NY Times: You should drink sugary drinks. “The optimal intake of these drinks is zero,”

All I know is Peter Snell ran fast and according to Lydiard would drink gallons of it. So base of off that, I'll continue to drink a occasional coke after a hard run.

And in other news the Sun is hot.

In fact, daily intakes of sugary drinks indicates a 100% chance of death.

Does this apply to runners who are burning 2,000 extra calories a day?

Nick Willis admitted he eats sugary foods all the time, and the Kenyans are famous for it too. Yet they don't get diabetes because they burn it up rather than store it.

I don't believe they could control for even 1% of health, behavioural and dietary characteristics, life is too complex.

And no shiit, sodas are bad for you. The end.

sick typo dude

whatever feels right wrote:

sick typo dude

Hell with that scientists opinion, the NYT says you "should" drink sody.

Coevett wrote:

Does this apply to runners who are burning 2,000 extra calories a day?

Nick Willis admitted he eats sugary foods all the time, and the Kenyans are famous for it too. Yet they don't get diabetes because they burn it up rather than store it.

I regards to calories.....I would say so. Calories in, calories out. Its an even break for us high level burners. THe damage is still there though. The insulin response still happens, the pancreas takes a hit. The liver still has to deal with it. Just because you burn the calories later doesnt mean you cant have damage. Runners just dont get fat from it

May or may not be the sugary drinks themselves. Sugary drinks are an indicator of a crap diet, so it could be the other crap in the diet or other lifestyle factors. Sugar in general isn't good, but it's not a killer.

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Sugar is worse for you than cigarettes.

Oriental medicine believes sugary drinks leach minerals from the bones . This would apply to gels also. I have noticed in last several years that women distance runners , in college especially , are prone to develop stress fractures and stress

reactions. I wonder what role sugar might play in this type of injury . It seems that when women enter college and

mileage increases that they become susceptible to this type of fracture . Perhaps also that living away from home and there is no one to say you shouldn't have that that discipline diminishes when exposed to a wide range of foods not

readily available at home . Should coaches consider cautioning their female runners on moderation as far as sugar intake?

If we actually knew sugar played a role in causing this type of injury what a powerful weapon it would be in decreasing

the risk of stress fractures . How much time lost and heartache endured might be avoided.

What is a good alternative to avoid the headaches you get from losing electrolytes, in addition to water? If I just drink water before and after exercise and all day, without the sugary drinks, I get headaches. Drinking tea with some honey may be adequate and cuts a lot of sugar vs. a coke or sprite or gatorade or chocolate milk, but not sure if it's enough.

Others who have had success avoiding the headaches without the sugary drinks?

zxcvxcv wrote:

What is a good alternative to avoid the headaches you get from losing electrolytes, in addition to water? If I just drink water before and after exercise and all day, without the sugary drinks, I get headaches. Drinking tea with some honey may be adequate and cuts a lot of sugar vs. a coke or sprite or gatorade or chocolate milk, but not sure if it's enough.

Others who have had success avoiding the headaches without the sugary drinks?

Try whole fat milk.

Probably true, but health =/= fitness. You can be the best in the world and eat unhealthy food, the key is to make sure you get the good stuff in first, then you can add whatever bad stuff you want. You may die 20 years earlier but you will run just as fast and you will probably have a happier life.

There is some evidence that soda does leach minerals from bones - specifically Coke, because it has phosphoric acid. I don’t know how strong these claims are, but they make sense mechanically. Sugar is certainly not good for you (glycemic spikes cause inflammation, supress HGH production, and encourage formation of fatty acids in your blood) but it probably doesn’t affect bone density per se. Women commonly have more issues with stress fractures than men do, and running is a very high-impact sport.

zxcvxcv wrote:

What is a good alternative to avoid the headaches you get from losing electrolytes, in addition to water? If I just drink water before and after exercise and all day, without the sugary drinks, I get headaches. Drinking tea with some honey may be adequate and cuts a lot of sugar vs. a coke or sprite or gatorade or chocolate milk, but not sure if it's enough.

Others who have had success avoiding the headaches without the sugary drinks?

Get a salt lick.

Of course the liberal media doesn't want you to drink coca cola products, they are in the pocket of the organic bottled water and soy drink companies. To me, the evidence is inconclusive at best and I know several scientists who believe that soda is not harmful to you whatsoever. This all stems from Moochelle Obama's anti-capitalist attempt to implement government-sanctioned nutrition plans on the American populace. I for one will never stop drinking healthy, fresh AMERICAN-made Mountain Dew.

Drinking one coke a day isn't going make a difference at the end of the day. Health headlines like this are just to get clicks. Scientist fudge with numbers all the time to make stuff away overblown than they actually are.