After an intense workout session, it is common for people to drink either water or soft drinks. But according to the latest study, while drinking water is safe and causes no harm to the body, carbonated beverages may lead to kidney damage.
According to the study, published in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, it has been found that drinking soda after exercise is a big No-No — “The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that consuming a soft drink (i.e., a high fructose, caffeinated beverage) during and following exercise in the heat elevates biomarkers of acute kidney injury (AKI) in humans.” The researchers recruited twelve healthy adults who were made to drink 2 litres of an assigned beverage during 4 hours of exercise in the heat. While half of the people were given a popular soft drink, the other half were given water to drink. They also had to drink 1 litre of the same beverages after leaving the laboratory. Stage 1 AKI was detected at post-exercise in 75 per cent of the participants in the soft drink trial compared to 8 per cent in water drinking trial. Furthermore, according to the findings, “urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), a biomarker of AKI, was higher during an overnight collection period after the soft drink trial compared to water.” The study further added, “Changes in serum uric acid from pre-exercise were greater in the soft drink trial than water at post-exercise. There were greater increases from pre-exercise in serum copeptin, a stable marker of vasopressin, at post-exercise in the soft drink trial than water. These findings indicate that consuming a soft drink during and following exercise in the heat induces AKI, likely via vasopressin mediated mechanisms.”
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Why do I always crave soda after long rides? By the end of a long ride, even if I'm thirsty, the thought of plain old water just doesn't appeal to me. Instead, I find myself craving soda or Gatorade or something else sweet. I don't drink soda very often, and I almost never drink Gatorade, so I'm not sure where this is coming from. Is my body telling me my blood sugar is low? From what I've read, consuming simple carbohydrates like sugar before and during a ride is a bad idea, and complex carbohydrates should be consumed instead. But all I can think about by the time I'm done with a long ride is finding a Sonic so I can get a Route 44 Cherry Limeade!
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During your long ride (more than 2 hours) you should have a bottle of some sort of sports drink on the bicycle and be drinking from it regularly. Maltodextrin is a complex sugar, so look for a sports drink with maltodextrin in it ... like HEED. And I think some Powerades have maltodextrin. Or make your own.
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Sugar works just fine. Sports drink manufacturers tout their "complex carbohydrates," but what they are usually talking about is maltodextrin, which is in no way a complex carb. It has a glycemic index of 130, compared to sugar at 100, so yeah it's better because it's even faster than sugar, which is not what one associates with the term "complex carbohydrate." Yeah, sugar after a ride is great. However, you might want to try beer instead of soda. Much better for you. Or better yet, a carb/protein recovery drink, then a beer. You're shorting yourself with the soda.
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You don't keep a flask of bourbon in the jersey pocket?
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Originally Posted by AcornMan By the end of a long ride, even if I'm thirsty, the thought of plain old water just doesn't appeal to me. Instead, I find myself craving soda or Gatorade or something else sweet. I don't drink soda very often, and I almost never drink Gatorade, so I'm not sure where this is coming from. Is my body telling me my blood sugar is low? From what I've read, consuming simple carbohydrates like sugar before and during a ride is a bad idea, and complex carbohydrates should be consumed instead. But all I can think about by the time I'm done with a long ride is finding a Sonic so I can get a Route 44 Cherry Limeade! when I rode a particularly long,, one-day ride this season (160 miles across Indiana) the nectar of the gods for me was a small bottle of pepsi every couple of hours. I don't know what it was, it just refreshed me in a way no other drink could. Really was incredibly satisfying and tasty in those circumstances, and i don't drink pop any other time.
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Because you're thirsty, and soda is what you're accustomed to. I quit drinking soda, replaced it with water, and after a couple months I craved only water after a sweaty ride. You also might be addicted to the caffeine in the soda. __________________
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Because it taste so good. Water quenches your thirst, soda hits the taste buds spot like no other. I don't drink soda anymore except for twice or less a year, just for the fun of it. That's life in the modern world for you.
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both blood sugar low, and need for sodium
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because you are a soda drinker
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When I get home after a long ride , all I can think of is beer. I don't know what it is about beer but I just crave it , there must be some nutrients in it that my body needs. As for soda, I hate it , I never buy any type of soda pop drinks... GROSS ! .
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I only drink soda on long rides (60 or more miles) and it really is a pick me up, the combination of sugar, caffeine, taste, "comfort food effect" all that really helps out, and the only bad thing in soda is the sugar, and at those moments you need the sugar anyway so treat yourself.
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Why crave a soda? Because you've been conditioned by the psychologists of Madison Avenue (tm) to believe that malted battery acid is a fun and refreshing beverage!
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https://www.mindconnection.com/librar...softdrinks.htm Try to stay away from carbonated drinks if you can , nothing but trouble
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1 part each of 2% milk and orange juice, mixed well to prevent the milk from curdling. It's got carbs, protein, fat, calcium, vitamin C, and satisfies me like nothing else after a long ride.
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I really crave cold orange juice, but soda is what's usually around. __________________ Last edited by Dubbayoo; 09-20-09 at 05:31 PM.
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Beer is an excellent post ride beverage... it replaces electrolytes and the hops balance blood sugars. De-alcoholized beer is fine too.
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Originally Posted by Willbrewer 1 part each of 2% milk and orange juice, mixed well to prevent the milk from curdling. It's got carbs, protein, fat, calcium, vitamin C, and satisfies me like nothing else after a long ride. Lots of runners use chocolate milk as a recovery drink. It has been my drink of choice after long workouts lately. I'll have to try this OJ/Milk recipe.
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Originally Posted by Roody Because you're thirsty, and soda is what you're accustomed to. I quit drinking soda, replaced it with water, and after a couple months I craved only water after a sweaty ride. You also might be addicted to the caffeine in the soda. ...not really It could be the case, but don't project your own history onto the OP. Soda has sugar & sugar is a quick(ish) carb. During exercise we burn energy and we like to replace that energy with carbs. So soda works out to be a quick carb (& tasty too if thats what you are accustomed to drinking). Drinking water is great, but doesn't give you anything (besides the water). Soda isn't the best recovery drink, but whatever tastes good works for me. FWIW I believe I have seen pro cyclists take down 8 oz of soda on the bike during tours. Personally I enjoy a cola (Whole Foods brand made with sugar, not corn syrup) or chocolate milk after a long ride. To the soda haters, don't give me this crap about how soda is killing your body. In moderation it doesn't hurt anything. Anything can lead to a health condition if you abuse it.That being said, if I am running a race I usually go a week or two w/o soda or alcohol (for hydration purposes, or thats what I hope).
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Originally Posted by kindablue To the soda haters, don't give me this crap about how soda is killing your body. In moderation it doesn't hurt anything. Anything can lead to a health condition if you abuse it. Read the article i posted the problem with soda is the carbonation, its essentially poison to your body.
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Originally Posted by hemprider Read the article i posted the problem with soda is the carbonation, its essentially poison to your body. Just because an idiot writes an article on the internet doesn't make it true. Try citing a real study showing that carbonated beverages are poison. Here's one which refutes one of the nonsense claims in the article you pointed to:https://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/98/1/72
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The only nonsense claim it refutes is that these drinks cause Esophageal cancer, which by the way the study doesn't prove without a shadow of a doubt, soda is highly acidic and the carbonation adds to the problem. Its demineralizes bones and can harm your stomach lining. Just because some idiots at yale did a study doesn't make it true...
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Originally Posted by hemprider Just because some idiots at yale did a study doesn't make it true... Correct. The difference in this case is that the paper describing the study was subjected to review by a panel of experts in the field. Internet articles are not subject to review, hence, the author is free to make unsubstantiated claims. Believe what you want.
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Well, I believe it's time for another carbonated beer...
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