The way to advertise sports drinks are clever. They would
pay a well-known athlete to say that their company is the best or to be like me
have Gatorade. This week I will try to answer a question. The question is "Are
sports drinks good for teens?". I am aiming to answer this question with
an opinion of mine. I am going to list some positives and negatives.
Some
positives to sports drinks are that teenagers who are less active in sports and
other activities are less likely to quench their thirst with sports drinks or noncarbonated
flavored drinks. Studies show that "cconsuming sports drinks and other
non-carbonated sugary beverages (such as fruit punch) was also linked to eating
more fruits and vegetables, especially among girls".
Researchers suggests that sports drinks are "HEATHY" alternative to
soda. In my opinion to quench your thirst with sports drink (Gatorade) is
better than quenching your thirst with soda (coke). I still prefer the good
water
Some
negatives to sports drinks are that if you overuse or over drink sports drinks
it can cause more harm than do good. All the sugar in the drinks can dissolve
your teeth. Dr. Mercola states that sports drinks are 30 times more harmful and
erosive to the teeth than water. Sports drinks have costs from $1.50 to $2.50
at grocery stores. So if you consume 2-3 a day, you could be spending over $50.00.
You could be spending money and harming yourself. I am not saying that you should
not have any, I am saying that you should try to limit yourself.
So in
conclusion sport drinks are not good. It is okay to have some every now and
then, just every day and night. Along with the fact that it does not do much
good for your body but also that it is more expensive. So the answer to the
question "Are sports drinks good for teens?" the answer is no. If
your ever thirsty then drink water.
Source/Bibliography
Sarah Klein "Are sports drinks part of
a healthy teen lifestyle?" CNNHealth September 27, 2010 May 16, 2012 < http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/27/health.sports.drinks.teens/index.html>
”Dietary and Activity
Correlates of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Adolescents" May 16, 2012
< http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2010/09/27/peds.2010-1229.abstract#cited-by>
My first time commenting on your post, anyways I think you did a pretty good job! You researched and gave us useful facts about the positives and negatives of sports drinks. I didn't know how harmful sports drink was to teeth until now so good job on pointing that out. Also I like how you concluded by suggesting people to drink water.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, you forgot the title, so make sure to add that. I think you should use more variety of words, because some of your words are repetitive and not interesting enough, like instead of saying "not good" (last paragraph) you could say unhealthy, harmful or, could cause damage to body etc... Second last paragraph, where you said "Sports drinks have costs from $1.50 to $2.50 at grocery stores. So if you consume 2-3 a day, you could be spending over $50.00." It doesn't make sense, do you mean over 5 dollars?
This is just my opinion on your post, but I totally agree with you on sports drinks are unhealthy :)
Good Post Samuel!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you on sports drinks are unhealthy. We have researched this type of things before and we proved how harmful drinking sports drinks can be. People who drink sports drinks are probably just attracted to the flavours of the drink.
Just like Tiffany said, I did not fully understand the "Sports drinks have costs from $1.50 to $2.50 at grocery stores. So if you consume 2-3 a day, you could be spending over $50.00." part. It would be better if you said:"Sports drinks have costs from $1.50 to $2.50 at grocery stores. So if you consume 2-3 a day, you could be spending over $5.00 per day."
Overall, you did a really good job on your post. I really enjoyed reading it.
Tiffany I forgot to mention per week
ReplyDeleteFor the bibliography I don't know what happend with the spacings it got messed up when i published it.
ReplyDeleteGood Job Samuel!
ReplyDeletesome mistakes but it was okay. still you should read it over at least once before posting.
very informational with true facts.
I have drank some energy drinks in grade 7
and they are pretty addicting..
it took me about a month to stop drinking energy drinks.