Sports drinks: a user’s guide

After water, tea is the most popular drink in the world. We turn to it for comfort, for a break in the day, and increasingly, for its claimed mood‑calming powers. Scroll through social media and you’ll find no shortage of claims that tea, or more so one of its bioactive compounds ...  Show more

One of the best guides to food variety is colour. And for colour, there’s a group of natural plant chemicals called anthocyanins that are getting a lot of attention for their potential benefits on the brain. Anthocyanins are the pigments that give red, purple, and blue plants the ...  Show more

How important is staying hydrated during exercise? If you're lugging around a fanny pack water bladder or sports beverages, you may be over complicating it.Read the transcript at https://quickanddirtytips.com/health-fitness/exercise/stay-hydrated-exerciseCheck out all the Quick a ...  Show more

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2483: Niki Bezzant's exploration into the necessity of sports drinks for workouts reveals a compelling argument against the ...  Show more

Do drinks and powders with electrolytes help to hydrate you better?Listener Rob got in touch as he’s recently taken up a new sport and wants to know if electrolytes can help his performance and recovery. He’s seen lots of adverts on social media for drinks and powders containing ...  Show more

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