The only thing when you were heat up or exhausted after working out, and lots of sweat is to drink something that can refresh your body and regain your energy. Isotonic drink is still an option. Is it true this beverage can rejuvenate and regain your energy?

Here is a program to regain your energy back and completely eliminate your exhausted, not only will improve your health, also boost your immune system:

End Tiredness Program

Water formed to 60-70% of water in your body. Part of this water is exhaust through perspiration, fasces, urine and respiration. Consequently, water that has exhausted should be replacing continuously. Lacking of fluid will cause metabolism in body. Average adult people require 2, 5 liter per day, the quantity increased during exerciser. In normal conditions, consuming water and foods containing high fluid is sufficient to replace the exhausted fluids. It’s a different story if your body dehydrates and extracts excessive fluids. Dehydrate occur when high temperature to body applied, sweating in excessive, or diarrhea. The body not only looses many fluids, also important electrolyte such as chloride, calcium, magnesium, sodium and kalium. It is proven in research that 1 % dehydration are already making big changes in body temperature. Meanwhile 2 % dehydration can decreased the endurance down to one third. Loosing more than 2 % of fluids it is not sufficient by replacing with water. Since adding water will only dissolve the electrolyte and will intervene the functions of those electrolyte with the effect to water poison and harmful to your body.

Electrolyte is a mineral in blood and fluids in your body with carrying potentials electric quantum. It is important to balance the electrolyte in the body having the impact to quantity of water in the body, blood pH, muscle activity and much other important process.

The quantity of brand isotonic drink in the market reflects the enthusiasm of people to this kind of drink. These drinks not only to prevent dehydration for athletes, also is used by ordinary people, from kids, teenager until elderly peoples. Actually is it safe to drink this kind of isotonic drink?

Not an Energy Drink

The idea of isotonic drink came from the usage of hospital using infuse to patient that have problems in consuming foods and or drinks through mouth. The content is mixture of water and glucose with addition vitamin and mineral.

Isotonic drink and energy drink actually is a two different things, although the two are so called for sport drinks. Isotonic drinks are made without caffeine and similar to fluids used by infuse in hospital to prevent dehydration. While energy drink on the contrary can cause dehydration which contains caffeine. Caffeine are stimulant can caused the energy to boost instant and having the diuretic symptoms. Therefore isotonic is more accurate to call as sports drinks.

Sports drinks are beverage that can dehydrate and at the same time replace electrolyte, carbohydrate, and other enzyme nutritious that exhaust with sweat after exercise or work out. Lacking electrolyte can caused the muscles contractions and impacting to cramp.

Lacking carbohydrate can decreased the fuel in body to muscles and source of energy is to efficient using less O2 compare to protein or fat.

During work out, the muscles will take glucose from the storage of liver. Consuming carbohydrate before and after work out can prevent the blood level to decrease and sustaining the glycogen in body. Heavy training can decreased 3 - 4 gram sugar in 1 minute. Recovery of muscle and glycogen storage in liver recuperates within 24 - 48 hours.

To obtain energy it’s not sufficient from fuel only. Many elements required such as vitamin C and vitamin B in energy drinks in markets containing caffeine than carbohydrate. Caffeine is not energy it is stimulant to boost energy. If people are sayings that energy drink can prevent from sleepy, that is caffeine.

Choose the Right Thing

A fluid can be called isotonic if it contains carbohydrate and electrolyte(i.e. Natrium, Calcium, Magnesium, Cilium, Chloride) with concentration 6 - 8 %.This concentrations having Osmolarity or degree of rheology close to serum(the fluids in blood concentrations).These concentrations like this needed to accelerate the process of  absorptions from stomach to intestine. Beside the above factors, an isotonic drink should also have the criteria, not preservatives, caffeine, etc. Other isotonic drink adding to C vitamin, and B Vitamin with the considerations that those additional vitamins required by body that has lost energy or fluids during work out or daily activity, it is acceptable as long the measurement is balance and not overwhelming.

Energy Drinks, OR Isotonic Drinks?

Not Over Consumed

Isotonic drink is to be considered safe as long as it balance, good for people who like to work out or exercise, with exercise to 90 minutes and the glucose and electrolyte extract from body. Drink a quarter of water every 15 minutes exercise and after. Giving isotonic to sick people and toddlers should be consulted to doctor first.

Source: Nirmala Magazine, ed. Feb 2009

I will share with you below from Oprah Winfrey’s site on what kind of foods that you should avoid for your healthy diet. There are always natural foods to replace your forbidden foods. Remember, to hold your temptations.

Soft Drinks

Soda is one of the leading sources of empty calories in America. Instead, have plain or flavored water, herbal iced tea or skim milk. If you crave a sweet drink, limit yourself to one glass of fruit juice a day-better yet, cut it with seltzer water. If you feel diet sodas help you lose weight, drink them-but try to get down to one a day or you’ll never lose your taste for super-sweet foods.

Foods Containing Trans Fat

The biggest offenders are margarine and vegetable shortenings-although, there are trans fat-free versions of both now-and processed food such as frozen meals, crackers, ramen soups, cake mixes, chips and candy. To see if a product has trans fat, check the ingredients list for partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. Don’t go by the nutrition facts panel: By law, a product can contain up to 0.49 (nearly half a gram) of trans fat per serving but still read “0 g” on the label

Replacements: heart-healthy olive and canola oils.

Fried Foods

Don’t confuse foods made with trans fat with simple fried foods. There is a difference, but you should do your best to avoid both.

Even when they don’t have trans fat, fried foods in restaurants are often cooked in oil that is reused. This can create by-products that have been linked to a variety of diseases. And fried foods are highly caloric. “The point is that [frying] causes a food to absorb more fat and calories,” Bob says. “It’s why I want you to replace it with some other alternatives.”

One alternative you can try is oven-frying. Cut potatoes into strips, toss or spray with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper, and cook in a 400° oven until brown. And if you can’t live without potato chips, choose baked varieties made without trans fat.

White Bread

Don’t panic-you can still have your carbs, they just have to be whole grain. Compared with refined white flour, whole grains are not only more nutritious, they also have lots of fiber that will keep you fuller longer.

To get truly “whole wheat” or “whole grain” bread, you need to be on your toes. Packaging can be misleading. Some brown “wheat” breads, for example, don’t even contain whole wheat! To make sure you’re getting a meaningful amount of whole grains, check that they show up at the beginning of the ingredients list. Bread should have at least two grams of fiber per slice.

Alcohol

Alcohol and weight loss don’t mix. Obviously, alcohol can add a lot of extra calories to your diet, and it’s more caloric than other foods. Alcohol contains 7 calories per gram (carbohydrates and fat contain only 4 calories per gram; fat contains 9 calories per gram). But there are reasons besides the calories to skip sipping.

Alcohol, a depressant, can slow your metabolism. And, it’s hard to make healthy eating decisions after you’ve had a few. Take a break for the first phase, and if you’d like to enjoy a drink on occasion, you can do so later on in the plan.

High-Fat Milk and Yogurt

Although milk and yogurt are excellent sources of calcium and protein, there is no reason to have the full-fat version when so many lower-fat versions are available.

A cup of whole milk has 7.9 grams of fat-4.5 grams of it saturated-and 24 milligrams of cholesterol. Compare that to a cup of nonfat skim milk’s 83 calories, 0.2 grams of fat, 0.125 grams of saturated fat and 5 milligrams of cholesterol.

Replacement:  fat-free or one percent milk. As for cheese, opt for reduced-fat versions with no more than 5 grams of fat per ounce.

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