Drinks and fuel for sweaty sessions, long runs and race days. Shop electrolyte sticks, drops and tablets, isotonic carbohydrate-electrolyte mixes, and endurance fuel such as energy gels and carb powders. Brands include Trace Minerals, Ultra Lyte, Trec Nutrition Endurance and OstroVit.
Carbohydrate-electrolyte solutions that meet the legal composition criteria contribute to the maintenance of endurance performance during prolonged endurance exercise and enhance the absorption of water during physical exercise. Zero-sugar electrolyte drinks are not carbohydrate-electrolyte solutions, so those two claims do not apply to them. Their minerals carry their own claims where present in useful amounts: magnesium contributes to electrolyte balance and to normal muscle function, and potassium contributes to normal muscle function.
Mix powders at the ratio on the label: an over-strong drink can sit heavily mid-session. Try any new drink or gel in training before race day. A few endurance products, such as Trec Endurance Caffeine 200 Plus, contain caffeine, so count them in your daily total. Shopping for everyday hydration rather than sport? See Electrolytes & Hydration in Health & Wellness, or browse all Sports Nutrition.
An electrolyte drink adds minerals such as sodium, potassium and magnesium, usually with little or no sugar. An isotonic drink also contains carbohydrate, mixed to a concentration close to body fluids, for longer sessions.
Usually water is enough, with electrolytes useful if you sweat heavily or it is hot. Carbohydrate drinks and gels make more sense for efforts lasting over an hour.
Weigh yourself before and after a typical session: each kilogram lost is roughly a litre of sweat, after allowing for anything you drank. Use that to plan your drinks.
Yes. Trace Minerals Keto Electrolyte powders, tablets and drops and the sugar-free Power Pak flavours are sugar-free electrolyte options.
Most hydration products here are caffeine-free. Trec Endurance Caffeine 200 Plus is a caffeine product, so check every label if you are avoiding it.
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