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All about Gatorade It is often debated in the sports world, whether water is the best drink to be drinking during sports activity or whether another drink can fuel the body up faster and more proficiently. It is widely believed that nothing beats water and that you can drink sports drinks before and after an activity, but not during. This is the sports world superstition. But I am here to tell you that drinking Gatorade during an activity will raise your performance level and help you carry it though your game. What is it that Gatorade does and water doesn’t? When you do physical activity, your body loses fuel. Gatorade replenishes this lost fuel quickly. But what is fuel? Fuel is water! Yup, that’s right, water. Your body consists of 80% water and when you go out on that field or track or court, your body starts to use that water as fuel. You lose this fluid through sweat. If you lose too much water, you get dehydrated, which can cause dizziness, headaches and fatigue. It can also cause heat stroke and heat exhaust. The most straightforward thing to do would be to replace water with water. This is not wrong. Actually, this is 100% right! But water takes