Gatorade Persuasive Essay
The argument now is whether sports drinks such as gatorade, powerade, and others related are harmful and/or replacing water. Many athletes, including me love to drink gatorade because we know it as a sports drink and the hint of many flavors it comes in makes the drink better oppose to plain water. Even though we love the taste of cool blue, lemon lime, orange, and many other flavors of sports drinks they come with a high percentage of calories nearly as much as a soft drink would contain. So which is better for athlete or just people generally speaking?
We all need water in our body to maintain a healthy body. “When exercising, the human body loses more water than during normal activity through sweat; this water must be replaced to maintain the body's …show more content…
Water is more beneficial than any sports drink, it helps with our heart and being that we lose 2% to 6% of body weight just exercising says a lot about how much we must have water. An athlete plays a game for about 2 hours within those two hours we sweat so much and all that water is leaving our body, that's water we must gain back to keep a healthy body. Becoming dehydrated is a major problem for an athlete, source A states, “The human body uses water to regulate body temperature, transport oxygen and nutrients and dispose of waste. The majority of blood--and thus the majority of the human body--is comprised of water. If the body becomes dehydrated, the exerciser can feel cramps, fatigue and dizziness, or experience even more serious problems such as heat stroke and heat exhaustion.”
From reading Source A, i can conclude the best drink is water oppose to a sports drink.
Sports drinks do not benefit the body in ways water can. Water is the best drink for a person who is exercising or an athlete during a game. Water is best preferred for athletes due to it’s benefits and how much water an athlete loses from running, sweating, getting hot, an
We all need water in our body to maintain a healthy body. “When exercising, the human body loses more water than during normal activity through sweat; this water must be replaced to maintain the body's …show more content…
Water is more beneficial than any sports drink, it helps with our heart and being that we lose 2% to 6% of body weight just exercising says a lot about how much we must have water. An athlete plays a game for about 2 hours within those two hours we sweat so much and all that water is leaving our body, that's water we must gain back to keep a healthy body. Becoming dehydrated is a major problem for an athlete, source A states, “The human body uses water to regulate body temperature, transport oxygen and nutrients and dispose of waste. The majority of blood--and thus the majority of the human body--is comprised of water. If the body becomes dehydrated, the exerciser can feel cramps, fatigue and dizziness, or experience even more serious problems such as heat stroke and heat exhaustion.”
From reading Source A, i can conclude the best drink is water oppose to a sports drink.
Sports drinks do not benefit the body in ways water can. Water is the best drink for a person who is exercising or an athlete during a game. Water is best preferred for athletes due to it’s benefits and how much water an athlete loses from running, sweating, getting hot, an