case, fluids at room temperature are what you |
| chilled. Why? Research has shown that chilled water | | | | should consume. For the same reason, water can be |
| passes through the stomach much more quickly than | | | | flavoured. Sports drinks will replace electrolytes and |
| drinks consumed at room temperature. Some say that | | | | carbohydrates lost from the body by exercising for an |
| we should drink water at room temperature; others | | | | hour or longer. But if you haven't exercised for very |
| proclaim cold water to be best. Still others claim that | | | | long e.g. less than an hour, then you won't have lost |
| drinking cold water will cause cancer. Don't let this | | | | very much fluid. In this case, fluids at room temperature |
| worry you; it is certainly a myth. Therefore, chilled | | | | are what you should consume. |
| drinks will re-hydrate you a great deal more quickly. | | | | |