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