Just wondering about mainly Powerade and Mizone - Do they make a good replacement for water? Or should we be drinking them as well as tap water or is it better to just drink normal water alone?

It seems obvisous since the energy drinks are packed full of nutrients that they'd be the choice of drink over tap water but wondering how healthy they are to have constantly instead of tap water.

Any light on this would be great,
Cheers
Kieran

packed full of synthetic minerals, refined sugar and salt, chemicals and coloring.

Tap water is scary and nasty in my opinion and will mess with digestion besides feed you chemicals. Some of the chemicals added are to kill bacteria - guess what? you have (hopefully) good bacteria in your gut. Guess what happens when you constantly take in those bacteria killing chemicals??

Natural spring water is what I go for... if not a good source or too expensive RO water is best second option. It is too clean though, important to add a pinch or two of unprocessed sea salt per liters.

Adding unprocessed sea salt to water (especially RO water - though any is very good) helps keep the electrolyte balance up in your body. With hard exercise get some fruit in too and you hydration and electrolyte balance should do ok... much much better quality than artificial chemical food colored for profit sugar drinks.


Just my opinion and experience

Just in case you don't know the good bacteria in your gut is essential to digestion and absorption of nutrients. Poor digestion also means (through reflex loops going to connected spinal segment and everything else attached at that spinal segment) that your core muscles won't be working properly and core effects strength, balance, function, reflexes etc etc in kicking, kneeing, punching etc

Affects everything - energy, hormones, mental clarity, strength, growth, recovery, repair, speed, endurance, etc etc etc etc etc