Many people who workout and are trying to watch what they eat, or are cutting back on the number of calories they eat, may be doing themselves a disservice by turning to sports drinks and vitamin enhanced water in order to supplement and/or replace nutrients that they would otherwise be getting from whole foods.
This may be a "BIG" mistake...
Many of these drinks are loaded with sugar. Are completely unnecessary for the average exerciser, and in my opinion are a complete waste of money.
According to The Berkley Wellness Newsletter, the average American adult consumes 28 ounces of sugary liquids (sports drinks, soda...) a day, which adds up to about 300 calories a day. If you multiply that by 365 days, you would get a total of 109,500 calories.
It would take a 150lb man 209 days, running at 10mph, for an hour every day, to burn-off all of those sugar calories - that's over six months!
To learn more about the dangers of liquid calories -
Go To: You Are Also What You Drink, Fewer Sugary Drinks Key To Weight Loss, Do Energy, Sports Drinks Live Up To The Hype? and Diet Tip: Watch What You Drink. Also read Dr. Melina Jampolis's (Physician Nutrition Specialist for CNN) answer to this question: Can drinking lots of water help you lose weight?
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