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2. Powerade helps maintain blood sugar levels: Carbohydrates provide glucose for working muscles and the body uses this glucose as a primary source of energy. Studies have shown that replacing the glucose that is burnt up as you race will help maintain blood glucose levels. A 30g to 60g carbohydrate intake per hour is recommended to maintain peak performance. Having a sports drink on hand when you train, will help to maintain normal blood glucose levels from dropping and thus help to delay fatigue.

3. Glucose: During sustained strenuous physical activity the availability of energy is critical to performance. Glucose is a primary source of energy during exercise. Glucose is stored in the liver and muscle as glycogen, but there is only a limited supply. Once the liver’s own supply is depleted, the body cannot deliver enough glucose to the muscles, and the athlete will become fatigued. Powerade is an effective source of energy-yielding carbohydrates which helps to supplement the glucose that is burnt up through exercise, thus helping to sustain performance and delay fatigue.

4. Replace lost fluids: Thirst is the best guide of how much fluid needs to be replaced. Powerade not only replaces the fluids that are lost during sustained strenuous activity, but is an effective source of fluids, electrolytes and energy-yielding carbohydrates, all of which work to get the body back on track and ready to take on more.

5. Maintaining normal glucose levels is important in helping you to maximize your performance.

6. During exercise, fluid is lost: We sweat in order to lose heat and keep our body temperature in a safe range. Powerade helps cool the body by replacing lost fluids, which also helps to lower the risk of dehydration.

7. Powerade helps replace/replenish the electrolytes sodium and potassium which are lost in the form of sweat. Electrolytes are electrically charged minerals in the blood and body fluids that aid fluid distribution, muscle function and nerve transmission.

8. The changes that occur in the body during exercise are dependent on the exercise intensity and the duration of the exercise bout. Therefore, both the hardness and the length of the exercise session are important factors. It is obvious that someone who exercises for 2 hours is going to sweat much more than someone who exercises for only 1 hour. The person who exercises for 2 hours will require substantially more fluid than the person who trains for one hour. The same goes for intensity –someone who is running hard, as in a race situation, must consider the fact that their sweat rate is much higher than if that same person was only training at a much slower pace.