The most intense workout routines usually involve lots of hydration. This usually done not just once, but more than likely before, during, and especially after that rigorous workout you are going to drink something to rehydrate and replenish that worn out exhausted body. The question then to ask yourself is, what should I drink to rehydrate? For the past decade the rise of energy drinks could be described as nothing short of a miraculous. Since the days of the mighty Gatorade there has come to the marketplace almost every conceivable color, flavor, and ingredient driven high energy after workout drink.
There has been an enormous amount of advertisement in regards to these so called energy drinks lately from all areas of the media spectrum including, television, fitness magazines and even the radio waves. However many in the fitness community have begun to shy away from these so called energy drinks. The reason for this end to the honeymoon is quite simple, and just a quick glance at any energy drink label can be quite revealing as to what ingredients are actually used in these products. Ingredients like “yellow number 5”, “high fructose corn syrup”, and my favorite “horny goat weed.”
After the passing of much time and research many like minded fitness and health conscious people have come to the same conclusion, that it’s time to put the energy-sports drinks down and turn to the oldest, most trusted source of hydration-water. Could it be true?? Could it be that boring, regular old H2O is making a come back in the fitness world? Yes it is true that water as a hydrant for exerciser’s seems to be the best solution and making a mighty come back. However it’s safe to say that not all water is equal and there are various forms of water, from mineral, to sparkling, to distilled. Yet the principal idea of using water as opposed to energy drinks to hydrate yourself has remained the same.
As this water revolution continues and we turn our attention back to the basics still others in the fitness community decided to dig a little deeper and do more research into what the best forms of water would be. What they have come to find is that not all water (h2o) is the same. It seems that most all water that is sold in grocery stores, or at the gas stations have lost many of the natural characteristics that it should have retained. Usually this loss is due to the filtering process like reverse osmosis, but it can also be attributed to long periods of time sitting, and the transportation methods used. One natural characteristic that water needs to maintain is having a neutral PH balance. If this is new to you, the PH scale runs from 14 (very alkaline) to 0 (extremely acidic) with 7 being neutral. Perfectly balanced water and subsequently the best for us to drink is a 7 or neutral, it is neither alkaline nor acidic.
As previously mentioned many of the processes that bottled water goes through like reverse osmosis, transportation or even extreme temperature fluctuations cause the bottled water to become more acidic over time and lose that natural neutral ph prefect balance, becoming as bad for you as most energy drinks. If this sounds like a lose lose situation have no fear because it’s not. With a little time and research on your own you can easily find that PH balanced alkaline water is easy to obtain. Not only is it easy to obtain it is healthy for you and will add significantly to the results you get when you workout and when your body replenishes itself.
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