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Electrolytes are the biggest thing on the market right now when it comes to workouts. Every time you are at the gym if you have a look around someone somewhere will be drinking one of these magically colourful drinks. You can get different types of electrolyte based drinks with different main key ingredients for different results which can help to hydrate, energise and improve performance. They are scientifically engineered to release back special salts required to rehydrate the body and protect against cramp.
So what exactly is in an Electrolyte? Basically it is any substance containing free ions which makes the substance electrically conductive. Both muscles as well as neurons are commonly seen as electrical tissues within the body and therefor use electrolytes to live, repair and function. They are also found naturally in your body as part of its general fluids and help to deal with replenishing soluble solutions within the body's matrix as well as balancing the blood PH and keeping the nerve centre functioning correctly. The most typical electrolyte is an ionic solution, but molten electrolytes and solid electrolytes are also possible. There are three different types of electrolyte solutions, isotonic, hypertonic and hypotonic...
*Hypertonic, contains more than the natural quota of salts and sugars lost in exercise, this type of tonic is mainly used for intense training programs
*Isotonic, this is the main established tonic you'll get in most shops, gyms, online etc. It has the greatest balance of sugar and salts that body graves after a workout.
*Hypotonic, offers a lighter version by having less salts and sugars within the tonic, normally the drink is consumed with a meal after exercise.
Within these tonics are an assortment of different elements, vitamins and supplements they generally contain high levels of sodium as well as potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, hydrogen phosphate and hydrogen carbonate. They also contain energising carbohydrates which is the body's main source of energy, as well as most of the vitamin B's which help other compounds to be easily absorbed into the body, they also have antioxidants like vitamin E and C which help to protect against free radicals.
These different types of energy sources working together to optimise re-energy delivery to your working muscles (post workout) is truly a scientific breakthrough but it should unquestionably come with a warning. Because of the nature of the product they really should not be consumed unless after serious exercise, and I'm talking 90 minutes of extreme training. They are pumped full of some very serious and technically harmful elements and without proper knowledge can do more harm than good. They are however perfect if you have a hangover...but that is another article altogether. Jeffrey Nevil writes on a number of subjects including High Five Zero.
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