17. Sports Drinks
While sports drinks might not contain as much of the sweet stuff as soda, they aren’t far off and so they’ll cause an insulin spike. This might temporarily give you a burst of energy, but you’ll slump again right after and as this initiates rapid glucose uptake, which causes glucose to be stored in fatty tissue, it can be a major contributor to diabetes and excess weight gain.
Sodium levels are also too high in sports drinks despite the fact that a University of Cape Town study found they don’t prevent a drop in sodium levels – which is one of the main reasons they’re drunk in the first place! Ultimately, if you want to stay healthy after hitting the treadmill, it’s better to choose water to rehydrate, as at least then you can be assured you aren’t ingesting too much sugar, salt, or harmful artificial additives.
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