The Fallacy of Sports Drinks, from Certified Specialist in Performance Nutrition Nina Anderson
So there’s a big fallacy that says you have to have some sort of a sugar in a gel or a sports drink in order to keep you going. They’re talking fructose, dextrose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, which we know is not good for you. All of these kinds of sweeteners are added because they’re saying you have to put the glucose back in your muscles to boost your energy level.
