Can sports drinks improve the way you play and exercise? Athletes-both competitive and recreational-turn to the consumption of sports drinks to optimize their performance. A volume in the Nutrition in Exercise and Sports Series, Sports Drinks: Basic Science and Practical Aspects provides a review of current knowledge on issues relating to the formulation and consumption of these popular drinks. The only single volume that addresses these subjects, this text also covers in depth the science that underpins the physiological, biochemical and nutritional roles of the sports beverage.

Can sports drinks improve the way people play and exercise? Many athletes, both competitive and recreational, turn to the consumption of sports drinks to optimize their performance. Sports Drinks: Basic Science and Practical Aspects provides a review of recent findings on issues relating to the formulation and consumption of these popular drinks. By addressing such topics as physiological responses to fluid intake and metabolic and performance responses to carbohydrate intake during exercise, this text also covers in depth the science that underlies the physiological, biochemical, and nutritional roles of sports beverages.