11. SPORTS DRINKS You can’t see a sports drink commercial without seeing some extremely fit athlete drinking it. It’s the nectar of champions, of...
11. SPORTS DRINKS
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You can’t see a sports drink commercial without seeing some extremely fit athlete drinking it. It’s the nectar of champions, of the truly athletic. It’s…a trap.
Sports drinks are basically fancy sugar water with added electrolytes. These electrolytes are their biggest advertised selling point, but you can easily get them from real foods like bananas and coconut water and avoid all that excess sugar.