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Article #284: Sports Drinks And Diabetes

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How many times have you been to a high is almost 930 calories and close to 126
school sports game? Have you ever noticed grams of sugar. Multiply that by four and
the amount of sports drinks they consume the numbers are sickening. My doctor
during a 40 minute basketball game? Have believes that I consumed so many sports
you ever wondered how much of that stuff drinks that it destroyed my pancreas,
they may drink in a day, even a week? giving me type 2 Diabetes. Drinking a
Perhaps everyday for many years. Did you sports drink that I thought was good for
ever think it may cause Type2 Diabetes? I me.
never did until it happened to me. What really concerns me now is that
In high school I played three sports and teenagers have taken to these exotic
lifted weights everyday. I was very energy drinks that are loaded with
active and healthy. My body was not caffeine and huge amounts of sugar. Five
overweight, although I ate like most times the amount of a sports drink. Could
teens do. Fast food, junk food, whatever there possibly be a diabetes epidemic in
I could call a meal. 10 years? Sixty percent of people between
Fast forward ten years. I was now over the age of 25 and 35 with Type2 diabetes
weight. I did not play sports anymore and in the year 2017? I think it is really a
I was still eating the same meals as possibility. Can we stop this before it
before, Fast food. It was the same happens? Most likely not. Can you prevent
lifestyle I had ten years before, but yourself or your child athlete from
without the exercise. What happened next getting Type2 diabetes? The answer is
was I got Type2 Diabetes. yes. Drink water instead of sports
This may sound a little odd. After many drinks. It will do more for you than what
talks with my doctor , we concluded that the sports drink label say their product
sports drinks may have been the will do.
underlying cause of my Type2 Diabetes. Exercise is also the key to staying
While I was in high school I consumer a healthy. Just because you have left high
huge amount of sports drinks that were school and the opportunity to play sports
loaded with sugar. By a huge amount I are limited to you does not mean that you
mean close to a gallon a day. That may have to stop being active. In almost
seems like a lot , but drinking a 32 oz every town there are adult recreation
sports drink four times a day is easy. leagues. Basketball, weight training ,
Now if you have never looked at the label roller hockey, are almost always
of a sports drink let me share some facts available to adults. Just going for a
with you. In a leading sports drink 12oz walk after dinner for 20 minutes is
bottle there are 310 calories and 42 better than nothing at all.
grams of sugar. In a 32 oz bottle there






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