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Sports drinks:  Are they good for teens? As a person who plays sports a lot, I will tell you there are definite benefits to drinking them.  However, research has also indicated there are some drawbacks to using sports drinks.

My opinion on sports drinks is that they have benefits and disadvantages. When I play sports, I would much rather have a sport drink, such as Gatorade, over water. Mainly because I like the taste much better and I feel that I have much more energy when playing. It's proven by scientists that sports drinks make kids last 24% longer when they are playing their sport. Also kids, when having water, don't drink a lot of it which makes them dehydrated. But when having a sport drink they are all for. I have a friend who plays a sport with me. He usually never brings anything to drink. So one day he got so dehydrated that he started feeling sick and nauseous. Then he passed out for not drinking anything. He later stated doing a plan with sports drinks. It was the Gatorade plan. Since then he usually bring Gatorade with him and since then he has not passed out yet. Not many kids like drinking just plain old water, they like sports drinks better and prefer to drink it more. Also sport drinks have a lot of ingredients in them, where water doesn't. So when drinking sport drinks all the ingredients get absorbed into your body. Water has nothing in it therefor nothing gets absorbed.


My other opinion of sports drinks is that they have a down side to them. For starters they cost much more than just a water bottle. It usually costs roughly 50 cents more to buy a sport drink. Since sports drinks have become so popular today, the prices and marketing have gone up with these drinks. People think that sports drinks are a thing to have when u think you are going to have a 5 minute workout. But no, sport drinks are for people that are doing intense workouts. So you can't have a sport drink when you walk up the stairs once. Scientists say that you must do at least an intense workout for at least an hour. They say this because sport drinks have many ingredients that aren’t healthy for you. All sport drinks have a lot of sugar and sodium in them. Gatorade, or other sports drinks, roughly has 14 grams of sugar in them while water has 0 grams of sugar. Also they contain a lot of carbs.


 I have listed some points about why and why not you should have sports drinks when doing a workout. My opinion of sports drinks are... that they are beneficial for teens. Sports drinks can be a bad thing to have, but if your having a intense workout I sugggest a sport drink over a water. 

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My topic this week is about are sports drinks good for teens? As a person who plays sports alot, I will tell you my opinion on these sports drinks and also some articles that I found on the internet.


My opinion on sports drinks are that they have benefits and disavantages. When I play sports I much rather have a sport drink such as gatorade over water. Mainly because I like the taste much better and i feel that I have much more energy when playing. It's proven by scientic's that sports drinks make kids last 24% longer when they are playing thier sport. Also kids when having water, they don't drink alot of it which makes them dehydrated. But when having a sport drink they are all for. I have a friend who plays a sport with me. He usually never brings anything to drink. So one day he got so dehydrated that he started feeling sick and naucious. Then he passed out for not drinking anything. He later stated doing a plan with sports drinks. It was the gatorade plan. Since then he usually bring gatorade with him and since then he has not passed out yet. So not many kids like drinking just plain old water. They like sports drinks better and prefer to drink it more. Also that sport drinks have alot of ingredients in them, where water doesn't. So when drinking sport drinks all the ingredients get absorbed into your body. Water has nothing in it therefor nothing gets absorbed.


My other opinion of sports drinks is that they have a down side to them. For starters they cost much more then just a water bottle. It usually costs roughly 50 cents more to buy a sport drink. Since sports drinks have became so popular as today the prices and marketing have gone up with these drinks. People think that sports drinks are a thing to have when u think you are going to have a 5 minute workout. But no, sport drinks are for people that are doing intense workouts. So you can't have a sport drink when you walk up the stairs once. Scientist's say that you must do at least an intense workout for at least an hour. They say this because sport drinks have many ingredients that arn't healthy for you. All sport drinks have alot of suger and sodium in them. They roughly have 14 grams of suger in them when water has 0 grams of suger. Also they contain alot of carbs.


I am against sport drinks and I am for them. I have listed some points about why and why not you should have sports drinks when doing a workout.